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.