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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.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Homers in win
Yainer Diaz went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run in Friday's 8-4 win over the Red Sox.Diaz singled in the seventh inning and then added a two-run homer in the ninth. He has carried a hot July into August, going 10-for-28 with four multi-hit efforts in his last seven contests. On the year, the 25-year-old is hitting .301 with 11 home runs, 61 RBI and 48 runs scored across 429 plate appearances.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Reaches 10-homer mark
Yainer Diaz went 4-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-2 loss to the Pirates.Diaz's fourth-inning homer was the Houston Astros' lone extra-base hit in the contest. He's hit safely in six straight games and has an extra-base hit in five of them, going 12-for-24 with six RBI in that span. For the season, he's up to a .295/.318/.441 slash line with 10 homers, 58 RBI, 45 runs scored, 18 doubles, three triples and one stolen base over 393 plate appearances.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Stays hot Sunday
Yainer Diaz went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 6-2 loss to the Dodgers.Diaz accounted for the Houston Astros' lone scoring play, taking reliever Alex Vesia deep in the sixth inning. Diaz has hit safely in seven of his last nine games, going 11-for-33 (.333) with four extra-base hits and eight RBI in that span. The catcher has a .288/.313/.427 slash line with nine homers, 57 RBI, 44 runs scored, 17 doubles, three triples and one stolen base over 94 contests this season.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Hitting well post All-Star break
Yainer Diaz went 3-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and two runs scored Saturday against the Dodgers.Diaz has hit well for most of July and that has continued across eight games out of the All-Star break. He's gone 10-for-29 with six RBI and four runs scored in that span. While Diaz has raised his average to .283, he's still struggled to unlock much power this season by posting only a .132 ISO.
Yainer Diaz
#21 C / Houston Astros / EXP: 2YRS Height: 6-0 Weight: 195 lb Age: 25 College: None Bats/Throws -/-Fantasy Points by Week
- Rost
- 99%
- Start
- 96%
- C Rank
- 5