Gavin Sheets

Gavin Sheets

29-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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$Signed a one-year contract with the Padres in February of 2025.
Back in lineup
OFSan Diego Padres
June 3, 2025
Sheets (head) will serve as the designated hitter and bat fifth in Tuesday's game against the Giants.
ANALYSIS
Sheets missed a start Monday after colliding with the outfield wall Sunday, though he appeared as a pinch hitter during Monday's game. Now fully recovered, he'll aim to bounce back after going 2-for-18 across his last seven games.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
5
10
9
8
8
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
4
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+34%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+42%
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 .515 149 3 3 17 1 .184 .228 .287
Since 2023vs Right .692 894 79 28 105 3 .235 .305 .387
2025vs Left .594 37 1 1 3 0 .206 .270 .324
2025vs Right .846 161 22 10 31 1 .272 .329 .517
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
 
 
+6%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+23%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+11%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+22%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .646 532 42 15 64 1 .218 .297 .349
Since 2023Away .687 511 40 16 58 3 .238 .292 .396
2025Home .714 100 12 4 13 1 .221 .330 .384
2025Away .875 98 11 7 21 0 .295 .306 .568
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
0.30
 
BB Rate
7.1%
 
K Rate
23.2%
 
BABIP
.288
 
ISO
.221
 
AVG
.260
 
OBP
.318
 
SLG
.481
 
OPS
.799
 
wOBA
.348
 
Exit Velocity
92.7 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
39.0%
 
Barrels/PA
7.6%
 
Expected BA
.272
 
Expected SLG
.492
 
Sprint Speed
22.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
38.2%
 
Line Drive %
20.6%
 
Fly Ball %
41.2%
 
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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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Pinch hits Monday
OFSan Diego Padres
Head
June 3, 2025
Sheets (head/hip/wrist/thumb) grounded out as a pinch hitter in Monday's 1-0 win over the Giants.
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Out of Monday's lineup
OFSan Diego Padres
Undisclosed
June 2, 2025
Sheets (undisclosed) is absent from the lineup for Monday's contest versus the Giants.
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Exits early after collision
OFSan Diego Padres
Undisclosed
June 1, 2025
Sheets (undisclosed) exited Sunday's contest versus the Pirates in the top of the fourth inning after colliding with the outfield wall, Jake Rill of MLB.com reports.
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Homers in loss
OFSan Diego Padres
May 28, 2025
Sheets went 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk, three RBI and two runs scored in Wednesday's 10-8 loss to the Marlins.
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Slugs 10th homer
OFSan Diego Padres
May 25, 2025
Sheets went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer Sunday's 5-3 victory over Atlanta.
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Candidate for IL stint
OFSan Diego Padres
June 2, 2025
Sheets is expected to land on the injured list after suffering multiple injuries following a collision with the left field wall in Sunday's 6-4 win over the Pirates, according to Dennis Lin of The Athletic.
ANALYSIS
Padres manager Mike Shildt told reporters that Sheets was being treated for a possible concussion as well as a "head contusion coupled with a sore hip and a little bit of a jammed wrist and thumb." A regular in the outfield for San Diego, Sheets has blasted 11 homers while hitting .267 with an .817 OPS across 192 plate appearances while playing left field, first base and the DH role.
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