Didi Gregorius

Didi Gregorius

33-Year-Old ShortstopSS
 Free Agent  Foreign
2023 Fantasy Outlook
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$Signed a two-year, $28 million contract with the Phillies in January of 2021. Released by the Phillies in August of 2022.
Signs with Mexican League team
SSFree Agent  F
May 2, 2023
Gregorius signed a contract Monday with Algodoneros de Union Laguna of the Mexican League.
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Gregorius was released by the Phillies last August after batting just .210/.263/.304 through 232 plate appearances and then apparently failed to attract offseason interest from major-league organizations. The veteran shortstop also struggled with Philadelphia during the 2021 season and might be done with MLB-affiliated ball at age 33.
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+27%
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+43%
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021vs Left .508 167 9 3 20 0 .160 .251 .257
Since 2021vs Right .647 473 43 11 53 4 .226 .273 .374
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2022vs Left .430 61 3 0 6 0 .164 .230 .200
2022vs Right .614 171 14 1 13 1 .226 .275 .340
2021vs Left .556 106 6 3 14 0 .157 .264 .292
2021vs Right .666 302 29 10 40 3 .226 .272 .394
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Since 2021Home .711 311 30 9 41 0 .238 .296 .415
Since 2021Away .520 329 22 5 32 4 .183 .240 .280
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2022Home .579 105 11 0 10 0 .219 .267 .313
2022Away .556 127 6 1 9 1 .203 .260 .297
2021Home .778 206 19 9 31 0 .247 .311 .468
2021Away .497 202 16 4 23 3 .170 .228 .269
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Gregorius rebounded from a poor 2019 season with a strong 2020 campaign, but his 2021 season was the worst of his career. He wound up hitting a miserable .209/.270/.370 with 13 homers in 103 games while missing time with an elbow issue, something which seemingly bothered him even while active. A rebound is certainly possible if his elbow woes carry most of the blame for his struggles, but he's heading into his age-32 season and has a ton of ground to make up if he's to deserve an everyday role. Gregorius' success has always come in spite of his poor expected stats, thanks to an uncanny ability to barely clear the right-field fence, but his .220 xBA and .320 xSLG both represented career lows, thanks in large part to a pitiful 2.3% barrel rate. While he still made plenty of contact, his 16.4 K% was his worst mark since 2014, and it's not clear he can remain a regular unless his elite strikeout rates return.
Gregorius took a one-year "prove it" deal with the Phillies last offseason following a disappointing return from Tommy John surgery the year prior. It looks as though he proved it as his .284/.339/.488 slash line was good for a 116 wRC+, the second-best mark of his eight-year career. He trimmed his K% from 15.4% to a career-low 11.8%, while his BB% improved from 4.9% to 6.3%. He didn't actually hit the ball any harder, with his exit velocity falling to a personal low of 83.8 mph. Naturally, with such weak contact, Statcast pegged him as overachieving in the slugging department, giving him an xSLG of just .396, but he's always overachieved in that category thanks to his uncanny ability to dump balls just over the outfield fence in favorable parks. After re-signing with the Phillies, his stock should return to pre-2019 levels
Yankee Stadium did wonders for Gregorius' career. Of the 97 homers Gregorius hit as a Yankee, 54 came at home, 51 to the pull side. Among batters with at least 95 homers since 2015, Gregorius has the shortest average flyball and home-run distance. Even if he's fully recovered from 2018 Tommy John surgery, Gregorius will miss the short porch in the Bronx after signing with the Phillies in December, though Citizens Bank Park also plays favorably for lefty power. Last season, Gregorius' rehab delayed his debut until early June, and while his slash line was his worst with the Yankees since his first season with the club, the underlying metrics hint at some bad luck as his average exit velocity and barrel rate were better than the prior campaign. Gregorius' strikeout rate rose, but 15.4% is still excellent. Gregorius' numbers will suffer leaving Yankee Stadium, but probably not to the extent some fear.
Gregorius' 2019 value took a serious hit when it was announced he needed to have Tommy John surgery in mid-October. The recovery time for that surgery for a position player is not as long as it is for a pitcher, but it's still relatively lengthy. It is safe to assume Gregorius is going to be unavailable until the All-Star break, which is a shame given his offensive production from shortstop. He hit 22 of his 27 homers off righties and 19 of the 27 came at home. Seventeen of the 27 homers came before the break, but his slugging percentage in the second half was 90 points above his first-half mark that was mostly HR/FB driven. When healthy, Gregorius can yank a number of homers over the right-field fence and provide better-than-average offensive production for a middle infielder. His counting numbers from 2015 may be a realistic target for what he can do in an abbreviated 2019 season.
While 2017 was Gregorius' best statistical season to date, it wasn't a year of substantial skill growth, if there was any real skill growth at all. He walked just 4.4 percent of the time (5.5 percent career walk rate), and his 23.1 percent hard-contact rate was below his 2016 mark -- not to mention it was a bottom-six mark among qualified hitters, according to FanGraphs. To his credit, Gregorius did trim his strikeout rate to a career-low 12.3 percent and he improved a lot on the road, batting .321/.354/.528 away from Yankee Stadium compared to .276/.298/.417 in 2016. However, the improved counting production seems more to do with the new baseball and 164 at-bats in the cleanup spot than anything else. The "expected" numbers from Statcast (.285 xwOBA, .249 xBA, .400 xSLG) suggest Gregorius overachieved, and that he will likely regress to somewhere closer to his 2016 levels this upcoming season.
At just 26 years old, Gregorius continued to progress on offense in 2016 and put up career-best marks nearly across the board. The shortstop entered the year with 22 career home runs, but he turned in 20 long balls to go along with a career-high 70 RBI. The lefty also seemingly figured out how to hit southpaws after being a liability against them in his first few years, as he hit .320 with an .826 OPS against left-handed pitching. He also cut down on his strikeouts (career-low 13.7 percent strikeout rate) while adding a small speed element to his game with seven stolen bases in eight attempts. Shortstop is not the wasteland it once was, and if Gregorius maintains the gains he displayed last season, or even builds on them, he will make for an affordable high-end middle-infield option or low-end option at shortstop in standard leagues.
Gregorius got off a to a shaky start in 2015, hitting just .206 in April while committing numerous fielding, baserunning and mental errors, but he was able to turn things around as the season progressed. The shortstop finished the year hitting a respectable .265, providing plus defense and becoming one of the team's more reliable hitters amid a roster full of late-season slumps and injuries. The lefty also showed improvement against southpaws, slashing .247/.311/.315 after being a liability against lefties in his first two seasons, and he sports a .626 OPS compared to just a .554 mark in his career versus southpaws. He'll turn 26 in February, so there's still plenty of room for his game to continue developing, and the Yankees will gladly take his solid offensive production (for a shortstop) and the defense that he displayed for most of the season.
The Diamondbacks chose Chris Owings over Gregorius as the team's primary shortstop to begin the 2014 season, but Gregorius entered the mix in June after hitting .310/.389/.447 at Triple-A Reno. Defense is still Gregorius' calling card, but his room for growth as a hitter remains debatable. With a 6-foot-2, 205-pound frame, the left-handed hitting Gregorius doesn't fit the physical mold of a light-hitting shortstop, but his production fell across the board last season. For his career, Gregorius has a .243/.313/.366 line, 13 home runs, 57 RBI and 83 runs scored over 724 plate appearances, but he's maintained an acceptable level of plate discipline (17.4% K%, 7.4% BB%). Thus far, he's shown no ability to handle left-handed pitching at the big league level, striking out in 25 percent of his plate appearances and carrying a .184/.257/.233 line against southpaws. Acquired by the Yankees via trade in December, Gregorius will replace Derek Jeter at shortstop in the Bronx in 2015.
Many scouts said Gregorius was a weak bat, and early on, that didn't appear to be the case (he went deep in his first at-bat as a Diamondback against the Yankees). His hot April and May eventually cooled and he became the hitter most expected, finishing the season with a .252 average and .332 OBP. While he is a potential trade candidate given the D-Backs' organizational depth in the middle infield, his glove will assure him playing time regardless of where he's playing in 2014. Unfortunately for fantasy owners, it's difficult to project an overwhelming improvement from his 2013 numbers at the plate.
The line on Gregorius remains the same - he has a fantastic glove that the scouts love, but it's up for debate whether his bat will be good enough to carry in a major league starting lineup. The game has evolved to emphasize defense more, so there's a chance yet that Gregorius could make it, but many were surprised when the D-Backs were willing to deal Trevor Bauer away in December to acquire him. It's believed that he will get more time at Triple-A to continue the development of his bat, but the trade should significantly accelerate his timetable to the big leagues. Despite his range in the field, Gregorius is not proficient on the basepaths, having stolen just three bases against nine attempts in the minors last year.
Gregorius hasn't done a whole lot at the plate in his professional career. His .790 OPS at High-A last year was at an extreme offensive environment in Bakersfield. Otherwise, his career OPS has hovered around .700. He just turned 22 in February, so there's time for his bat to catch up to his glove, which is superb. He's about a year-and-a-half away from getting tested at the major league level. He's there as glove-first insurance in case Zack Cozart can't cut it at the position.
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Cut loose by Philly
SSFree Agent  F
August 4, 2022
The Phillies released Gregorius on Thursday.
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Sits against southpaw
SSPhiladelphia Phillies  F
July 29, 2022
Gregorius isn't starting Friday against the Pirates.
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Takes seat versus southpaw
SSPhiladelphia Phillies  F
July 25, 2022
Gregorius is out of the lineup for Monday's game in Atlanta.
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Finally blasts first homer
SSPhiladelphia Phillies  F
July 17, 2022
Gregorius went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and two additional RBI in Saturday's 10-0 rout of the Marlins.
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Steals first bag of year
SSPhiladelphia Phillies  F
July 16, 2022
Gregorius went 0-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base in Friday's 2-1 win over the Marlins.
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