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| HT/WT: 5-11, 195 lbs |
| Birthplace: Azua, Dominican Republic |
| Age: 27 |
| Experience: 4 |
| Bats/Throws: R, R |
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2026 Batting
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| Regular Season | .253 | 8 | 29 | .672 | 0 |
Top Yainer Diaz News
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Resting Sunday
Diaz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics.
Diaz will head to the bench after starting the first two contests of the series. Christian Vazquez will handle catching duties in the finale.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Sitting down Thursday
Diaz isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Angels, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
Diaz will sit out a second consecutive game after posting a .443 OPS in 37 plate appearances since the beginning of August. Christian Vazquez will start behind the plate and bat ninth Thursday.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Absent from lineup
Diaz is out of the lineup for Wednesday's contest versus the Angels.
Diaz started the last two games, which was preceded by a stretch with three straight contests on the bench. He'll retreat to the pine Wednesday while Christian Vazquez handles the catching duties for the Astros.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Idle Saturday
Diaz isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Mariners, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
Diaz will move to the bench Saturday after going just 5-for-27 (.185) at the plate to begin the month of August. Christian Vazquez will replace him as Houston's catcher and bat ninth.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Resting up Wednesday
Diaz is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Giants.
The Astros will give Diaz a breather for Wednesday's matinee after he caught eight innings of a 4-1 loss Tuesday night. Christian Vazquez will step in behind the plate in place of Diaz.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Taking seat Monday
Diaz is absent from the lineup for Monday's game in San Francisco.
Diaz started at catcher in Sunday's contest versus the Padres, but he will exit the lineup Monday for the second time over the last three games. Christian Vazquez will be behind the dish and will bat ninth for the Astros.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Out of lineup Saturday
Diaz isn't in the starting lineup Saturday versus San Diego.
Diaz will get a deserved rest after starting behind the plate in each of Houston's previous four games. Christian Vazquez is getting a turn at catcher in Diaz's stead against the Padres.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Taking seat Sunday
Diaz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers.
Diaz will get a chance to catch his breath after starting the last three games behind the dish. Christian Vazquez will handle catching duties for Houston in the series finale.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Stays hot Friday
Diaz went 4-for-5 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in Friday's 11-2 win over the Rangers.
Diaz was a thorn in the Rangers' side all game with four base knocks, including a solo shot in the seventh. The 27-year-old has now posted back-to-back four-hit efforts with a home run, and he'll finish July with an .891 OPS and five homers over 16 games. For the year, he's slashing .261/.287/.427 with eight long balls, 26 RBI and 24 runs scored across 209 plate appearances.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Homers in four-hit game
Diaz went 4-for-5 with a solo home run, a second RBI and two total runs scored in Wednesday's 7-4 win over the Angels.
Diaz sat out both of the previous two games, and the rest seems to have benefited his performance. This was his first multi-hit effort since July 6 versus the Nationals, and it included his first homer since July 10. The catcher is batting .247 with a .677 OPS, seven homers, 25 RBI, 22 runs scored, nine doubles and no stolen bases over 51 games this season.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Idle again Tuesday
Diaz is not in the lineup Tuesday versus the Angels.
Diaz is absent from the lineup for the second straight game after sitting in Monday's 6-4 win over the Angels. Christian Vazquez has catching duties again and is batting ninth Tuesday.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Idle Monday
Diaz is not in the Astros' starting lineup against the Angels on Monday.
Diaz will grab a seat for Monday's series opener while Christian Vazquez starts behind home plate and bats ninth while forming a battery with right-hander Tatsuya Imai. Diaz has gone 3-for-24 with two runs and five strikeouts over six games since the All-Star break.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Taking seat Tuesday
Diaz is not in the lineup for Tuesday's contest against the Marlins.
Diaz started at catcher the last three games but will begin Tuesday's festivities on the bench. Christian Vazquez will take over behind the plate for Houston.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Getting Sunday off
Diaz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
Diaz started the previous three games and will sit for the first-half finale after going 3-for-11 with two doubles, a homer, two RIB and two runs during that stretch. Christian Vazquez will take over and bat ninth against Texas lefty MacKenzie Gore.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Receiving Tuesday off
Diaz is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Nationals, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
Diaz will take a seat Tuesday after starting five of the previous six games and going 4-for-18 with two homers and five RBI during that span. Christian Vazquez is starting behind the plate and batting ninth for Houston.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Swats fifth homer
Diaz went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and an additional run scored in Monday's 12-11 loss to the Nationals.
Diaz did damage on a Miles Mikolas sinker, lacing a two-run homer to left field in the third inning. It marked Diaz's second straight game with a homer after he went deep Saturday before resting in Sunday's series finale against the Rays. On the year, the catcher is hitting .242/.267/.386 with five homers, 21 RBI and 15 runs scored across 40 games.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Receiving breather Sunday
Diaz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rays.
He'll rest up for the series finale after logging starts behind the plate in each of the Astros' previous four games. Christian Vazquez will serve as Houston's catcher Sunday.
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Astros' Yainer Diaz: Resting up Monday
Diaz is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Twins.
Diaz will get a breather for the series opener after he started in each of the Astros' last three games. Christian Vazquez will handle catching duties Monday.
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