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Victor Diaz
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 341 of 1218 players
Diaz
Victor Israel Diaz
Born: December 10, 1981 at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.00 Weight: 200

Victor Diaz was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on January 29, 2005, April 23, 2005, and August 6, 2010.

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First Mets game: September 11, 2004
Last Mets game: April 30, 2006

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M-Rock Gargano
September 15, 2004
Man. This guy can flat out hit. I have a feeling he's going to end up as trade bait but I'd love to see this guy. Not to jump the gun, but he appears as if he's going to be the next Manny! (How many times have Met fans overhyped a prospect?)

Joe Figliola
September 24, 2004
He looks like a fat Cleon Jones. But he sure stings the ball like Cleon, too! Excellent bat speed; he can slap the ball around and has decent power.

Mets2Moon
October 20, 2004
I really liked what I saw out of Diaz in his "cup of coffee" late in 04. This guy can pound and he's got a knack for the clutch. He's also so much like Manny Ramirez it's uncanny. They almost look alike, they have the same stance, the same attitude where you often wonder if they have any idea what's going on, the same swing...I've taken to calling him Lil' Manny. If he can keep his head in things--He's 22, so it could be tough--learn some plate discipline (over 150 Ks and less than 50 BB in AAA in 04), and play a decent LF--not RF, LF--I think he can become something special. If not, he becomes Randall Simon.

David
November 16, 2004
We all liked what we saw from him in September, but there's an old saying don't read too much into what you see from kids in September. Diaz only had 51 abs we never got to see him adjust to pitchers throwing him different ways. The Mets should have called him up earlier instead of playing Williams.

Harvey Poris
November 18, 2004
Saw him at Norfolk in August. He was hitting line drives all over the place and made a couple of good catches in right. Certainly looks like he can hit. Built like a catcher. Maybe he can become one.

George Felonbrenner
May 12, 2005
What a steal this was! What were the Bride-Grooms thinking when they traded him away for over-priced, over-hyped Jeromy Burnitz?! Though wild at the plate, he shows great promise and comes through at the right times. In a few years this might be remarked as one of the greatest trades in Mets history.

Mr. Sparkle
September 24, 2005
Diaz is the type of guy where you hope he lives up to the hype but has not really shown it yet. In one at bat he can smoke a double in the gap and in the next 3 he can swing at lousy pitches and look totally over matched. He has flashes but can he learn to be more selective and become more consistent? He's had enough ABs this season to be a .300 hitter and has not quite done it. I think he could be great since he is only 23 and still learning. I hope they don't give up on him but I'm not sure if he's ready to be the everyday right fielder next season. Is he the next Manny Ramirez or the next Butch Huskey?

Doctor Worm
August 9, 2006
My, how his stock has plummeted.

The Mets have now called up Michael Tucker (whose picture you see if you look up "journeyman" in the dictionary) and have left Victor and his .219 average to languish in Norfolk. I guess we'll see him in September, but who knows?

I get the feeling that if Victor Diaz is ever going to make it big in the bigs, it will be in someone else's uniform. Which will be a shame.

Alex
October 11, 2022
In my teens, I was never too high on Diaz. I knew he was supposed to be a solid prospect but nothing about him wowed me.

Looking back on him now though, I see a kid who was just 22 when they acquired him and who was gone by the time he was only 24. All they received for him was Mike Nickeas.

So in retrospect, I think the Mets made a mistake with Victor. Multiple, actually. If you're going to promote a kid at 22 and give him so much playing time at 23 (89 G, 280 AB), don't just unceremoniously ditch him when he's still prospect-aged at 24 for a backup catcher. Either develop him longer in the minors before promoting him in the first place or keep him around a little longer to work out the kinks. I think they brought him up and ditched him way too soon.

He ended up playing professionally until 2015 and hit nearly 300 home runs at all levels in his career, including 47 in Mexico in 2011 and 38 between Mexico, Dominican winter ball and the indy leagues the year before that. So he had great power potential.

Following his time in affiliated ball, he became a veritable globetrotter, playing in Korea, Japan, Mexico, the Dominican and back in the US to wrap up his career.

Also, to prove how the effects of time affect our memories: I was sure he came around a bit sooner than 2004—somewhere closer to 2002 or so. I had no memory of him still being around during that great 2006 campaign. I thought he was one of those dark age prospects who came and went before the Mets did anything meaningful.








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