Yennsy Díaz
Yennsy Manuel Díaz (born November 15, 1996) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is ranked 29th on Major League Baseball's 2020 Top 30 Blue Jays prospects list.[1]
Yennsy Díaz | |||
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Toronto Blue Jays – No. 59 | |||
Pitcher | |||
Born: Azua, Dominican Republic | November 15, 1996|||
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MLB debut | |||
August 4, 2019, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |||
MLB statistics (through August 4, 2019) | |||
Win–loss record | 0–0 | ||
Earned run average | 27.00 | ||
Strikeouts | 0 | ||
Teams | |||
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Career
Díaz signed with the Blue Jays as an international free agent on July 3, 2014.[2] He began the 2015 season assigned to the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League Blue Jays, and was promoted to the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays for the final month of the season. In 561⁄3 total innings pitched, Díaz posted a 4–4 win–loss record, 2.88 earned run average (ERA), and 58 strikeouts.[3] He played the entire 2016 season with the Rookie Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays, and went 4–6 with a 5.79 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 56 innings.[3] Díaz made his full-season debut in 2017, pitching the year with the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts. In 77 innings, he pitched to a 5–2 record, 4.79 ERA, and 82 strikeouts.[3]
Díaz began the 2018 campaign with Lansing, and was promoted to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays in late May. He would finish the season with a 10–5 record, 3.05 ERA, and 125 strikeouts in 1471⁄3 innings.[3] The Blue Jays added Díaz to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[4]
He opened the 2019 season with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.[5] On August 3, the Blue Jays promoted Díaz to the major leagues.[5] Díaz made his major league debut on August 4, allowing two runs over 2⁄3 of an inning pitched.[6] He was returned to New Hampshire on August 5.[7]
References
- "MLB 2020 Prospect Watch". MLB.com. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- "Yennsy Diaz Stats, Highlights, Bio". MiLB.com. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- "Yennsy Diaz Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- Armstrong, Laura (November 20, 2018). "Blue Jays exercise right to not share arms". thestar.com. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- Shi Davidi (August 3, 2019). "Blue Jays recall righty Yennsy Diaz from double-A, Nick Kingham to IL". Sportsnet. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- Zachary Silver (August 4, 2019). "Homers from Bichette and Biggio not enough". MLB.com. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- RotoWire Staff (August 5, 2019). "Blue Jays' Brock Stewart: Called up by Toronto". CBS Sports. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)