Oscar Colas

Oscar Colas

26-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Chicago White Sox AAA
2024 Fantasy Outlook
There was quite a bit of hype around Colas when he signed with the White Sox as an international free agent in January of 2022 and he further fanned the flames in his first year of MLB-affiliated ball, slashing .314/.371/.524 in 526 plate appearances between High-A Winston-Salem, Double-A Birmingham and Triple-A Charlotte. He then lit it up in the Cactus League last spring to earn a spot on Chicago's major-league roster leading into the 2023 season. It was a storybook rise, but what came after was alarming. Colas posted the eighth-worst OPS (.571) of the 328 big-league hitters who logged more than 250 plate appearances and was twice demoted back to the minors. He batted .190/.238/.293 against lefties and racked up 71 total strikeouts to just 12 walks. The hype has waned, so much so that the 25-year-old outfielder will likely go undrafted in most standard leagues for 2024. Read Past Outlooks
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#408
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$Signed a one-year contract with the White Sox in March of 2024.
Optioned to Triple-A
OFChicago White Sox  AAA
June 23, 2024
The White Sox optioned Colas to Triple-A Charlotte on Sunday.
ANALYSIS
The move corresponds with Eloy Jimenez (hamstring) being reinstated off the injured list Sunday. Colas joined the big club June 1 due to injuries across the roster, but he saw his playing time decrease over time. In 12 appearances since his call-up, Colas went 9-for-32 with four RBI and a .660 OPS over 32 at-bats. He should settle back into an everyday role in the minors, where he is slashing .244/.358/.406 with five home runs and 21 RBI over 193 plate appearances in Triple-A.
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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 2022
 
 
+5%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+68%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+10%
OPS vs RHP
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .560 67 5 1 6 0 .210 .254 .306
Since 2022vs Right .586 234 28 4 17 4 .227 .276 .310
2024vs Left 1.000 4 0 0 1 0 .500 .500 .500
2024vs Right .594 34 1 0 3 0 .241 .353 .241
2023vs Left .531 63 5 1 5 0 .190 .238 .293
2023vs Right .583 200 27 4 14 4 .225 .263 .321
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+28%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+4%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+33%
OPS on Road
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .504 141 12 1 8 1 .200 .250 .254
Since 2022Away .647 160 21 4 15 3 .243 .289 .358
2024Home .657 13 0 0 2 0 .273 .385 .273
2024Away .633 25 1 0 2 0 .273 .360 .273
2023Home .488 128 12 1 6 1 .193 .236 .252
2023Away .649 135 20 4 13 3 .238 .276 .373
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Oscar Colas 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
0.40
 
BB Rate
10.5%
 
K Rate
26.3%
 
BABIP
.391
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
.273
 
OBP
.368
 
SLG
.273
 
OPS
.641
 
wOBA
.302
 
Exit Velocity
89.9 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
26.1%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.249
 
Expected SLG
.290
 
Sprint Speed
23.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
60.9%
 
Line Drive %
21.7%
 
Fly Ball %
17.4%
 
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
For several years, Colas' fame has outstripped his likely MLB value, but his 2022 affiliated debut went about as good as anyone could have hoped. Chicago has fast-tracked the Cuban slugger, assigning him to High-A and then bumping him to Double-A and Triple-A in the same season. All told, he slashed .314/.371/.524 with 23 home runs in 117 games, and general manager Rick Hahn said at the general manager meetings that Colas could be the team's right fielder in 2023. His 25.6 K% and 6.2 BB% as a 23-year-old at Double-A and Triple-A are reasons to expect some bumps in the road during his rookie season. Colas has a chance to be a 30-homer hitter in the big leagues, but he is already physically maxed out at 24 years old, so he could eventually slide to designated hitter. His hit tool in the majors will be the swing skill. If he is a 45- or 50-grade hitter, that should allow him to play every day and drive in a lot of runs without killing fantasy ratios, but it's also possible that he hits for a low enough batting average that he isn't in much demand even if he's playing a lot.
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Could head back to the minors soon
OFChicago White Sox  AAA
June 20, 2024
White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said Thursday that Colas may be optioned to Triple-A Charlotte soon in order to play on an everyday basis, Vinnie Duber of AllCHGO.com reports.
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Fading into reserve role
OFChicago White Sox  AAA
June 16, 2024
Colas is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Diamondbacks.
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Not starting Monday
OFChicago White Sox  AAA
June 10, 2024
Colas is not in the starting lineup for the White Sox's series opener against the Mariners on Monday.
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Drives in pair
OFChicago White Sox  AAA
June 7, 2024
Colas went 1-for-3 with two RBI on Friday against the Red Sox.
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Resting Thursday
OFChicago White Sox  AAA
June 6, 2024
Colas isn't in the White Sox's lineup for Thursday's game against the Red Sox.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Everyday role on horizon
OFChicago White Sox  AAA
June 20, 2024
Vinnie Duber of AllCHGO.com expects Colas to step into an everyday role once the White Sox begin trading players this summer.
ANALYSIS
The 26-year-old was called up by Chicago in early June and has a .300/.382/.300 slash line in 34 plate appearances, but he hasn't seen much playing time of late. A return trip to the minors could be in store when the likes of Eloy Jimenez get healthy, but that shouldn't affect Colas' outlook for later in the summer. Tommy Pham is sure to be traded and Luis Robert could also be on the move, either of which would provide an opening for Colas.
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