Gavin Sheets

Gavin Sheets

28-Year-Old OutfielderOF
San Diego Padres
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Sheets managing to accrue a career-high 501 plate appearances in 2024 spoke much more to the futility of the White Sox than anything the player did. Among 130 players to reach 500 plate appearances, Sheets ranked 120th with his .357 slugging percentage, which is especially lackluster considering he was in the lineup mostly for his theoretical power. The 28-year-old hits a lot of fly balls and has an above-average career strikeout rate at 20.8 percent, but his hard-hit rate (36 percent), average exit velocity (88.4 mph) and barrel rate (6.3 percent) are all below league average. The White Sox non-tendered Sheets over the offseason, and it's difficult to see a 29-year-old with such an uninspiring offensive resume and no defensive value getting another crack at regular playing time in 2025. Read Past Outlooks
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#390
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Padres in February of 2025.
Slugs pinch-hit homer
OFSan Diego Padres
March 28, 2025
Sheets went 1-for-1 with a solo home run in Thursday's 7-4 win over Atlanta.
ANALYSIS
Sheets was not in the starting lineup against left-hander Chris Sale. He entered as a pinch-hitter for Brandon Lockridge in the seventh inning and launched a game-tying homer off Hector Neris that kick-started San Diego's comeback victory. Sheets picked up where he left off in spring training, when he slashed .311/.367/.756 with six homers. The former White Sox player figures to see regular playing time for the Friars against right-handed pitching as long as he's slugging.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+36%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+18%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+512%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .489 112 2 2 14 1 .176 .214 .275
Since 2023vs Right .663 738 58 19 75 2 .229 .301 .362
2025vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025vs Right 1.400 5 1 1 1 0 .400 .400 1.000
2024vs Left .575 92 2 2 13 1 .205 .250 .325
2024vs Right .680 409 33 8 32 1 .239 .315 .364
2023vs Left .103 20 0 0 1 0 .053 .050 .053
2023vs Right .630 324 24 10 42 1 .212 .281 .349
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
Even Split
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+11%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+22%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .640 437 31 12 52 0 .219 .291 .349
Since 2023Away .640 413 29 9 37 3 .224 .288 .352
2025Home 1.400 5 1 1 1 0 .400 .400 1.000
2025Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Home .694 252 19 7 29 0 .239 .310 .385
2024Away .626 249 16 3 16 2 .227 .297 .329
2023Home .541 180 11 4 22 0 .186 .261 .280
2023Away .661 164 13 6 21 1 .220 .274 .387
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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
0.00
 
BB Rate
0.0%
 
K Rate
0.0%
 
BABIP
.250
 
ISO
.600
 
AVG
.400
 
OBP
.400
 
SLG
1.000
 
OPS
1.400
 
wOBA
.598
 
Exit Velocity
97.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
60.0%
 
Barrels/PA
20.0%
 
Expected BA
.406
 
Expected SLG
.756
 
Sprint Speed
0.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
20.0%
 
Line Drive %
20.0%
 
Fly Ball %
60.0%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
2022
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.
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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Wins roster spot
OFSan Diego Padres
March 20, 2025
The Padres selected Sheets' contract from Triple-A El Paso on Thursday.
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Making big push for roster spot
OFSan Diego Padres
March 11, 2025
Sheets went 3-for-3 with a pair of home runs and three total RBI in Tuesday's Cactus League win over the White Sox.
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Slugs spring homer Saturday
OFSan Diego Padres
March 8, 2025
Sheets went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run in Saturday's Cactus League win against the Guardians.
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Joining San Diego on MiLB deal
OFSan Diego Padres
February 9, 2025
Sheets signed a minor-league contract with the Padres on Sunday that includes an invite to big-league spring training, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports.
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Free agent after being non-tendered
OFFree Agent
November 22, 2024
The White Sox non-tendered Sheets on Friday, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports.
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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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