Gavin Sheets

27-Year-Old OutfielderOF

Chicago White Sox

2024 Stats

AVG

.270

RBI

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2024 Fantasy Outlook

Players normally have breakout seasons in their third full year at the big league level, but apparently Sheets decided to flip that script. Sheets had a strong breakout rookie season in 2021, but has backslid each of the past two seasons to what was just an absolutely dismal 2023 campaign at the plate. The biggest challenge to his success is opposing pitchers figured out last season that he could be challenged with fastballs and they fed him a steady diet of them as he hit .205 off fastballs while slugging .366 off them. Those numbers are not suitable for a backup catcher let alone a corner outfielder/first base/DH type like Sheets. A poor first half (.220/.298/.374) gave way to an abysmal second half (.178/.223/.271) but Chicago continued to put him out there against righties. 2024 could see Sheets go back to the minors as he does have an option remaining so a resumption of his 2023 role is not guaranteed. He needs to flip the script right side up. Read Past Outlooks

RANKSFrom Preseason

#598

ADP

League Majors

Bats L

Throws L

40 Man Yes

Height 6'5"

Weight 245

DOB 4/23/1996

Born Lutherville, MD

College Wake Forest

Drafted 2nd Rd 2017 CWS

Option for starts in outfield

OFChicago White Sox

April 16, 2024

White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said Monday that Sheets could see some action in the outfield, James Fegan of SoxMachine.com reports.

ANALYSIS
Sheets is one of the few White Sox players that's been hitting, so using him in the outfield would allow the club to keep his bat in the lineup even after the return of Eloy Jimenez from the injured list Monday. While he's a natural first baseman, most of Sheets' playing time at the major-league level has come in the outfield, so it's not foreign to him. He should receive fairly regular reps in the outfield versus righties while he's swinging a hot bat.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+126%

OPS vs RHP

2024

-100%

OPS vs RHP

2023

+512%

OPS vs RHP

2022

+59%

OPS vs RHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.314	73	0	0	8	0	.119	.164	.149
Since 2022vs Right	.710	735	63	28	97	2	.236	.301	.409
2024vs Left	.000	8	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
2024vs Right	1.083	46	5	3	8	1	.297	.435	.649
2023vs Left	.103	20	0	0	1	0	.053	.050	.053
2023vs Right	.630	324	24	10	42	1	.212	.281	.349
2022vs Left	.464	45	0	0	6	0	.171	.244	.220
2022vs Right	.736	365	34	15	47	0	.250	.301	.435
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2022

+17%

OPS at Home

2024

+134%

OPS on Road

2023

+22%

OPS on Road

2022

+79%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.726	418	35	19	61	0	.228	.306	.420
Since 2022Away	.619	390	28	9	44	2	.223	.269	.350
2024Home	.561	30	1	1	3	0	.130	.300	.261
2024Away	1.315	24	4	2	6	1	.381	.458	.857
2023Home	.541	180	11	4	22	0	.186	.261	.280
2023Away	.661	164	13	6	21	1	.220	.274	.387
2022Home	.908	208	23	14	36	0	.276	.346	.562
2022Away	.508	202	11	1	17	0	.208	.243	.266
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Stat Review

How does Gavin Sheets compare to other hitters?

This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.

BB/K
Walk to strikeout ratio
BB Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
K Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
BABIP
Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
ISO
Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
AVG
Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
OBP
On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
SLG
Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
OPS
On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
wOBA
Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
Exit Velocity
The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
Hard Hit Rate
A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
Barrels/PA
The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
Expected BA
Expected Batting Average.
Expected SLG
Expected Slugging Percentage.
Sprint Speed
The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
Ground Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
Line Drive %
The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
Fly Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.

BB/K

0.50

BB Rate

13.0%

K Rate

26.1%

BABIP

.333

ISO

.270

AVG

.270

OBP

.391

SLG

.541

OPS

.932

wOBA

.400

Exit Velocity

91.5 mph

Hard Hit Rate

30.8%

Barrels/PA

5.6%

Expected BA

.301

Expected SLG

.553

Sprint Speed

Ground Ball %

23.1%

Line Drive %

30.8%

Fly Ball %

46.2%

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Latest Fantasy Rumors

Starting spot unlikely?

OFChicago White Sox

February 4, 2024

Vinnie Duber of AllCHGO.com speculates Sheets likely has "little chance of securing" the starting job in right field.

ANALYSIS
The 27-year-old struggled to a .203/.267/.331 slash line in 118 games last season, so he's hardly put himself in position to retain a regular spot in the lineup. Chicago also acquired Dominic Fletcher and Zach DeLoach via trades Saturday, with Fletcher the favorite to start in right field. Sheets may need a strong showing in spring training just to earn a spot on the Opening Day roster.

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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2022

Sheets is an atypical lefty hitter these days as he is just as likely to pull a pitch up and over the right field wall as he is to take the ball the other way taking what the pitchers give him. His spray chart shows balls in play all over the place, with a healthy volume of infield hits to the left side which may be tougher to maintain in the reduced shifting marketplace which awaits him this offseason. This helps explain someone with below average speed had double-digit infield hits last season. Despite all of this, he still finishes just below the league batting average and has shown little ability to date to hit lefties, which will limit him to a strong side platoon situation when he is in the lineup. Jose Abreu's free agency opens up a spot in the lineup for Sheets, assuming the club does not go out and sign a replacement at the position. Sheets has outfield eligibility, but he is better used at DH or first base than trying to cover ground in a corner outfield spot.

Sheets is the rare type of player who patiently moved up the farm system one step at a time before reaching the majors. Sheets played collegiately at Wake Forest, and then spent nearly a full season at each level before his promotion to the big leagues last year. Three of the four farm clubs in the Chicago system were in North Carolina, so the Wake Forest grad was clearly comfortable close to home. The son of a former major-leaguer, Sheets also held his own in a platoon situation with respectable numbers against righties. The 2022 campaign could see him platooning at DH with Andrew Vaughn -- at least that's how it looks as the roster stands now. His power makes him an interesting AL-only spec play.

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