Romy Gonzalez

Romy Gonzalez

28-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Boston Red Sox
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Gonzalez visited the IL twice in the first half, first for a wrist issue and then for a sore hamstring. When healthy, he served as the right-handed part of a platoon, appearing everywhere but catcher. He usually hits left-handers better than righties and did so again last season. For the first time, well more than half of Gonzalez's plate appearances were versus left-handers, fueling a 97 wRC+, by far a career high. Gonzalez hits the ball hard, but he's an extreme groundball hitter (career 54.4 percent rate) with a high strikeout rate (26.9 percent last season). A low flyball rate caps power while the punchouts hurt his batting average. He sports 90th percentile sprint speed, helping him swipe 18 bases in 21 tries over the past two seasons. Gonzalez' versatile glovework will keep him employed. Fantasy-wise, he's best suited for daily leagues when he's facing a southpaw. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a one-year contract with the Red Sox in March of 2024.
Sitting Sunday
2BBoston Red Sox
September 29, 2024
Gonzalez is absent from Sunday's lineup against Tampa Bay, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.
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Enmanuel Valdez will start at third base and bat ninth in the Red Sox's regular-season finale. Unless he comes in to pinch hit, Gonzalez will end his first season with the Red Sox having slashed .266/.306/.417 with 11 stolen bases, six home runs and 29 RBI across 216 plate appearances.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
2
1
4
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
2
3
7
10
5
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+44%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+77%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+45%
OPS vs RHP
2022
 
 
+59%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .787 204 24 8 25 7 .277 .319 .468
Since 2022vs Right .546 218 27 3 29 11 .211 .226 .321
2024vs Left .879 130 16 6 16 6 .302 .362 .517
2024vs Right .498 86 9 0 13 5 .217 .221 .277
2023vs Left .459 37 3 1 4 1 .162 .162 .297
2023vs Right .666 60 8 2 10 6 .214 .237 .429
2022vs Left .810 37 5 1 5 0 .314 .324 .486
2022vs Right .508 72 10 1 6 0 .200 .222 .286
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+4%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+7%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+86%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
+23%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .673 206 25 5 31 10 .247 .278 .395
Since 2022Away .650 216 26 6 23 8 .237 .264 .386
2024Home .695 101 11 2 16 7 .267 .317 .378
2024Away .745 115 14 4 13 4 .266 .296 .450
2023Home .794 42 7 2 9 3 .250 .244 .550
2023Away .427 55 4 1 5 4 .151 .182 .245
2022Home .555 63 7 1 6 0 .217 .238 .317
2022Away .683 46 8 1 5 0 .267 .283 .400
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Stat Review
How does Romy Gonzalez 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
0.21
 
BB Rate
5.6%
 
K Rate
26.9%
 
BABIP
.338
 
ISO
.151
 
AVG
.266
 
OBP
.306
 
SLG
.417
 
OPS
.723
 
wOBA
.315
 
Exit Velocity
92.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
43.5%
 
Barrels/PA
5.6%
 
Expected BA
.255
 
Expected SLG
.415
 
Sprint Speed
26.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
55.6%
 
Line Drive %
17.6%
 
Fly Ball %
26.8%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Gonzalez has spent back-to-back seasons in the majors with the White Sox, but has made only 206 plate appearances including a .194/.208/.376 slash line in 2023. The 27-year-old's main value to the team seems to be in a utility role as he saw starts in right field, left field, shortstop and also filled in at third base and centerfield while seeing the bulk of his playing time at second base. Gonzalez will compete for the utility man role again in 2024, but his struggles at the plate combined with multiple additions in the infield could see him on the outside looking in for playing time.
Gonzalez spent the first four months of 2022 in the minors but joined the White Sox in mid-August and enjoyed a brief run as a lineup regular. The 26-year-old got off to a hot start with an .856 OPS in his first 15 games, but he hit only .122 the rest of the way. He also struggled at the Triple-A level last season with a .620 OPS and 33.3 percent strikeout rate, and he doesn't stand out defensively. Gonzalez could see some chances in 2023 as a utility infielder for Chicago, but the team will likely be in trouble if he's seeing consistent starts.
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Sitting out Wednesday
2BBoston Red Sox
September 25, 2024
Gonzalez is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's contest in Toronto, Alex Speier of The Boston Globe reports.
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Riding pine Monday
2BBoston Red Sox
September 23, 2024
Gonzalez is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Blue Jays, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.
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Gets first chance at third base job
2BBoston Red Sox
September 21, 2024
Gonzalez is batting second and playing third base Saturday against Minnesota, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.
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Moves to third base mid-game
2BBoston Red Sox
September 21, 2024
Gonzalez entered Friday's game as a pinch runner and remained in the 4-2 extra-innings loss to the Twins. He was hitless in his lone plate appearance.
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Wreaks havoc on basepaths
2BBoston Red Sox
September 7, 2024
Gonzalez went 3-for-4 with a double, one RBI, three stolen bases and two runs scored in Saturday's 7-5 win over the White Sox.
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Stint on injured list likely
2BBoston Red Sox
April 12, 2024
The Red Sox are expected to place either Gonzalez or Rafael Devers on the injured list to make room on the roster for Bobby Dalbec, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Cotillo hears that Gonzalez, who is battling a left wrist sprain, is the more likely IL move of the two, but Devers is also a possibility due to a left shoulder issue. Gonzalez was just recalled earlier this week and suffered the injury Wednesday in his first start. If he does go on the IL, it's expected to be a relatively brief absence.
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