Lewin Díaz

Lewin José Díaz (born November 19, 1996) is a Dominican professional baseball first baseman in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Miami Marlins.

Lewin Díaz
Diaz with the Fort Myers Miracle
Baltimore Orioles – No. 28
First baseman
Born: (1996-11-19) November 19, 1996
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
MLB debut
August 15, 2020, for the Miami Marlins
MLB statistics
(through 2022 season)
Batting average.181
Home runs13
Runs batted in27
Teams

Career

Minnesota Twins

Díaz signed with the Minnesota Twins as an international free agent on November 21, 2013.[1] He played for the DSL Twins in 2014, hitting .257/.385/.451/.836 with 5 home runs and 27 RBI.[2] He split the 2015 season between the GCL Twins and the Elizabethton Twins, hitting a combined .233/.322/.371/.693 with 4 home runs and 20 RBI.[2] He returned to Elizabethton in 2016, and hit .310/.353/.575/.928 with 9 home runs and 37 RBI.[2] He played for the Cedar Rapids Kernels in 2017, hitting .292/.329/.444/.773 with 12 home runs and 68 RBI. He spent the 2018 season with the Fort Myers Miracle, hitting .224/.255/.344/.599 with 6 home runs and 38 RBI.[2] He opened the 2019 season back with Fort Myers, before being promoted to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos on June 19. Between the two teams, he hit a combined .294/.336/.553/.889 with 19 home runs and 62 RBI.[3]

Miami Marlins

On July 27, 2019, the Twins traded Díaz to the Miami Marlins in exchange for Sergio Romo, Chris Vallimont, and a player to be named later.[4][5] He was assigned to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp following the trade.[4] Over 31 games with Jacksonville, he batted .200 with eight home runs.

Díaz was added to the Marlins 40–man roster following the 2019 season.[6]

On August 15, 2020, Díaz was promoted to the major leagues. He made his debut that day against the Atlanta Braves and got his first major league hit in his only at-bat against Mark Melancon.[7] On November 15, 2022, Díaz was designated for assignment.[8]

Baltimore Orioles

On November 22, 2022, Díaz was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[9] On December 2, 2022, Diaz was claimed off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles.[10] He was designated for assignment on December 21, 2022.[11] On December 22, 2022, Díaz was traded to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for cash considerations.[12] Six days later, the Braves designated Díaz for assignment.[13]

On January 5, 2023, Díaz was claimed off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles again.[14] He was again designated for assignment by the Orioles on January 11 after the team traded for Darwinzon Hernández.[15] On January 17, Díaz cleared waivers and was assigned outright to the Triple-A Norfolk Tides.[16]

References
  1. Rhett Bollinger (January 19, 2018). "Diaz named MLB's 9th-ranked 1B prospect". MLB.com. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  2. "Lewin Díaz Player Page". MLB.com. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  3. Betsy Helfand (July 27, 2019). "Twins acquire reliever Sergio Romo, two others for Lewin Diaz". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  4. Jordan McPherson (July 28, 2019). "Who is Lewin Diaz, the new Miami Marlins prospect acquired in the Sergio Romo trade?". Miami Herald. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  5. Wells Desenbury (July 28, 2019). "Marlins acquire power-hitting prospect Lewin Diaz from Twins for reliever Sergio Romo". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  6. Jordan McPherson (November 20, 2019). "Marlins add top prospects eligible for Rule 5 draft to 40-man roster, DFA Wei-Yin Chen". Miami Herald. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  7. "Lewin Diaz impresses in Miami Marlins debut; starts vs Braves". Miami Herald. August 16, 2020. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  8. "Miami Marlins trade with Tampa Bay Rays, DFA Lewin Diaz". Miami Herald. November 15, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  9. "Pirates claim first baseman Lewin Díaz off waivers from Miami". MLB.com. November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  10. Ruiz, Nathan (December 2, 2022). "Orioles improve first base depth with Lewin Díaz claim, Franchy Cordero minor league agreementwoanq4irxyq-story.html". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  11. "Mychal Givens back with Orioles after agreeing to $5M deal". Toronto Sun. Associated Press. December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  12. "Orioles trade INF Lewin Diaz to Braves for cash". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  13. "Braves trade for veteran left-handed reliever Lucas Luetge". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  14. "Orioles DFA Ryan O'Hearn 2 days after trade, claim Lewin Díaz back". ESPN.com. Associated Press. January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  15. Rill, Jake (January 11, 2023). "O's get Darwinzon Hernandez in trade with Red Sox". MLB.com. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  16. "Orioles' Lewin Diaz: Sent outright to Triple-A". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
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