Yennsy Manuel Díaz (born November 15, 1996) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets.
Yennsy Díaz | |
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![]() Díaz with the Syracuse Mets in 2022 | |
Free agent | |
Pitcher | |
Born: (1996-11-15) November 15, 1996 (age 25) Azua, Dominican Republic | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 4, 2019, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |
MLB statistics (through 2021 season) | |
Win–loss record | 0–2 |
Earned run average | 5.96 |
Strikeouts | 21 |
Teams | |
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Díaz signed with the Blue Jays as an international free agent on July 3, 2014.[1] 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.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2]
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.[2] The Blue Jays added Díaz to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[3]
He opened the 2019 season with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.[4] On August 3, the Blue Jays promoted Díaz to the major leagues.[4] Díaz made his major league debut on August 4, allowing two runs over 2⁄3 of an inning pitched.[5] He was returned to New Hampshire on August 5.[6]
With the 2019 Toronto Blue Jays, Díaz appeared in 1 game, compiling a 0-0 record with 27.00 ERA and no strikeouts in 0.2 innings pitched.[7] He spent the 2020 season at the Blue Jays alternate training site and did not play in a game for the big league club.
On January 27, 2021, Díaz was traded to the New York Mets alongside Sean Reid-Foley and Josh Winckowski in exchange for Steven Matz.[8] Díaz split the 2021 season with the Triple-A Syracuse Mets and the New York Mets. With Triple-A Syracuse, through 15 appearances, Díaz went 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA and 19 strikeouts. With the Major-league New York Mets, Díaz made 20 appearances, going 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA and 21 strikeouts.
On April 7, 2022, Díaz was designated for assignment by the Mets following the acquisition of Adonis Medina.[9] He cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A on April 11.
On August 8, 2022, Díaz was released by the Mets.