John Romano | The 2023 AL batting champion will still play first base occasionally, but the Rays want him out of harm’s way.

FILE - Tampa Bay Rays’ Yandy Diaz celebrates in the dugout after hitting a three-run home run in the seventh inning of a ...

Details of Yandy Díaz’s $22 million, two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays: 2027 club option: $10 million (would become ...

The veteran first baseman/DH has a chance to stay through 2027 under a new deal that includes a vesting option.

March 14 - The Tampa Bay Rays exercised their $12 million team option on first baseman Yandy Diaz for the 2026 season. The ...

Since joining the team before the 2019 season, Diaz has become a veteran leader, family man and source of clubhouse humor.

The Tampa Bay Rays have picked up their $12 million team option on Yandy Díaz for the 2026 season. The Rays also have added a ...

FORT MYERS — Heading into his seventh season with the Rays, Yandy Diaz said he likes playing for the team so much he hopes to stay for the rest of his career. He took another step in that ...

The Rays and Yandy Díaz have worked out a mini extension of sorts. The club announced that it has preemptively picked up his 2026 club option, which is valued at $12MM, while adding a club ...

The Rays exercised Diaz's $12 million option for 2026 and added a vesting option for 2027 on Friday, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports. Diaz's option for 2027 would vest if he ...

PORT CHARLOTTE — Yandy Diaz didn’t know he was going to grow old with the Rays. That he’d still be with them seven years after he was acquired in a December 2018 trade with Cleveland.