Head to head · 2026 batting

Yainer Diaz vs Kyle Higashioka

In 2026 Yainer Diaz has been worth 1.4 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Yainer Diaz HOU

Kyle Higashioka TEX

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Yainer Diaz	Kyle Higashioka
G	93	53
PA	361	186
H	98	36
HR	14	7
RBI	45	18
SB	0	0
AVG	.285	.218
OBP	.313	.306
SLG	.459	.370
OPS	.772	.676
ISO	.174	.152
BB%	3.3%	10.2%
K%	15.8%	25.3%
wOBA	.335	.305
wRC+	114	93
WAR	2.0	0.6

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Yainer Diaz	Kyle Higashioka
G	11	16
PA	30	50
H	3	10
HR	0	4
RBI	1	7
BB	1	3
SO	10	13
SB	0	0
AVG	.103	.222
OBP	.133	.260
SLG	.103	.511
OPS	.237	.771

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.

Career batting totals. AVG and SLG are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; OBP, wOBA and wRC+ need each season’s own constants and are left to the season table.
Statistic	Yainer Diaz	Kyle Higashioka
G	492	512
PA	1,933	1,699
H	513	343
2B	93	66
3B	5	2
HR	73	75
RBI	260	231
BB	68	105
SO	335	437
SB	3	5
AVG	.280	.218
SLG	.455	.406
WAR	9.1	4.3

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season’s own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.