Gavin Sheets
1B | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 5" 235LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 2, #49, Chicago White Sox | Wake Forest
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 179 160 23 40 11 0 .250 .324 .506 .830
2022 410 377 34 91 15 0 .241 .295 .411 .706
2023 344 311 24 63 10 1 .203 .267 .331 .598
3 Seasons 933 848 81 194 36 1 .229 .290 .400 .690
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .250 11 0 .830
2022 .241 15 0 .706
2023 .203 10 1 .598
3 Seasons .229 36 1 .690
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2021 25 809 121 12 9.9 6.7 90.4 112.8 11.7 30.6 .246 .449 .352 .337 .395 44.6 22.3 8.9
2022 26 1699 294 19 6.5 4.6 88.6 109.7 14.8 32.3 .224 .359 .308 .283 .325 36.1 21.0 6.6
2023 27 1421 249 13 5.2 3.8 88.1 109.5 16.9 29.7 .210 .339 .261 .267 .291 32.5 19.2 8.1
Player 3929 664 44 6.6 4.7 88.8 112.8 15.0 31.0 .223 .369 .299 .288 .325 36.3 20.6 7.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 46.3 24.0 19.8 9.9 36.4 38.0 25.6 2.5 37.2 23.1 20.7 6.6 9.9 6.7
2022 41.2 24.8 23.5 10.5 38.4 36.7 24.8 1.0 34.7 29.6 21.4 6.1 6.5 4.6
2023 37.8 26.1 23.7 12.4 47.4 31.7 20.9 4.0 31.7 34.9 17.7 6.4 5.2 3.8
Player 40.8 25.2 22.9 11.1 41.4 35.1 23.5 2.4 34.0 30.4 19.9 6.3 6.6 4.7
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 -10 429 30.2 110 .182 .323 .265 13.1 12.7 13.5 .206 .373 .282 32.6
2023 Changeup -1.1 -3 283 19.9 62 .153 .203 .197 31.2 17.7 12.0 .204 .278 .232 25.0
2023 Curveball 1.6 3 185 13.0 37 .156 .375 .285 40.3 40.5 21.1 .140 .233 .232 38.9
2023 Slider 0.3 0 173 12.2 37 .250 .313 .289 27.9 18.9 10.9 .248 .348 .296 42.3
2023 Sinker -1.1 -1 118 8.3 33 .194 .355 .288 10.7 18.2 18.2 .218 .361 .271 32.0
2023 Cutter -0.7 -1 114 8.0 35 .303 .515 .350 9.7 11.4 13.3 .287 .496 .333 43.3
2023 Split-Finger 1.0 1 55 3.9 16 .333 .467 .369 25.0 25.0 23.5 .225 .300 .256 18.2
2023 Sweeper 0.4 0 52 3.7 10 .222 .222 .250 33.3 50.0 21.7 .096 .135 .159 0.0
2023 Slurve 0.9 0 5 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .100 .309 .155 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 540 31.8 131 .293 .457 .361 13.8 10.7 8.2 .262 .407 .330 37.9
2022 Changeup 0.2 1 279 16.4 73 .243 .343 .254 27.9 20.5 14.6 .235 .339 .260 24.6
2022 Slider 0.2 0 253 14.9 68 .150 .400 .295 33.0 30.9 24.1 .179 .347 .279 35.9
2022 Curveball -0.4 -1 234 13.8 47 .234 .319 .247 24.0 25.5 14.5 .222 .300 .227 34.3
2022 Sinker 2.6 4 162 9.5 34 .300 .600 .429 20.3 17.6 15.0 .212 .399 .314 45.8
2022 Cutter 2.8 3 119 7.0 29 .296 .630 .440 14.3 24.1 21.9 .222 .442 .309 55.0
2022 Sweeper -4.1 -3 66 3.9 14 .077 .154 .139 33.3 35.7 26.3 .121 .171 .167 25.0
2022 Split-Finger -5.8 -2 43 2.5 13 .077 .077 .069 38.9 46.2 35.3 .177 .213 .172 28.6
2022 Slurve -2.4 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 3 261 32.3 67 .266 .547 .371 14.8 26.9 18.8 .230 .431 .298 56.5
2021 Curveball 0.6 1 113 14.0 13 .333 .583 .412 26.8 30.8 10.5 .241 .331 .280 50.0
2021 Changeup 1.4 2 111 13.7 28 .217 .609 .379 30.9 17.9 17.2 .280 .617 .435 26.3
2021 Slider -1.8 -2 99 12.2 21 .059 .059 .176 18.2 19.0 11.1 .160 .194 .259 30.8
2021 Sinker 2.5 2 95 11.7 20 .267 .667 .465 8.6 5.0 6.3 .318 .636 .476 35.7
2021 Cutter 0.2 0 66 8.2 13 .308 .538 .431 13.2 15.4 8.3 .322 .615 .396 63.6
2021 Split-Finger 2.3 1 50 6.2 14 .385 .538 .421 42.3 28.6 18.2 .274 .395 .316 33.3
2021 Slurve -5.1 -1 12 1.5 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 14.3 .032 .040 .029 0.0
2021 Sweeper -4.5 0 2 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 191 863 2 -3 0 6 6
2022 410 1,699 -6 -7 8 7 2
2023 342 1,421 -15 -14 11 7 -11
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2021 809 47.8 64.3 88.4 29.6 61.6 41.8 12.8 46.2 20.6 5.7 76.1
2022 1,699 47.6 63.7 84.5 33.2 66.9 41.3 23.2 47.7 21.9 6.5 69.4
2023 1,421 46.1 68.1 85.7 29.7 64.0 41.8 25.4 47.4 21.7 7.0 70.7
Player 3,929 47.1 65.4 85.7 31.2 64.9 41.6 22.0 47.3 21.6 6.5 71.1
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2021 87 43
2022 14 19 26 34 9 29 37 42 59 27 50 29 65 21 33 13 72
2023 1 3 7 18 3 9 19 25 51 13 67 44 70 40 31 68
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 21.3 12 10.9 1 3 7 5 41.7
2022 22.6 15 14.7 0 3 7 8 53.3
2023 21.8 10 9.7 0 4 10 2 20.0
Player 21.9 37 35.2 2 10 24 15 40.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 12 12 10 12 12 11 12 12 8 9 9 12 12 9 11 12 12 12 10 11 10 12 12 12 10 10 12 12 11 9 9
2022 15 15 11 16 15 15 15 15 14 13 15 15 16 14 15 16 15 15 14 15 14 12 17 16 14 14 15 16 16 15 12
2023 10 10 5 11 10 9 9 12 7 7 7 8 12 8 11 11 12 10 11 10 11 7 13 13 9 8 9 9 13 10 8
Player 37 37 26 39 37 35 36 39 29 29 31 35 40 31 37 39 39 37 35 36 35 31 42 41 33 32 36 37 40 34 29
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.4 88.6 -1.8 88.1 -0.5
Launch Angle 11.7 14.8 3.1 16.9 2.1
Barrel % 9.9 6.5 -3.4 5.2 -1.3
Hard Hit % 44.6 36.1 -8.5 32.5 -3.6
Sweet Spot % 30.6 32.3 1.7 29.7 -2.6
xBA .246 .224 -0.022 .210 -0.014
BA .250 .241 -0.009 .203 -0.038
xwOBA .337 .283 -0.054 .267 -0.016
wOBA .352 .308 -0.044 .261 -0.047
xSLG .449 .359 -0.090 .339 -0.020
SLG .506 .411 -0.095 .331 -0.080
K% 22.3 21.0 -1.3 19.2 -1.8
BB% 8.9 6.6 -2.3 8.1 1.5
Swing % 46.2 47.7 1.5 47.4 -0.3
Whiff% 20.6 21.9 1.3 21.7 -0.2
In Zone % 47.8 47.6 -0.2 46.1 -1.5
Out of Zone % 52.2 52.4 0.2 53.9 1.5
Out of Zone Swing % 29.6 33.2 3.6 29.7 -3.5
First Pitch Swing % 12.8 23.2 10.4 25.4 2.2
First Pitch Strike % 55.9 62.0 6.1 56.4 -5.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 179 116 64.8 .399 .326
2022 Shifts L 410 293 71.5 .310 .307
2023 Shades L 342 184 53.8 .318 .212
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 217 17.9 27.6% 2.3% 160 21.4 0.0% 7.5%
2022 477 16.7 28.7% 1.3% 298 21.5 2.3% 6.0%
2023 394 15.3 46.7% 0.3% 248 18.4 8.1% 0.4%
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