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Pitcher · 2017

Dayan Díaz

Age
28
B/T
R/R
Height
5' 10"
Weight
195 lb
Born
February 10, 1989 in Cartagena, Colombia
MLB debut
May 22, 2016
dbWAR
-.2
2 season(s)
IP
13.0
ERA
9.00
FIP
4.00
K/9
13.8
FIP−
92
100 = avg

Dayan Díaz was a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2017 he struck out 20 batters over 13.0 innings across 10 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 9.00 was 106.5% higher than the league average of 4.36. Stripping out defence, his 4.00 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 31.2% of swings (14.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 34.5%. His 0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2017.

FIP4.00
K/913.8
WHIP1.62
WAR.1

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
201710113.011017132049.004.001.6213.82.8207920.1
2016606.2000107379.459.302.554.09.4226222-0.3

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2017. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB21185139.278.381.500.38242.9%
vs RHB3736122111.333.351.639.41729.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Dayan Díaz throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2017.

Four-Seam Fastball55.6%14994.42,40058.4%30.4%
Slider23.9%6487.32,56446.9%33.3%
Changeup16.0%4385.81,47534.9%38.9%
Sinker4.1%1193.72,34754.5%0.0%
Dayan Díaz's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

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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.