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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Back in action Sunday
Yainer Diaz (illness) is starting behind the plate and batting cleanup in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Mets, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.The 26-year-old has been sidelined the past few days due to an illness but is ready to return to the lineup. Diaz has gone just 4-for-30 through 11 games in spring training, but he also had a .666 OPS last spring before turning in a .299/.325/.441 slash line with 16 homers during the regular season.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Recovering from illness
Yainer Diaz (illness) is out of the Houston Astros' Grapefruit League lineup for a second straight day Thursday but will go through a full workout, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.It sounds like Diaz should be ready to play in games in a day or two. The Astros' top catcher is 3-for-28 with one home run at the dish during Grapefruit League action.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Taking seat Saturday
Yainer Diaz isn't in the Houston Astros' lineup for Saturday's game against the Guardians.Diaz will get a rare off day Saturday as the Astros elect to rest many of their regular starters with the postseason just around the corner. In his place, Victor Caratini will pick up a start behind the dish and bat third.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Three straight multi-hit games
Yainer Diaz went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI and one run scored Sunday against the Angels.Diaz started at first base for the second time in three games, with Jonathan Singleton being bumped from the lineup. He recorded his third consecutive multi-hit performance, highlighted by a clutch double in the eighth inning that tied the game at 5-5. This stretch continues a strong close to the season for Diaz, as he has maintained a .325 average with 10 RBI and 10 runs scored across 20 games in September.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Three hits Sunday
Yainer Diaz went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI in Sunday's loss to the Diamondbacks.Diaz posted his first three-hit game since Aug. 7 and his eighth multi-hit game since Aug. 17. He's got nine RBI over his last eight games and leads all catchers with 153 hits and a .299 average for the year. Overall, he's slashing .299/.325/.451 with 16 homers, 81 RBI, 63 runs, two steals and a 22:91 BB:K in 544 plate appearances.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Sitting out matinee
Yainer Diaz is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game in Philadelphia.Diaz started the first two games of the series at catcher, going 1-for-9 with five strikeouts. He'll get a breather during the series finale, with Victor Caratini taking over behind the dish.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Goes deep Sunday
Yainer Diaz went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Sunday's win over the Orioles.Diaz was on the latter half of back-to-back home runs with Alex Bregman in the seventh to put the Houston Astros ahead 5-3. The long ball extended Diaz's hitting streak to nine games. Over the last 30 games, he's hitting .350/.369/.602 with eight homers, 20 RBI and 17 runs scored. He's been one of the best catchers in baseball during just his second full season, slashing .301/.327/.462 with 16 homers, 72 RBI, 57 runs, a steal and a 19:76 BB:K in 493 plate appearances.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Homers in three straight games
Yainer Diaz went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-5 loss to the Red Sox.Diaz homered for the third game in a row, and this was his fourth consecutive multi-hit effort. The catcher is up to 15 long balls through 114 contests, though he's hit five of them over his last 11 games. He's added a reliable .301/.326/.463 slash line, 71 RBI, 54 runs scored, 21 doubles and one stolen base this season.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Belts walk-off blast
Yainer Diaz went 2-for-5 with a solo walk-off home run and an additional run in Monday's 5-4 win against the Red Sox.Diaz broke a 4-4 tie and sent the Houston Astros home with a win on a 401-foot shot off Kenley Jansen in the ninth inning. It was the second straight game with a long ball for Diaz, who has gone deep four times in his past 10 contests. Diaz had just 10 homers across 103 games prior to the recent power surge.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Launches 12th homer
Yainer Diaz went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run Monday against the Rays.Diaz extended a modest hitting streak to six games with the three-run blast. He's also reached base safely in 16 of his last 17 with an on-base percentage of .413 and 10 extra-base hits including four homers, 14 RBI and 10 runs over that stretch.
Yainer Diaz
#21 C / Houston Astros / EXP: 3YRS Height: 6-0 Weight: 195 lb Age: 26 College: None Bats/Throws -/-Fantasy Points by Week
- Rost
- 98%
- Start
- 93%
- C Rank
- 4