11:34 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) (foot) will be the designated hitter Wednesday and will start at catcher in Friday's Grapefruit League game, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

9:54 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is behind schedule with his running program after suffering a left foot sprain during the Dominican Winter League, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

8:47 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) will make $4.5 million in 2026 after winning his arbitration hearing with the Astros on Tuesday, Francys Romero of BeisbolFR.com reports.

6:17 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and an RBI single during the Astros' 6-2 win over the Angels on Sunday.

1:12 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Athletics, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

10:12 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 1-for-3 with two RBI on Wednesday against the Rangers.

4:41 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Friday's game against Atlanta.

10:24 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI on Tuesday against the Blue Jays.

10:14 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 2-for-5 with a double, three RBI and a run scored Saturday against the Rangers.

5:14 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not in the Astros' starting lineup against the Rangers on Friday, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

4:14 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) (hand) is starting behind the plate and batting seventh Friday against the Angels, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

12:03 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) (hand) is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Rockies, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

5:32 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rockies due to a hand injury, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

5:01 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Rockies.

4:19 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not part of the starting lineup Saturday versus the Orioles.

11:22 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.

9:25 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run Tuesday against the Marlins.

10:01 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run Wednesday against the Nationals.

2:52 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics.

4:48 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game against the Athletics.

6:40 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not in the lineup for Monday's game in Arizona.

12:40 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

9:10 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Saturday against the Dodgers.

12:55 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Rockies, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

4:13 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not in the lineup for Wednesday's tilt versus the Phillies.

3:54 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels.

7:09 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not in the Astros' starting lineup against the Athletics on Monday.

11:51 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Athletics.

12:26 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Mariners, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

4:07 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is absent from the lineup for Tuesday's contest in Tampa Bay.

8:11 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 1-for-5 with a double and two RBI on Wednesday.

11:19 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers.

4:44 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not in the lineup for Friday's contest in Kansas City, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

4:11 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

9:40 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 1-for-4 with a double against the Cardinals on Wednesday.

1:57 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels.

2:30 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mariners.

1:35 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game against the Giants.

3:33 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup Saturday against the Mets, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

9:32 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) (illness) is starting behind the plate and batting cleanup in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Mets, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

9:40 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) (illness) is out of the Astros' lineup for a second straight day Thursday but will go through a full workout, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

4:05 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) isn't in the Astros' lineup for Saturday's game against the Guardians.

11:53 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI and one run scored Sunday against the Angels.

9:38 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI in Sunday's loss to the Diamondbacks.

1:24 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game in Philadelphia.

7:44 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Sunday's win over the Orioles.

6:53 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 6-2 loss to the Dodgers.

11:41 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in Saturday's win over the Mariners.

7:22 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 3-for-4 with two RBI in Wednesday's 7-1 win over the Rockies.

4:20 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) (finger) is batting fifth and is the designated hitter for Friday's game against the Tigers.

2:46 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) manager Joe Espada expects Diaz (finger) to be available to start Friday's game against the Tigers, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

1:20 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) (finger) remains out of the lineup for Wednesday's game in San Francisco.

7:06 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) (finger) isn't in the Astros' lineup Tuesday versus the Giants.

1:39 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) Astros are hopeful Diaz can avoid the injured list after an X-ray and MRI on his right index finger came back negative, Ari Alexander of KPRC 2 in Houston reports.

7:59 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) isn't starting Monday's game against the Giants due to soreness and limited range of motion in his right index finger, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

6:59 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not in the starting lineup for Monday's series opener against the Giants, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

10:18 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Cardinals.

12:13 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins.

12:11 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not in the starting lineup Saturday versus the Twins.

1:31 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) isn't in the Astros' lineup for Thursday's game against the Mariners, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

6:10 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is absent from the lineup for Monday's contest in Seattle.

12:38 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Angels.

11:31 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against Milwaukee.

10:20 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 1-for-4 with a double, three RBI and a run scored Thursday against the Athletics.

7:13 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Guardians.

5:59 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Thursday's 13-3 loss to the Royals.

5:31 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rangers, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

2:23 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) general manager Dana Brown confirmed in an interview with Randy McIlvoy of KPRC-TV on Thursday that Diaz "will be the main guy" next season at catcher.

4:08 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not in the lineup Wednesday for Game 4 of the ALDS against the Twins.

5:38 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) will start at designated hitter in Game 3 of the ALDS versus the Twins on Tuesday, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

11:47 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not in the lineup Sunday against the Royals.

4:55 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is absent from the lineup Friday at Kansas City.

12:51 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 1-for-5 with a three-run home run and two runs scored Monday against the Rangers.

5:21 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.

9:54 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Yankees.

1:34 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Red Sox.

4:29 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 2-for-2 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 17-4 win over the Tigers.

1:10 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Tigers.

3:00 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 0-for-4 with a walk Saturday against the Tigers.

5:22 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) was a late addition to Tuesday's lineup against the Red Sox, starting at designated hitter and batting cleanup, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

4:17 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not in the lineup Tuesday versus the Red Sox.

12:10 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) will start at catcher and bat cleanup in Sunday's game against the Mariners.

3:51 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup Thursday against the Yankees.

4:26 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rangers.

7:26 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Athletics.

5:49 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup Saturday against the Athletics.

6:18 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not in the lineup for Friday's game at Oakland.

12:22 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is not in the starting lineup versus the Rockies on Wednesday.

7:34 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 2-for-4 with two homers, three RBI and two runs scored in Wednesday's 6-4 win over the Rockies.

4:23 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Dodgers.

7:07 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 10-8 win over the Mets.

9:20 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 1-for-4 with a solo home run Wednesday against the Nationals.

4:01 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) will serve as Houston's designated hitter and No. 6 batter in Wednesday's game against the Nationals, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

3:54 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is starting at designated hitter and batting eighth Friday in Cleveland.

1:02 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a double in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Twins.

5:30 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 1-for-2 with a solo home run Wednesday against the Twins.

6:21 AM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's win over the White Sox.

1:27 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the White Sox, Julia Morales of AT&T SportsNet Southwest reports.

2:40 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) is starting in the designated hitter spot and batting sixth for the Astros in Thursday's opener versus the White Sox.

5:48 PM - Yainer Diaz (Hou) will be on the Opening Day roster in Houston, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.