Dodgers' Wilman Diaz: Brutal results in rookie ball
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Diaz is hitting just .161/.215/.230 with one home run and a 5:35 BB:K in 21 games for the Dodgers' rookie-level Arizona Complex League club.
After a rough go in the Dominican Summer League last year, Diaz has come stateside and fallen flat on his face so far, striking out at a brutal 37.6 percent clip. It's shocking to see such a highly rated prospect be so overmatched at the lowest levels of pro baseball, but Diaz is still just 18 years old, so he's got some time to make adjustments and get back on track.
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Dodgers' Wilman Diaz: Rough start in DSL
Rotowire
Diaz has struggled through his first 13 pro games for the Dodgers' Dominican Summer League affiliate, batting just .190/.277/.262 with no homers and four steals.
Most concerningly for the highly rated international signee, he's struck out 17 times in 47 plate appearances -- a horrible 36.2 percent clip. Of course, it'd be incredibly premature to downgrade Diaz based on this tiny sample, considering that he's just 17 years old and the Dodgers' scouts obviously saw something in him that warranted a multi-million-dollar contract this past offseason. He's all projection right now, but that may just make him easier to snap up in dynasty formats.
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