Yandy Diaz Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Diaz pulls 16.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 35%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

22 pulled, 67 up the middle and 48 the other way over 137 located batted balls.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Diaz has an OPS of 1.053; with the bases empty it is .774.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 148 with the bases empty.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Diaz should be hitting .294, 91st percentile in the league.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 91st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 38th in MLB.

He puts the ball in play, strikeouts are not his problem

Diaz strikes out in only 12.4% of his trips, 93rd percentile.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 29th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Diaz is on base at a .371 clip, 88th percentile in the league.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 51st in MLB.

He cannot get the bat on the ball in the big spots

With a runner in scoring position Diaz averages 84.8 mph off the bat, against 91.0 with the bases empty.

24 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 113 without.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Diaz strikes out in 10.6% of his trips against right-handers and 17.4% of them against left-handers.

132 plate appearances against right-handers, 46 against left-handers.

The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Diaz averages 4.9 degrees off the bat: 25.7% of his contact is in the air and 55.9% of it is on the ground.

136 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Diaz is at his best with a runner in scoring position: a 1.053 OPS there against .820 overall.

30 plate appearances in that situation.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Diaz's OPS+ of 132 puts him 84th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 69th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Diaz strikes out in 6.7% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 13.5% with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 148 with the bases empty.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Diaz finds a productive launch angle on only 29.4% of his contact, 20th percentile.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 337th in MLB.

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

4 of Diaz's 6 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 377 feet.

6 tracked home runs in 2026.

There is real damage in his bat

Diaz is slugging .449, 77th percentile in the league.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 96th in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Diaz hits the ball hard: 89.9 mph off the bat on average, 69th percentile in the league.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 133rd in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Diaz walks in 3.3% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 8.1% with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 148 with the bases empty.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

2 of Diaz's 6 home runs have gone to his pull side and 4 of them the other way.

6 tracked home runs in 2026.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

43.1% of Diaz's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 65th percentile in the league.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 150th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Diaz's fly balls travel 280 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 393.

44 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Diaz is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .724 OPS there against .820 overall.

39 plate appearances in that situation.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Diaz pulls 12.6% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 26.5% of it against left-handers.

103 batted balls against right-handers, 34 against left-handers.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Diaz walks in only 7.3% of his plate appearances, 39th percentile.

178 plate appearances in 2026. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 257th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Diaz hits it hardest the other way: 91.3 mph on average there, against 88.0 to his pull side.

48 batted balls the other way, 22 to his pull side.

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