Yusniel Diaz is 11 months removed from the trade that made him the Orioles' top prospect and the man who would represent their haul in the trade of Manny Machado to the Los Angeles Dodgers, a responsibility he understood from the moment it happened.
He's still at Double-A Bowie, and with a home run Friday in the Baysox's 3-0 win over Trenton giving him three straight games with a missile out to left field, the 22-year-old Cuban outfielder's focus isn't on living up to that trade, but living up to his expectations for himself.