The Tampa Bay Rays have signed Yandy Diaz to a contract extension that would hold with the group by means of the 2027 season.
Diaz beforehand signed an extension with the Rays getting into the 2023 season that had an possibility for the 2026 season. The Rays have now picked up that $12M possibility and added a vesting possibility for the 2027 marketing campaign. Based on Marc Topkin, the $13M possibility will vest if Diaz makes 500 plate appearances in the course of the 2026 season; if Diaz fails to achieve that quantity, the Rays can retain Diaz by exercising a $10M possibility.
Since becoming a member of the Rays previous to the 2019 season, Diaz has been among the best hitters in all of baseball. Over that point, Diaz has hit .289/.374/.440 with 74 HR over 2805 plate appearances, registering a 133 wRC+. His wRC+ is the twentieth highest amongst qualifying hitters and his OBP% is the tenth highest. Diaz obtained MVP consideration in 2022 and 2023 and have become the primary, and up to now solely, participant in staff historical past to win a batting title within the latter 12 months.
Now 33 years outdated, Diaz shall be getting into his seventh season with the Rays and is among the many greatest offensive gamers within the franchise’s historical past. Diaz at the moment has the very best wRC+ (133), seventh highest fWAR (14.6), fifth highest AVG (.289), 2nd highest OBP (.374), and fifteenth highest SLG (.440), twelfth most HR (74), and seventh most hits (707) amongst gamers in staff historical past with no less than 1000 plate appearances.
