Gavin Sheets

Gavin Sheets

28-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Chicago White Sox
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
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#373
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$Signed a one-year contract with the White Sox in March of 2024.
Out for regular-season finale
OFChicago White Sox
September 29, 2024
Sheets is absent from Sunday's lineup against the Tigers.
ANALYSIS
Unless he pinch hits Sunday, Sheets will end the season with a slash line of .233/.303/.357 with 10 home runs and 45 RBI across 501 plate appearances. Bryan Ramos will serve as the designated hitter and bat sixth.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
12
24
42
25
2
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
12
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+42%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+18%
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 .482 157 2 2 20 1 .175 .223 .259
Since 2022vs Right .684 1098 91 33 121 2 .235 .301 .384
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
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
 
 
+21%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+11%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+22%
OPS on Road
2022
 
 
+79%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .720 640 53 25 87 0 .236 .308 .413
Since 2022Away .596 615 40 10 54 3 .219 .273 .323
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
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
0.41
 
BB Rate
8.6%
 
K Rate
21.2%
 
BABIP
.281
 
ISO
.124
 
AVG
.233
 
OBP
.303
 
SLG
.357
 
OPS
.660
 
wOBA
.294
 
Exit Velocity
87.8 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
28.5%
 
Barrels/PA
4.0%
 
Expected BA
.253
 
Expected SLG
.389
 
Sprint Speed
22.4 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
36.8%
 
Line Drive %
21.8%
 
Fly Ball %
41.4%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
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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Resting Saturday
OFChicago White Sox
September 28, 2024
Sheets isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Detroit.
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Sitting versus lefty
OFChicago White Sox
September 26, 2024
Sheets is not in the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Angels.
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Idle against southpaw
OFChicago White Sox
September 25, 2024
Sheets is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Angels.
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Getting rest against southpaw
OFChicago White Sox
September 21, 2024
Sheets isn't in the White Sox's lineup for Saturday's game against the Padres.
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Taking seat against lefty
OFChicago White Sox
September 16, 2024
Sheets is not in the lineup for Monday's game versus the Angels, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West 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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