Rays' Diaz 'day-to-day' with left side injury
Yandy Diaz left Tampa Bay's match on Friday night early due to an injury. He could miss some time.
Rays' Diaz 'day-to-day' with left side injury originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Tampa Bay Rays have gotten off to an incredibly hot start to the season, trailing the AL East-leading New York Yankees by a game and a half.
While this is the result of the entire team’s efforts, there are a few notable players who have been going above and beyond, one of whom is Yandy Diaz. Going into Friday night’s action, Diaz was slashing . 330/.
421/. 478 with four home runs and 20 RBIs. All of this is enough to give the Cuban slugger a WAR of 1.
1, the highest among Tampa Bay, and sees him above stars such as Byron Buxton, Ian Happ, and Cal Raleigh. Diaz suffers an injury scare This offensive production would have looked to continue on Friday night, when the Rays took on the San Francisco Giants , as the Cuban smashed a home run in the bottom of the second inning, but things were about to take a turn for the worse. Diaz would be taken out of the game later on due to tightness in his left side and would be replaced by Jonathan Aranda in his subsequent at-bat.