2025 Player Outlook
Diaz converted 28-of-32 save opportunities last season with a 3.99 ERA (4.57 FIP) and 1.30 WHP. His 22.7 percent strikeout rate was a significant drop from past seasons, as was his 25.8% O-Swing%, 11.0% SwStr, and he allowed a career-high 76.3 percent contact rate. His slider is his best weapon, but when he falls behind, he leans on his fastball, which isn’t his swing-and-miss pitch, and he posted the worst first pitch strike rate of his career last year (54.1%). The Reds will head into the season with Diaz as its closer, but the strikeout rate must rebound, and the ERA get closer to 3.00 for him to be a top-10 fantasy closer in 2025.
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Reds optioned RHP Alexis Díaz to Triple-A Louisville.
Hard-throwing 23-year-old Luis Mey will get a shot in his place. Former closer or not, Díaz just isn’t in position to help the Reds right now. Giving up five runs yesterday left him with a 12.00 ERA in six innings, and his 3/5 K/BB is even more disturbing.
Pitching with the Reds down 1-0 in the ninth, Alexis Díaz gave up three homers and five runs in his inning Wednesday in the first game of the doubleheader versus the Cardinals.
Díaz probably didn’t cost the Reds a win in the first game, but he made the nightcap a little more difficult, since the Cardinals were able to save Ryan Helsley rather than pitch him with a 1-0 lead. Díaz seems destined to head to Triple-A at some point here. He’s given up eight runs with a 3/5 K/BB ratio in six innings since returning from the injured list.
Alexis Díaz was lit up for three runs over 1 1/3 innings on Monday against the Marlins.
Yikes. Díaz came on to record the final out of the sixth inning without incident, but things snowballed out of control in the ensuing frame when he allowed five baserunners, and a handful of stolen bases, in addition to a three-run homer by Kyle Stowers. There’s no scenario where the Reds are going to trust him in high-leverage spots right now, which means he’s a non-factor for fantasy purposes.
Making his season debut after returning from the IL earlier in the day, Alexis Díaz was pulled mid-inning after walking two of the four batters he faced in the sixth Tuesday against the Mariners.
Díaz retired the other two, but the Reds replaced him with Graham Ashcraft to finish the frame. It does go down as a hold for Díaz, who was working with a 6-4 lead. Emilio Pagán finished the game with a perfect ninth, but since it was a four-run lead by then, he didn’t get a save. Pagán is the Reds reliever to have rostered right now.
DFS Last 5
Date | Opponent | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30th | Cardinals | -11.4 |
| Apr 26th | @Rockies | 4.3 |
| Apr 21st | @Marlins | -6 |
| Apr 18th | @Orioles | 4.3 |
| Apr 17th | Mariners | 1.1 |
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