In the lab: Checking in on Yainer Diaz

We did this with Cam Smith last time and it seemed like a good feature to move forward with most of the hitters individually. The general idea here is that the basic numbers will say one thing, but the underlying numbers might say something else. For instance, we saw that Smith is making more progress according to the underlying numbers than his basic numbers would say.

Is the same thing happening for Diaz? Unfortunately for Diaz, his injury came at the worst possible time for him. He was beginning to show signs of life as he had his batting average go above .

250 before slipping back below slightly. He was hitting for a little more power as well. Were those numbers fool’s gold or were they a precursor of what is to come?

Let’s look at the basic numbers. The Basic numbers AVG OBP SLG BABIP wOBA wRC+ 2025 . 256 .