Yandy

Díaz

DHAge : 35Bats : R

Yandy Díaz

Height : 6' 0" · Weight : 107 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2017-04-03

Born in : Sagua la Grande, Cuba

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Tampa Bay Rays	154	614	180	22	85	.293	.805
2025	Tampa Bay Rays	150	583	175	25	83	.300	.848
2024	Tampa Bay Rays	145	563	158	14	65	.281	.755
2023	Tampa Bay Rays	137	525	173	22	78	.330	.932
2022	Tampa Bay Rays	137	473	140	9	57	.296	.824
2021	Tampa Bay Rays	134	465	119	13	64	.256	.740
2020	Tampa Bay Rays	34	114	35	2	11	.307	.814
2019	Tampa Bay Rays	79	307	82	14	38	.267	.816
2018	Cleveland Guardians	39	109	34	1	15	.312	.797
2017	Cleveland Guardians	49	156	41	0	13	.263	.679
Career totals		1058	3909	1137	122	509	.291	.812

ContractTampa Bay Rays payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 4 yrs · 2023–2026
Total value: 49.0 M$
AAV: 9.00 M$

2026
12.00 M$
Guaranteed
2027
13.00 M$
Vesting

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

125

wOBA

.350

xwOBA

.346

OPS

.805

AVG

.293

OBP

.359

RBI

686

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

2.3

Home runs

2026 WAR

2.5

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (-5)

20235.0 WAR · 5.0 per full season
20241.9 WAR · 1.8 per full season
20253.0 WAR · 2.8 per full season
20262.5 WAR · 2.2 per full season

Outlook, age included

-20 · 34 y.o. · the age when performance usually declines

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

High-end

CON: Contact; 89
POW: Power; 81
EYE: Eye; 81
SPD: Speed; 62
FLD: Fielding; —
DUR: Durability; 86
EX: Experience; 81

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

2.5

#98 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

65 / 100

#93 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

58 / 100

Surplus $15.4M · salary $9.0M

PAL: dimensions

Offense84

Power54

Discipline76

Speed14

Defense19

WAR, in runs

Batting+19.8

Baserunning-2.8

Fielding0.0

Positional-16.6

Replacement+20.9

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

90.9 mi/h

82th percentile

Max exit velocity

113.7 mi/h

85th percentile

Barrels

7.1 %

44th percentile

Hard-hit

48.1 %

87th percentile

xBA

.281

92th percentile

Bat speed

73.5 mi/h

70th percentile

Sprint speed

26.0 pi/s

17th percentile

Outs above average

—

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	TB	2.5	65	89	90.9	113.7	7.1	48.1	.281
2025	TB	3.0	77	89	93.0	113.6	8.3	52.5	.286
2024	TB	1.9	54	89	92.2	117.4	7.6	48.7	.273
2023	TB	5.0	94	90	93.4	114.5	9.5	54.0	.301
2022	TB	3.9	85	86	92.2	114.3	4.8	49.0	.284
2021	TB	1.7	45	80	89.9	113.5	7.0	40.6	.251

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 26	@ PHI	4	3	0	0	0	.293
Sep 25	@ PHI	4	0	0	0	0	.290
Sep 24	@ NYY	4	2	0	1	0	.292
Sep 22	@ NYY	5	2	4	0	0	.291
Sep 22	@ NYY	4	0	0	0	2	.290
Sep 20	vs BOS	3	0	0	1	0	.292
Sep 18	vs BOS	3	0	0	2	1	.293
Sep 17	vs ATH	5	0	0	0	2	.295
Sep 16	vs ATH	4	0	0	0	0	.297
Sep 15	vs ATH	4	0	0	0	1	.299