In the seventh inning of a 4-3 victory, he struck out against Carlos Pimentel and lined out against Tyson Perez. He had a batting average of .271/.330/.382 in 93 games for Indianapolis.
Baseball America ranked him the league’s best defensive catcher. He was also selected as the best catcher in the International League in 2015.
Daz was promoted to the majors in September of 2015 when the team’s rosters were enlarged.
Although the Pirates were in the middle of a tight pennant fight and their regular catchers (Francisco Cervelli and Chris Stewart) were both performing well, he wasn’t deployed for a few weeks because of this.
On September 12th, he made his first appearance in a game, hitting in the eighth inning of a 10-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Logan Schafer in the center was his target in the face of Corey Knebel.
On June 2, 2017, he hit his first major league home run off Paul Sewald and drove in six runs in a 12-7 win over the New York Mets as a substitute.
Before the game, he had a .215 batting average with one home run in six appearances. While playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he tallied one home run and 19 RBIs in 64 games.
In 57 games for the Indians, he batted .266 with two home runs and 27 RBIs.
His 72-year-old mother, Ana Isabel Soto, was kidnapped by criminals in February 2018 and held for ransom in the midst of Venezuela’s socioeconomic breakdown.
Criminal factions have taken to extorting money by kidnapping family members of well-known locals as the country’s political and economic turmoil worsened.
What Is Elias Díaz Position?
Elias Díaz plays as a Catcher.