<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rays-news-yandy-diaz-gives-update-obscure-testicle-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rays’ Yandy Diaz gives update on obscure testicle injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Thumbs-15-1.jpeg"></figure><h1>Rays’ Yandy Diaz gives update on obscure testicle injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-13T11:34:21-07:00">September 13th, 11:34am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-13T11:34:21-07:00">September 13th, 11:34am</time><address><a>Colin Gallant</a>Colin Gallant has been writing about sports since covering the local high school teams as a freshman in Ontario, Canada over a decade ago. He has a Masters degree in journalism, a passion for all sports, especially hockey, and a laser focus on winning more fantasy championships. He joined ClutchPoints in 2022.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Yandy Diaz was removed from the Tampa Bay Rays’ loss to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday after suffering a testicular contusion — but the 32-year-old is <a href="https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1701998484071633006" rel="noopener">back in the lineup</a> on Wednesday afternoon.</p><p>“I feel a lot better,” Diaz said before the contest, per the Tampa Bay Times’ Marc Topkin. “It still hurts a little bit but I’m good.”</p><p>It looks like the Cuban native is no worse for wear, as he hit his 31st double of the season off Dallas Keuchel in the top of the second inning, knocking in two runs in the process.</p><p>Diaz was removed in the fifth stanza of Tuesday’s contest after fouling off a pitch that hit him below the belt. He was eventually replaced by Isaac Paredes at first-base, with Curtis Mead entering to play the hot corner.</p><p>Although he was officially given a day-to-day injury designation, Rays fans will breathe a sigh of relief to see the team’s leadoff batter back in the lineup so quickly.</p><p>Diaz has been a key piece <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rays-news-kevin-cash-drops-major-hint-on-veteran-speedster-as-potential-weapon-after-loss-to-red-sox" rel="noopener">of Tampa Bay’s offense</a> this season, helping the club to a healthy 89-57 record, good enough for second place in the AL East.</p><p>He signed a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rays-news-tampa-bay-yandy-diaz-closing-in-on-3-year-24-million-contract-extension" rel="noopener">three-year, $24 million contract</a> extension with the team back in January after putting together a quietly superb 2022 campaign.</p><p>He slashed .296/.401/.423 with an .824 OPS. Although he only hit 9 home runs, he crushed 33 doubles last season. His ability to play both third and first base has also given the team more flexibility with its defensive structure.</p><p>In 2023, Yandy Diaz will look to help the Rays make noise in the postseason after presumably recovering from his testicular contusion.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rays’ Yandy Diaz gives update on obscure testicle injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rays-news-yandy-diaz-leaves-game-vs-white-sox-after-injury-scare');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yandy Diaz leaves game vs. White Sox after injury scare');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Rays-news-Yandy-Diaz-leaves-game-vs.jpg"><figcaption>4/22/23</figcaption></figure><h1>Yandy Diaz leaves game vs. White Sox after injury scare</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-04-22T16:31:44-07:00">April 22nd, 4:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-04-22T16:31:44-07:00">April 22nd, 4:31pm</time><address><a>Steve Silverman</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The red-hot Tampa Bay Rays played another baseball game Saturday and won once again, but they received a scare when star first baseman Yandy Diaz was forced to leave the game with assistance from the team’s <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1649900345777160193" rel="noopener">training staff</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yandy Diaz needed help getting off the field and is being checked by the medical staff <a href="https://t.co/tVZOqVbMZV">pic.twitter.com/tVZOqVbMZV</a></p><p>— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1649900345777160193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Diaz, was one of the key offensive stars for the 18-3 Rays, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rays-2-reasons-tampa-bay-2023-world-series" rel="noopener">took the field</a> in the top of the eighth inning in Tampa Bay’s game against the Chicago White Sox. However, before the inning started, Diaz walked off the field as he was being attended to by members of the medical staff.</p><p>Diaz was replaced in the field and in the batting order by Isaac Paredes. Prior to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rays-news-yandy-diaz-cant-catch-a-break-leaves-spring-training-game-with-new-injury" rel="noopener">leaving the game</a>, the hard-hitting Diaz had 3 hits in 4 at bats and scored 2 runs for the Rays. About 30 minutes after Diaz left the game, the Tampa Bay Rays public relations department issued a tweet saying that he was removed from the game due to dehydration.</p><p>The report also indicated that Yandy Diaz will be further evaluated prior to Sunday’s game against the White Sox.</p><p>The Ray were able to survive a tight game against the White Sox by securing a 4-3 victory in 10 innings. Randy Arozarena drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th with his 3rd hit of the game. Arozarena hammered his 5th home run of the season in the first inning and he has driven in 22 runs this season.</p><p>The game featured Rays starter Shane McClanahan and White Sox ace Dylan Cease. The White Sox were able to send the game to extra innings on Gavin Sheets’ 8th inning home run, but the team fell to 7-14 with the loss.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yandy Diaz leaves game vs. White Sox after injury scare

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The 31-year-old has already missed over a week of MLB Spring Training action while he deals with a hip flexor injury, and he <a href="https://twitter.com/TriciaWhitaker/status/1634256673198972939" rel="noopener">went down to injury again</a> in Friday’s exhibition game against the Atlanta Braves.</p><p>Diaz had just returned to the lineup after dealing with a hip issue, and now has another issue to deal with. In just his first at-bat of the day, Diaz was hit by a pitch in the hand area and forced to leave the game as a precaution, according to Bally Sports’ Rays sideline reporter Tricia Whitaker.</p><p>“Yandy Diaz back in the line up after a hip issue, now has to leave the game in just his first AB after getting hit by the pitch on what looked to be his hand/wrist area,” she tweeted shortly after he left the game.</p><p>The Rays will be hoping to get their starting 3B healthy by the start of the season, but it’s certainly been a tough MLB Spring Training campaign for the Cuba native.</p><p>Rays manager Kevin Cash said that Diaz would play first base in Friday’s Grapefruit League game, but he didn’t have much of an opportunity to try out the new position.</p><p>Diaz hits atop Tampa’s lineup, gets on base frequently and makes a lot of hard contact for the Florida-based franchise.</p><p>The former Cleveland Indian is coming off a solid 2022 campaign that saw him hit .296 with nine home runs and 71 runs scored.</p><p>Rays’ Yandy Diaz signed a three-year, $24 million contract extension in the offseason and is expected to begin <a href="https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/news/393253/yandy-diaz-sidelined-with-hip-flexor.php" rel="noopener">Opening Day at first base</a>, but has the ability to play all over the diamond, per Fantasy Pros.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yandy Diaz can’t catch a break, leaves Spring Training  game with new injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rays-news-tampa-bay-yandy-diaz-closing-in-on-3-year-24-million-contract-extension');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rays, Yandy Diaz closing in on 3-year, $24 million contract extension');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Yandy-Rays-.jpeg"></figure><h1>Rays, Yandy Diaz closing in on 3-year, $24 million contract extension</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-01-28T09:54:42-08:00">January 28th, 9:54am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-01-28T09:54:42-08:00">January 28th, 9:54am</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California and spent the majority of his time growing up playing baseball and basketball. He graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism. In addition to writing, Mistretta runs a sports Youtube channel and works as a seasonal play-by-play sports broadcaster.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Yandy Diaz and the Tampa Bay Rays <a href="https://twitter.com/juanctoribio/status/1619375494549639168" rel="noopener">are reportedly closing in</a> on a 3-year, $24 million contract extension, per Juan Toribio and Mark Feinsand. There is also reportedly a 4th-year option in the deal.</p><p>The Rays have been busy in terms of extending key players as of late. They most recently agreed to contracts <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rays-news-pete-fairbanks-tampa-bay-12-million-contract" rel="noopener">with RP Pete Fairbanks</a> and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rays-extend-key-pitcher-ahead-of-spring-training" rel="noopener">SP Jeffrey Springs</a>. The Rays typically don’t spend much money in free agency. They operate as a small-market team and prefer to build a roster from the ground up. Players such as Diaz, Fairbanks, and Springs have all contributed in pivotal fashion over the past few years. And the Rays want to keep them around for the foreseeable future.</p><p>In addition to Yandy Diaz and the team’s other recent contract moves, the Rays also extended star pitcher Tyler Glasnow to lead the rotation alongside Shane McClanahan moving forward.</p><p>Tampa Bay will have a difficult time competing in the AL East amid the presences of the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays. But Yandy Diaz will help the cause.</p><p>Diaz quietly enjoyed a superb 2022 campaign with the Rays. He slashed .296/.401/.423 with an .824 OPS. Although he only clubbed 9 home runs, Diaz smashed 33 doubles last season. Yandy Diaz also provides an element of defensive versatility given his ability to play third or first base.</p><p>His production tends to get overlooked since he plays in Tampa Bay and doesn’t hit many home runs. But the Rays clearly appreciate everything he brings to the team. Diaz and Tampa Bay will look to have another successful season in 2023.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rays, Yandy Diaz closing in on 3-year, $24 million contract extension

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2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.281	14	65	0.755	0

2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.281	14	65	0.755	0

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