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- Updated: May 22, 2016
CINCINNATI — The locker in the Reds’ clubhouse previously used by reliever Jumbo Diaz on Saturday was occupied by a different Diaz on Sunday. And he goes by “Jumbo-ito.”
Dayan Diaz, who is not related to the 278-pound Jumbo Diaz, is generously listed at 5-foot-10 and 195 pounds. Their difference in their size stood out when the two were next to each other at Spring Training.
“In my country, they say, ‘Every really good thing comes in a small bottle,'” the Colombian Diaz said through translator Julio Morillo on Sunday.
Diaz received his first promotion to the Majors on Sunday when he was called up from Triple-A Louisville along with pitchers A.J. Morris and Josh Smith. One of the relievers sent down to make room on the roster was Jumbo Diaz.
Like Jumbo Diaz, who toiled in the Minors for 13 seasons before his first big league opportunity in 2014, Dayan Diaz worked for 11 years since being signed by the Astros as a 16-year-old in 2005. He never gave up, even after a pair of elbow surgeries — including Tommy John in 2009.
“It’s something I’ve been …
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