Oscar Gonzalez

Oscar Gonzalez

25-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Cleveland Guardians
2023 Fantasy Outlook
When Gonzalez is in the batter's box, he's interested in one thing: swinging the bat. His walk rates were routinely in the 3% range in the minors and his debut was no different as he walked at a 3.9% clip. That lack of patience is something opposing pitchers will be looking to exploit in the years to come. Gonzalez likes to go fishing but enjoyed quite a bit of success as a rookie, in particular after his return from an intercostal injury in August (.301/.333/.477, nine homers in his final 59 regular-season games). He's not a particularly good defender but does have a great arm, and Cleveland will need his bat in the lineup behind Jose Ramirez. Gonzalez puts the ball in play enough (19.6 K% as a rookie) despite the chase rate to think he should be able to hold his own as the league adjusts to him, but there may be an adjustment period in 2023. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#202
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Guardians in March of 2023.
Sent to Triple-A
OFCleveland Guardians  AAA
May 6, 2023
Gonzalez was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Saturday.
ANALYSIS
Gonzalez hit .296/.327/.461 with 11 homers in .382 trips to the plate last season, making him a somewhat interesting sleeper over the winter. His follow-up act has been a big disappointment thus far, as he'll lose his roster spot after hitting .192/.213/.288 in 25 games. Tyler Freeman was recalled to take Gonzalez's place on the bench.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
4
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
8
4
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+3%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+95%
OPS vs LHP
2022
 
 
+8%
OPS vs RHP
2021
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021vs Left .726 151 16 6 15 0 .262 .291 .434
Since 2021vs Right .748 306 28 6 33 1 .286 .317 .431
2023vs Left .667 36 3 1 3 0 .250 .250 .417
2023vs Right .342 39 2 0 2 0 .135 .179 .162
2022vs Left .745 115 13 5 12 0 .266 .304 .440
2022vs Right .807 267 26 6 31 1 .308 .337 .470
2021vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+1%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+25%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
+8%
OPS on Road
2021
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021Home .736 247 19 3 19 1 .294 .320 .416
Since 2021Away .747 210 25 9 29 0 .259 .295 .452
2023Home .563 33 0 0 2 0 .226 .273 .290
2023Away .452 42 5 1 3 0 .167 .167 .286
2022Home .762 214 19 3 17 1 .304 .327 .435
2022Away .824 168 20 8 26 0 .284 .327 .497
2021Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Oscar 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
0.13
 
BB Rate
2.7%
 
K Rate
20.0%
 
BABIP
.228
 
ISO
.096
 
AVG
.192
 
OBP
.213
 
SLG
.288
 
OPS
.501
 
wOBA
.221
 
Exit Velocity
87.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
22.4%
 
Barrels/PA
4.0%
 
Expected BA
.252
 
Expected SLG
.368
 
Sprint Speed
24.5 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
44.8%
 
Line Drive %
20.7%
 
Fly Ball %
34.5%
 
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Not in lineup
OFCleveland Guardians  AAA
April 28, 2023
Gonzalez is absent from the Guardians' lineup Friday in Boston.
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Back on bench versus righty
OFCleveland Guardians  AAA
April 25, 2023
Gonzalez is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Rockies.
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Swats first homer of year
OFCleveland Guardians  AAA
April 18, 2023
Gonzalez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in a 4-3 loss to the Tigers in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader.
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On bench again versus righty
OFCleveland Guardians  AAA
April 10, 2023
Gonzalez is absent from the lineup for Monday's game against the Yankees.
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Making another start
OFCleveland Guardians  AAA
April 7, 2023
Gonzalez is starting in right field and batting sixth versus the Mariners in the Guardians' home opener.
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