Andres Gimenez

Gimenez continued his fine work in the field, but unfortunately, also continued his regression at the plate with the bat. Gimenez saw his plate appearances drastically reduced with Toronto compared to the levels he enjoyed with Cleveland, and with good reason because Gimenez was a detriment to the lineup with the bat. His metrics are living in the bottom 25th percentile these days, but as long as a team is comfortable with him hitting ninth and doing his thing in the field and on the bases, it's fine. Gimenez is truly limited to mono league benches at this point because of his positional versatility in-season and his ability to steal some bases. Gimenez's batting average should improve this season because a .239 BABiP is tough to do in consecutive seasons, and a lot of thag came from the 55-point gap between his actual batting average on fastballs (.189) versus his expected average (.244) on those pitches. Batting average variance is the name of the game for players with lesser power who make a lot of contact such as Gimenez. Read Past Outlooks