Gavin

Sheets

1BAge : 30Bats : L

#30

Gavin Sheets

#301BSan Diego Padres

Height : 6' 3" · Weight : 107 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2021-06-29

Born in : Lutherville, MD, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	San Diego Padres	125	363	77	17	48	.212	.710
2025	San Diego Padres	145	492	124	19	71	.252	.746
2024	Chicago White Sox	139	451	105	10	45	.233	.660
2023	Chicago White Sox	118	311	63	10	43	.203	.598
2022	Chicago White Sox	124	377	91	15	53	.241	.706
2021	Chicago White Sox	54	160	40	11	34	.250	.830
Career totals		705	2154	500	82	294	.232	.700

ContractSan Diego Padres payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 4.5 M$
AAV: 4.50 M$

2026
4.50 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

102

wOBA

.315

xwOBA

.316

OPS

.710

AVG

.212

OBP

.313

RBI

419

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.2

Home runs

2026 WAR

0.2

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-8)

2023-1.5 WAR · -2.6 per full season
2024-0.8 WAR · -1.0 per full season
20251.4 WAR · 1.5 per full season
20260.2 WAR · 0.3 per full season

Outlook, age included

-8 · 30 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Depth

CON: Contact; 69
POW: Power; 73
EYE: Eye; 79
SPD: Speed; 68
FLD: Fielding; 59
DUR: Durability; 76
EX: Experience; 66

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

0.2

#233 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

32 / 100

#181 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

22 / 100

Surplus $-2.5M · salary $4.5M

PAL: dimensions

Offense46

Power52

Discipline78

Speed32

Defense16

WAR, in runs

Batting+0.9

Baserunning-1.2

Fielding-3.4

Positional-7.8

Replacement+12.8

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

87.4 mi/h

23th percentile

Max exit velocity

110.1 mi/h

41th percentile

Barrels

7.1 %

44th percentile

Hard-hit

38.2 %

39th percentile

xBA

.229

20th percentile

Bat speed

74.4 mi/h

81th percentile

Sprint speed

26.6 pi/s

29th percentile

Outs above average

-4

24th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	SD	0.2	32	62	87.4	110.1	7.1	38.2	.229
2025	SD	1.4	51	70	89.9	111.8	9.5	46.5	.263
2024	CWS	-0.8	4	54	87.8	110.0	5.7	35.3	.248
2023	CWS	-1.5	2	54	88.1	109.5	5.2	32.5	.208
2022	CWS	0.2	19	61	88.6	109.7	6.5	36.1	.221
2021	CWS	0.5	58	76	90.4	112.8	9.9	44.6	.241

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	vs AZ	2	1	1	1	0	0	.212
Sep 26	vs AZ	5	1	0	1	0	1	.211
Aug 29	@ TB	4	1	0	0	0	0	.211
Aug 26	vs PIT	3	0	0	0	0	0	.210
Aug 24	vs PIT	2	0	0	0	0	0	.212
Aug 23	vs MIN	0	0	0	0	2	0	.213
Aug 22	vs MIN	2	0	0	0	0	1	.213
Aug 19	@ NYM	1	1	0	1	0	0	.214
Aug 17	@ NYM	3	1	0	0	0	1	.212
Aug 16	@ CLE	3	1	1	1	0	1	.211