Elias Diaz Resting Against Diamondbacks
3 months agoColorado Rockies catcher Elias Diaz is getting a breather on Wednesday for the series finale against the hosting division-rival Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Jacob Stallings is doing the catching and will bat cleanup for Colorado versus Diamondbacks left-hander Jordan Montgomery. Diaz is hitting a solid .270 (82-for-304) in 84 games this year for the Rockies, but his power has notably been down. After clubbing 14 long balls in 141 games in his first All-Star season in 2023, he has only five this year while driving in 36 in 327 plate appearances. Stallings, meanwhile, is one homer shy of tying his career-high in homers with eight as Colorado's backup. Five of his seven long balls in 2024 have come against left-handers, too, while hitting .300 (18-for-60) against them. Stallings isn't a bad DFS sleeper at the position against Montgomery.
Source: MLB.com
Source: MLB.com