The Yandy Era is upon us.
There are few names in baseball that I would have been more excited about the Rays acquiring this offseason than Yandy Diaz.
I’ve had my eyes on Yandy for a while, and I know I’m not alone in that regard. While there’s more to being a baseball player than muscle mass, boy does he have muscle mass.
And while there’s more to hitting than exit velocity, boy does he have exit velocity.
Sprinkle in some elite plate discipline, and the fact that he is right in his prime right now, compared to Jake Bauers — who the Rays traded for Diaz and who will probably be there in four to five years — and the move makes perfect sense for a Rays team looking to reach the Promised Land again in 2019.