Elias Diaz
33-Year-Old
2024 Stats
AVG
.333
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Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
If Diaz could simply only play when the Rockies were playing at home and facing righties, he would be more rosterable. Diaz hit .293 in those situations last season with seven homers and 34 RBI which was an overwhelming amount of his overall volume last season. He did hit .258 on the road, but struggled to hit lefties in any location while receiving the majority of the time behind the dish for Colorado. Diaz is in the final year of his contract with the Rockies and there are few signs the club is interested in re-signing the veteran backstop whose last above-average offensive season came in 2018. The upside with Diaz would be him catching the perfect storm of contract year breakout combined with late catcher career breakout, but both theories require a bit of Jobu's rum to truly believe in them. The best thing we can say about Diaz is that he starts at catcher and can give you 15-ish homers. Everything else is a dart throw given his numbers over the years. Read Past Outlooks
Could rest more in 2024
The Rockies hope to rest Diaz more in 2024 after acquiring Jacob Stallings in the offseason, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Diaz earned a career-high 526 plate appearances and suited up in 141 games in 2023, primarily because the Rockies lacked a reliable second catcher. The addition of Stallings gives the team a solid defensive backstop, and Diaz is likely to see less volume as a result. Given his mediocre .725 OPS and .142 ISO from a year ago, his fantasy value is likely to take at least a moderate hit.
Diaz earned a career-high 526 plate appearances and suited up in 141 games in 2023, primarily because the Rockies lacked a reliable second catcher. The addition of Stallings gives the team a solid defensive backstop, and Diaz is likely to see less volume as a result. Given his mediocre .725 OPS and .142 ISO from a year ago, his fantasy value is likely to take at least a moderate hit.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+6%
OPS vs RHP
2024
-100%
OPS vs RHP
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .667 | 283 | 8 | 30 | .232 | ||||
Since 2022vs Right | .705 | 627 | 15 | 93 | .260 | ||||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024vs Right | .667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .333 | ||||
2023vs Left | .583 | 143 | 4 | 14 | .185 | ||||
2023vs Right | .778 | 383 | 10 | 58 | .298 | ||||
2022vs Left | .750 | 140 | 4 | 16 | .278 | ||||
2022vs Right | .587 | 241 | 5 | 35 | .197 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
+23%
OPS at Home
2024
-100%
OPS on Road
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022Home | .767 | 444 | 15 | 72 | .274 | ||||
Since 2022Away | .622 | 466 | 8 | 51 | .229 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024Away | .667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .333 | ||||
2023Home | .755 | 258 | 8 | 38 | .277 | ||||
2023Away | .696 | 268 | 6 | 34 | .258 | ||||
2022Home | .783 | 186 | 7 | 34 | .270 | ||||
2022Away | .517 | 195 | 2 | 17 | .186 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Elias Diaz compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
BB/K
0.29BB Rate
6.5%K Rate
22.4%BABIP
.324ISO
.142AVG
.267OBP
.316SLG
.409OPS
.725wOBA
.319Exit Velocity
88.1 mphHard Hit Rate
38.1%Barrels/PA
4.4%Expected BA
.245Expected SLG
.376Sprint Speed
21.4 ft/secGround Ball %
46.8%Line Drive %
17.2%Fly Ball %
36.0%Advanced Batting Stats
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Could be trade candidate
The Rockies might listen to trade offers for Diaz this winter, MLB.com's Mark Feinsand reports.
ANALYSIS
Colorado looks unlikely to compete in 2024, which will be the final season of the three-year, $14.5 million contract extension Diaz signed in November 2021. The 32-year-old catcher earned his first career All-Star nod this past season while posting an overall .725 OPS with 14 homers and 72 RBI in 141 games. There aren't many run-producing catchers on the free-agent market, so the Rockies could get something significant in return if they were to put Diaz on the block.
Colorado looks unlikely to compete in 2024, which will be the final season of the three-year, $14.5 million contract extension Diaz signed in November 2021. The 32-year-old catcher earned his first career All-Star nod this past season while posting an overall .725 OPS with 14 homers and 72 RBI in 141 games. There aren't many run-producing catchers on the free-agent market, so the Rockies could get something significant in return if they were to put Diaz on the block.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Diaz inked a three-year, $14.5 million extension with Colorado after he hit 18 home runs with a .774 OPS in 2021, but he was unable to build on that success last season. The 32-year-old had a .228/.281/.368 slash line with nine homers in 105 games during 2022, and his defense also took a major step back with minus-15 DRS. Brian Serven made his MLB debut but didn't impress offensively with a 52 wRC+, but he provided strong work behind the plate. Diaz should open 2023 with a slight edge for playing time, but his playing time is hardly secure given last season's production, and his fantasy outlook is similarly trending in the wrong direction.
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Sitting for season finale
Diaz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins.
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On bench Thursday
Diaz is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Dodgers.
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On bench for early game
Diaz is not in the lineup for the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Dodgers.
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Taking seat Wednesday
Diaz is not in the lineup for Wednesday contest in San Diego, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
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Gets Sunday off
Diaz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game versus the Giants.
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