A lot of young players struggle to control the strike zone, but Diaz doesn’t. He had a 6.3% walk rate in limited Triple-A action this year and generally has a good eye at the plate. What jumps out immediately is his batting average and on-base percentage being identical – that’s because Diaz hasn’t walked a single time yet this year.ĭiaz has never been a player that walked often, but he certainly should start earning some free passes soon. 286/.286/.595 triple slash line through his first 42 plate appearances of the season. On the eighth pitch of the plate appearance, Diaz deposited a Greg Weissert sweeper 413 feet away into left-center field.Īfter sending three balls out of Yankee Stadium last night, Diaz is up to a. He then homered against an Albert Abreu slider in the seventh and capped things off with an epic at-bat one inning later. The 22-year-old second baseman started his big day by smashing a Clarke Schmidt sweeper 388 feet down the left-field line. Notably, all of his home runs came against offspeed pitches. In last night’s 10-5 loss to the Yankees, Diaz was a force to be reckoned with, finishing the day with a 3-4, 3 HR, 3 R, 4 RBI line. Despite the onslaught of negativity, the roster has a handful of promising young players that could be part of the next competitive core, and Jordan Diaz may be one of them. The team looks destined for Las Vegas in the next few years, and the owner operates his team like the ultimate goal is to have as low of an attendance as possible. There aren’t many bright spots for A’s fans right now. All That Diaz Jordan Diaz (OAK): 3-4, 3 HR, 3 R, 4 RBI.
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