Yonathan Daza

29-Year-Old OutfielderOF

Colorado Rockies AAA

2023 Stats

AVG

.270

RBI

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2023 Fantasy Outlook

After hitting .301 last season, Daza's average over the past two years is a respectable .293. However, in those 673 at bats, he clubbed only four homers and swiped two bases. That's a weekend series for some in Coors Field, but Daza gets to play half of his games there. Daza's strength is a career 16.5% strikeout rate, but he walks at a 6.4% clip. His average exit velocity was 1st percentile with a 2nd percentile HardHit%. This works with speed and a 55% groundball rate but is not ideal for an outfielder in Coors Field. Daza played a lot last season with Kris Bryant out. There are still pathways to playing time if Bryant is healthy and his batting average will likely give Daza positive earnings in a mixed league. However, be aware where it comes from and be especially leery of using Daza just because he's at home. Read Past Outlooks

RANKSFrom Preseason

#578

ADP

League AAA

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man No

Height 6'2"

Weight 207

DOB 2/28/1994

Born Maracay, Venezuela

College None

Drafted 2010 COL

Goes unclaimed

OFColorado Rockies AAA

May 8, 2023

Daza was outrighted to Triple-A Albuquerque on Monday after clearing waivers.

ANALYSIS
Daza owns a 75 wRC+ across 924 big-league plate appearances and has graded out as an average-to-below-average defender in the outfield over the past two seasons, so it's not overly surprising that none of the league's other 29 teams were willing to put in a waiver claim for him. He'll stick in the Colorado organization and could face a more difficult path back to the big leagues now that he's no longer a member of the Rockies' 40-man roster.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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vs LHP

Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2021

+11%

OPS vs LHP

2023

+4%

OPS vs RHP

2022

+15%

OPS vs LHP

2021

+9%

OPS vs LHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2021vs Left	.758	280	36	1	24	1	.317	.345	.412
Since 2021vs Right	.680	539	54	3	47	2	.276	.334	.346
2023vs Left	.636	22	0	0	2	0	.273	.273	.364
2023vs Right	.662	58	8	0	5	1	.269	.316	.346
2022vs Left	.801	141	24	0	12	0	.341	.362	.439
2022vs Right	.696	267	32	2	22	0	.279	.342	.354
2021vs Left	.728	117	12	1	10	1	.296	.339	.389
2021vs Right	.665	214	14	1	20	1	.275	.329	.337
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2021

+23%

OPS at Home

2023

+16%

OPS at Home

2022

+13%

OPS at Home

2021

+41%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2021Home	.783	404	58	3	44	2	.318	.363	.420
Since 2021Away	.636	415	32	1	27	1	.265	.314	.322
2023Home	.707	38	6	0	4	0	.294	.324	.382
2023Away	.611	42	2	0	3	1	.250	.286	.325
2022Home	.782	194	36	1	21	0	.316	.373	.409
2022Away	.690	214	20	1	13	0	.289	.327	.363
2021Home	.799	172	16	2	19	2	.325	.359	.439
2021Away	.568	159	10	0	11	0	.236	.304	.264
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Stat Review

How does Yonathan Daza compare to other hitters?

This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.

BB/K
Walk to strikeout ratio
BB Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
K Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
BABIP
Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
ISO
Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
AVG
Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
OBP
On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
SLG
Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
OPS
On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
wOBA
Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
Exit Velocity
The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
Hard Hit Rate
A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
Barrels/PA
The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
Expected BA
Expected Batting Average.
Expected SLG
Expected Slugging Percentage.
Sprint Speed
The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
Ground Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
Line Drive %
The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
Fly Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.

BB/K

0.23

BB Rate

3.8%

K Rate

16.3%

BABIP

.323

ISO

.081

AVG

.270

OBP

.304

SLG

.351

OPS

.655

wOBA

.289

Exit Velocity

85.0 mph

Hard Hit Rate

20.6%

Barrels/PA

1.3%

Expected BA

.229

Expected SLG

.304

Sprint Speed

24.6 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

44.3%

Line Drive %

18.0%

Fly Ball %

37.7%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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Daza got his most extended look at the major-league level in 2021, earning 331 plate appearances in Colorado. His primary attribute at the plate is his ability to make contact, as he's maintained an 18.2 percent strikeout rate across 444 career plate appearances. That hasn't translated to a strong batting average however, due to his poor quality of contact (1.5 percent barrel rate, 25.8 percent hard-hit rate). Combined with a groundball rate in excess of 55 percent, there's also very little power upside to speak of. Daza is likely to remain on the roster due to his defensive ability and because he is out of minor-league options, but with Randal Grichuk, Charlie Blackmon, Kris Bryant and Connor Joe each set for a regular role in the lineup, Daza isn't likely to find significant playing time without an injury to someone on the depth chart ahead of him.

Daza got his first taste of major-league action in 2019, but he failed to make an appearance in the big leagues during the 60-game season in 2020. The outfielder has raked at every level of the minors, but he experienced some growing pains during his 44 games in 2019. Daza hit 59.5% of his batted balls on the ground and had a hard-hit rate of just 24.7% while recording a 10.8% swinging-strike rate. He had a .399 BABIP at the Triple-A level in 2019, but that mark fell to just .260 in the big leagues. Daza has elite speed, but he's only had one season in which he's stolen more than 20 bases. While he should get more chances to reach the majors once again if a full season is played in 2021, he'll have plenty of outfielders to compete with for playing time. The speedster is no lock to make the Opening Day roster, and he holds little value in redraft leagues amid a talented group of outfielders in Colorado.

Daza has done well enough in the minors the past few years to earn a promotion to the next level and last year he debuted with 44 games in the big leagues when the team needed him around injuries and roster expansion. Daza has elite sprint speed, as he is in the top 10th percentile of the league, but that has not exactly translated over into steals in his career as he has topped 20 steals in a season just one time. That may be an organizational type thing, but after watching what fellow speedster Garrett Hampson did last September, maybe it isn't. Daza is a perfect reserve outfield candidate, but the Rockies currently have a lot of depth at that position with guys like Hampson, Sam Hilliard, Ian Desmond and Raimel Tapia available behind Charlie Blackmon and David Dahl. Daza seems destined to return to Triple-A.

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