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NPB’s Orix Buffaloes Sign Jordan Diaz

By Anthony Franco | January 10, 2025 at 11:14pm CDT

The Orix Buffaloes of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball announced this week that they’ve signed former A’s infielderĀ Jordan Diaz. Reports out of Japan first emerged in November that the Buffaloes were nearing a deal with the Colombian-born infielder, but the contract was not finalized until Wednesday.

Diaz, a right-handed hitter who spends most of his time between second and third base, appeared in 105 major league games between 2022-23. The bulk of those reps came in ’23, when Diaz appeared in a little more than half of the team’s games. Diaz didn’t make much of an offensive impact, as he hit .227/.276/.358 across 344 trips to the plate. The A’s optioned him to Triple-A to begin last season. They designated him for assignment and outrighted him off the 40-man roster towards the end of May.

The 24-year-old spent the rest of the year with the A’s top minor league team. He had a strong season, hitting 22 homers with a .301/.362/.529 slash through 436 plate appearances. Diaz is up to a .311/.363/.523 batting line over 724 trips to the plate in the Pacific Coast League. That’s a hitter-friendly environment, of course, but Diaz has shown plus contact skills with decent power at every minor league stop.

Rather than pursue another minor league contract to stay in affiliated ball, Diaz will parlay his strong Triple-A numbers to a guaranteed deal in Japan. He’s young enough to attract MLB interest down the line if he performs well against NPB pitching.

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  1. Mlbfan78

    8 months ago

    Better to make the payday in Japan and who knows maybe can turn it into a career long thing, it happened to foreigners who came to Japan for just 1 season and they never leave.
    Also beats 6am flights and bus rides all over AAA all season long.

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  2. cooperhill

    8 months ago

    Joins Nevin.

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  3. Jerry Dipoto Burner

    8 months ago

    The NPB Orix Buffaloes are signing more major league players than the Mariners. Time to learn MLB Dipoto.

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  4. draker

    8 months ago

    “spends most of his time between second and third bases”. So is he a shortstop?

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    • kcmark

      8 months ago

      Or he gets picked off and trapped in rundowns.

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