OVERALL GRADE
C+ Solid
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PLAYER PROFILE
Yandy Díaz
Designated Hitter • Tampa Bay Rays
Bats:
Right
Throws:
Right
Age:
35
Height:
6' 0"
Weight:
235 lbs
COMPLETE BASEBALL EVALUATION
Player IQ
A role-aware evaluation of performance, history, durability, defensive responsibility, athletic value, decision-making proxies, and winning situational impact.
OVERALL PLAYER IQ
77 Out of 100BASEBALL ROLE
Designated Hitter
DH · Tampa Bay Rays
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
COMPLETE PLAYER READ
The evaluation on Yandy Díaz
Yandy Díaz currently grades as a solid baseball player in the Baseball IQ 4.3 model. The strongest supported category is Durability (98/100), while Athleticism and Baserunning Decisions (75/100) is the clearest current improvement area. Recent official form is stable, and the final evaluation combines production, role, history, durability, decision-making proxies, defense, athletic value, and situational impact.
WHAT THE MODEL USES
- Official current production and league context
- Career excellence, experience, awards and postseason history
- Durability and workload history
- Verified defensive and multi-position usage
- Baserunning and athletic-performance proxies
- Role-specific decisions, pitch recognition, command and pitchability proxies
- Situational and recent-form evidence
STRONGEST VERIFIED AREAS
- Durability
- Situational and Winning Impact
- Current Baseball Value
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
- Hitting Decisions and Pitch Recognition
- Defense, Range and Arm Context
- Athleticism and Baserunning Decisions
CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
Why the overall evaluation landed here
Last-X-games OPS (.805) is compared with the full-season OPS (.805).
Current Baseball Value
77
78th percentile context
Built from official MLB percentile context for OPS, OBP, SLG, average, power, and run creation.
Career Knowledge and Proven Impact
75
Career history includes 1,058 games, 1,137 hits, 122 home runs and verified postseason context. Official recognition includes 0 elite awards and 10 major awards or championship records across 13 supported entries. No verified MLB postseason hitting sample was available.
Consistency
75
Built from official game logs by comparing each appearance with the player's own per-game baseline.
Development Trend
75
Last-X-games OPS (.805) is compared with the full-season OPS (.805).
Position and Role Value
75
Based on the official primary role/position (DH) plus verified multi-position usage.
Durability
98
Built from official workload: 154 games and 686 plate appearances.
Hitting Decisions and Pitch Recognition
75
67th percentile context
Uses official walk rate, strikeout rate, and on-base context to explain how often the hitter controls plate appearances.
Defense, Range and Arm Context
75
Built from official fielding positions, innings, and verified multi-position usage.
Athleticism and Baserunning Decisions
75
Uses official stolen-base volume, success rate, and triples as a public baserunning proxy.
Situational and Winning Impact
80
Compares the official RISP OPS (.916) with the full-season OPS (.805).
Accuracy safeguard — IQDugout does not invent Leadership and clubhouse impact, Confidence and mental toughness, Unpublished private scouting measurements, Private clubhouse and leadership evaluations when verified evidence is unavailable. Those areas remain clearly labeled rather than receiving false precision.
2026 HITTING
Hitting Statistics
AVG
.293
#9 MLB
Top 6%
Hits divided by at-bats.
OBP
.359
#32 MLB
Top 23%
Rate of reaching via a hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch in official OBP opportunities.
SLG
.446
#49 MLB
Top 36%
Total bases per at-bat.
OPS
.805
#42 MLB
Top 31%
On-base percentage plus slugging percentage.
HR
22
#64 MLB
Top 10%
RBI
85
#38 MLB
Top 6%
H
180
#4 MLB
Top 1%
SB
3
#244 MLB
Top 37%
VERIFIED CAREER CONTEXT
Player Career Hub
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UNDERSTAND THE PLAYER
Scout Report
ARCHETYPE
Power Hitter
Rate-stat observations use the official qualified MLB hitting pool. Supported counting-stat observations use all official season participants in that stat group. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from those pools.
DATA CONFIDENCE
High confidence
Officially qualified for the MLB hitter comparison pool.
STRENGTHS
Verified indicators
- Home-Run Production
- Batting Average
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Areas to monitor
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Stolen-Base Volume Relative focus
Why: 3 SB ranks #244 among 662 MLB hitters with a recorded plate appearance (63rd percentile). It is the lowest supported league-relative category in this report, not a below-average classification.
VERSATILITY
Single-position usage
- Primary role or position
- Designated Hitter
- Position / role entries
- 1
- Verified secondary positions
- None in available season position data
This report summarizes available 2026 MLB statistics and official position information and available season usage. Non-qualified comparisons are directional, not official leaderboard ranks. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from official MLB comparison pools. Confidence reflects sample size, qualification, and supported comparison coverage. Versatility labels summarize verified position usage and are not league benchmarks. This is a current-data evaluation, not a projection.