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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 28)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date11-17-1990
Height6' 1"
Weight223 lbs
Age34 years, 3 months, 22 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2015 PIT 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 69 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 PIT 25 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 97 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
2017 PIT 26 64 200 42 14 0 1 11 38 0 1 0 .223 .265 .314 62 -8.8 -0.9 -3.8 -0.4
2018 PIT 27 82 277 72 12 0 10 21 40 1 0 1 .286 .339 .452 113 5.2 0.5 0.6 1.9
2019 PIT 28 101 332 73 14 0 2 23 56 2 0 0 .241 .296 .307 73 -10.3 1.3 -11.0 -0.4
Career2508151874001355136311.250.301.35584-14.01.0-14.01.1

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2010 PIR Rk GCL 41 157 .250 .309 .368 .259 104 -5.9 5.6 2.9 82 0 0.6 -1.3 -9.4 -0.2
2011 WVA A SAL 90 360 .260 .327 .390 .272 102 -12.5 10.4 5.2 67 0 -3.1 0.7 -18.8 -0.6
2012 WVA A SAL 92 347 .257 .327 .386 .234 103 -23.9 10.2 6.2 52 0 3.5 -1.2 -18.4 0.0
2013 BRD A+ FSL 57 220 .248 .316 .358 .327 99 6.9 6.5 3.7 140 0 -1.7 -1.5 4.7 1.2
2014 ALT AA EAS 91 367 .263 .327 .400 .365 101 12.2 10.1 5.9 135 0 12.2 0.8 8.5 4.0
2014 IND AAA INT 10 37 .257 .330 .376 .185 109 -3.7 1.1 0.7 56 0 0.0 0.2 -2.3 0.0
2015 PIT MLB NL 2 2 .227 .297 .413 .000 89 -0.5 0.1 0 69 6 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2015 IND AAA INT 93 363 .260 .321 .379 .301 97 -1.8 10.1 2.3 101 0 2.0 -1.0 -5.1 0.9
2016 PIT MLB NL 1 4 .259 .317 .441 .000 94 -1.1 0.1 0.1 97 10 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 BRD A+ FSL 7 28 .261 .328 .384 .381 106 2.1 0.8 0.3 168 0 -0.3 0.2 1.3 0.2
2016 ALT AA EAS 2 8 .252 .310 .393 .333 111 -0.4 0.2 0.1 92 0 0.1 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2016 IND AAA INT 25 97 .251 .314 .374 .325 97 -4.7 2.7 1.7 78 0 -2.2 -1.0 -3.4 -0.2
2017 PIT MLB NL 64 200 .249 .322 .413 .273 94 -13.1 5.9 3.3 62 10 -3.8 -0.9 -8.8 -0.4
2017 IND AAA INT 57 229 .252 .314 .383 .311 94 -6.7 6.8 3.2 88 0 6.3 -1.2 -2.5 1.2
2018 PIT MLB NL 82 277 .241 .309 .395 .302 97 8.7 7.8 4.3 113 11 0.6 0.5 5.2 1.9
2019 PIT MLB NL 101 332 .253 .321 .432 .286 100 -13.8 10.0 5.9 73 9 -11.0 1.3 -10.3 -0.4
2019 BRD A+ FSL 2 7 .241 .308 .343 .500 101 1.5 0.2 0.1 159 0 -0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1
2019 IND AAA INT 7 30 .297 .373 .488 .500 89 2.2 1.0 0.4 118 0 0.7 0.0 0.7 0.2

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2010 PIR Rk GCL 157 142 20 31 5 1 2 44 20 10 28 0 2 .218 .284 .310 .092 0 0
2011 WVA A SAL 360 326 38 72 23 3 2 107 45 23 69 6 1 .221 .279 .328 .107 2 5
2012 WVA A SAL 347 313 32 65 14 1 3 90 26 22 51 2 2 .208 .262 .288 .080 6 3
2013 BRD A+ FSL 220 183 30 51 12 2 2 73 15 31 33 4 4 .279 .382 .399 .120 2 3
2014 IND AAA INT 37 33 4 5 1 0 0 6 0 3 6 0 1 .152 .243 .182 .030 0
2014 ALT AA EAS 367 326 41 107 20 0 6 145 54 30 51 3 2 .328 .378 .445 .117 8
2015 PIT MLB NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2015 IND AAA INT 363 325 33 88 16 4 4 124 47 29 47 1 4 .271 .330 .382 .111 5 2
2016 BRD A+ FSL 28 23 6 9 0 0 1 12 5 4 2 0 1 .391 .464 .522 .130 1 0
2016 PIT MLB NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2016 IND AAA INT 97 94 4 25 3 0 0 28 10 3 17 1 0 .266 .289 .298 .032 0 0
2016 ALT AA EAS 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .000 0 0
2017 PIT MLB NL 200 188 18 42 14 0 1 59 19 11 38 1 0 .223 .265 .314 .090 1 0
2017 IND AAA INT 229 218 19 58 10 0 2 74 27 9 36 3 0 .266 .298 .339 .073 0 1
2018 PIT MLB NL 277 252 33 72 12 0 10 114 34 21 40 0 1 .286 .339 .452 .167 3 0
2019 IND AAA INT 30 29 5 12 3 0 0 15 4 1 5 0 0 .414 .433 .517 .103 0 0
2019 BRD A+ FSL 7 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 .400 .571 .800 .400 0 0
2019 PIT MLB NL 332 303 31 73 14 0 2 93 28 23 56 0 0 .241 .296 .307 .066 3 1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2015 5 0.6000 0.6000 0.6667 0.6667 0.5000 1.0000 0.0000 0.3333 0.0000
2016 21 0.3810 0.5238 0.8182 0.6250 0.4615 1.0000 0.6667 0.1818 0.0000
2017 755 0.5007 0.5152 0.8098 0.7328 0.2971 0.8845 0.6250 0.1902 0.0000
2018 1098 0.4690 0.4654 0.7847 0.6505 0.3019 0.8806 0.6023 0.2153 0.0000
2019 1370 0.4672 0.4745 0.7677 0.6922 0.2836 0.8736 0.5411 0.2323 0.0000
Career32490.47520.48140.78340.68710.29440.87950.58130.21660.0000

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 COL $6,000,000
2023 COL $5,500,000
2022 COL $3,000,000
2021 COL $1,200,000
2020 COL $
2019 PIT $578,500
2018 PIT $559,000
2017 PIT $
2016 PIT $510,000
2015 PIT $
YearsDescriptionSalary
7 yrPrevious$17,347,500
7 yrTotal$17,347,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 88 dMAS+3 years/$14.5M (2022-24)

Details
  • 3 years/$14.5M (2022-24). Signed extension with Colorado 11/19/21 (avoided arbitration). 22:$3M, 24:$5.5M, 25:$6M.
  • 1 year/$1.2M (2021). Re-signed by Colorado 12/1/20 (avoided arbitration). Performance bonuses: $100,000 each for 80, 90, 100 starts as catcher.
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 1/6/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Colorado 7/23/20. Placed on restricted list 8/17/20, activated 8/20/20.
  • 1 year/$578,500 (2019). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/19. Non-tendered by Pittsburgh 12/2/19.
  • 1 year/$559,000 (2018). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/17.
  • 1 year/$510,000 (2016). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/16.
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by Pittsburgh 11/20/14. Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/4/15.
  • Signed by Pittsburgh 11/7/08 as an amateur free agent from Venezuela.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
90o 57 16 3 0 2 4 10 0 0 .308 .357 .481 108 0.0 C -1 0.0
80o 38 10 2 0 1 2 7 0 0 .286 .324 .429 100 0.0 C -1 0.0
70o 24 6 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 .273 .333 .455 95 0.0 C 0 0.0
60o 12 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .182 .250 .182 90 0.0 C 0 0.0
50o 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 85 0.0 C 0 0.0
Weighted Mean410000100.250.250.250870.0C 00.0

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2016-01-14 20:00:00 (link to chat)Can Elias Diaz be a major league starting catcher? Will he be given the opp in Pitt over the next few years?
(ColeWhittier from Pasadena)		His defense means he'll get a shot to make the team, and the multi-year commitment to Chris Stewart makes me think that if Francisco Cervelli gets too expensive that Diaz will at least get an opportunity. (Mike Gianella)
2014-08-29 12:00:00 (link to chat)Elias Diaz, anything there resembling a Major league regular?
(Dave from Boston)		The Pirates seem to think there's a chance of that. Diaz has made progress at the plate the past two years, and has a strong defensive reputation. He's even nudged Tony Sanchez to first base lately, so that tells you how the org feels about those two these days. (R.J. Anderson)
2014-07-08 13:00:00 (link to chat)Could I request future eyewitness reports on RHP Luis Diaz and C Elias Diaz?
(Ace from PA)		If any of our teams put eyes on them, then I'm sure they'll write them up. If I see either player enough in the second half to write a report, I know I will. (Mark Anderson)


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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
2011 afx .000 0.0 3547 -.002 2.0 110 .041 .008 -2.8 2.3 -3.1
2012 afx .000 0.0 4406 .000 0.6 152 -.003 .007 0.2 0.6 3.5
2013 afa .000 0.0 2375 -.001 0.9 70 .028 .006 -1.2 0.0 -1.7
2014 aax .009 8.4 3713 .000 -0.1 96 -.025 .002 1.4 8.0 12.2
2014 aaa .003 0.3 451 .000 0.0 6 .033 .000 -0.1 0.1 0.0
2015 aaa .003 1.9 2672 -.001 0.6 41 -.002 -.001 0.0 1.9 2.0
2016 aaa -.009 -2.3 0 .000 0.0 13 -.027 .000 0.2 -2.5 -2.2
2016 aax .004 0.1 0 .000 0.0 2 -.013 .001 0.0 0.4 0.1
2016 afa .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 8 .016 .000 -0.1 0.2 -0.3
2016 mlb .004 0.0 31 -.004 0.0 1 -.013 .002 0.0 0.5 0.1
2017 mlb -.011 -5.1 2173 .001 -0.7 23 -.014 .002 0.2 -6.2 -3.8
2017 aaa .002 1.3 2227 .001 -0.4 41 -.033 .001 0.8 1.2 6.3
2018 mlb -.002 -1.2 2705 .003 -2.0 33 -.004 .002 0.1 -3.2 0.6
2019 afa .000 0.0 0 .000 0.0 4 .022 .006 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1
2019 aaa .005 0.3 179 -.001 0.0 5 .026 .000 -0.1 0.2 0.7
2019 mlb -.017 -14.4 3941 .000 0.1 40 .003 -.001 -0.1 -14.4 -11.0

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