Oscar Gonzalez

Oscar Gonzalez

27-Year-Old OutfielderOF
San Diego Padres AAA
2025 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for Oscar Gonzalez in 2025. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
$Signed a one-year contract with the Padres in November of 2024.
Sent down to Triple-A
OFSan Diego Padres  AAA
May 9, 2025
The Padres optioned Gonzalez to Triple-A El Paso on Thursday.
ANALYSIS
Gonzalez produced just a .483 OPS in 21 games with the Padres and had been losing playing time lately. The team will announce a corresponding move prior to Friday's game in Colorado.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
5
3
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
4
3
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+18%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+28%
OPS vs RHP
2024
No Stats
2023
 
 
+14%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .484 103 7 1 7 0 .190 .214 .270
Since 2023vs Right .571 138 10 1 9 0 .235 .261 .311
2025vs Left .421 29 1 0 2 0 .179 .207 .214
2025vs Right .539 32 1 0 2 0 .258 .281 .258
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Left .508 74 6 1 5 0 .194 .216 .292
2023vs Right .581 106 9 1 7 0 .228 .255 .327
Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+12%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+52%
OPS on Road
2024
No Stats
2023
 
 
+8%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .498 100 5 1 7 0 .196 .220 .278
Since 2023Away .559 141 12 1 9 0 .230 .255 .304
2025Home .353 17 1 0 1 0 .176 .176 .176
2025Away .535 44 1 0 3 0 .238 .273 .262
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Home .529 83 4 1 6 0 .200 .229 .300
2023Away .570 97 11 1 6 0 .226 .247 .323
Minor League Left/Right Batting Splits (AAA)
Since 2023
 
 
+3%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+7%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+3%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+2%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .802 162 1 20 .327 .358 .444
Since 2023vs Right .827 540 23 96 .279 .320 .507
2025vs Left .022 10 0 0 .000 1.000 .000
2025vs Right 1.591 24 3 7 .409 11.000 .955
2024vs Left .801 55 0 9 .352 20.000 .463
2024vs Right .774 251 8 36 .280 79.012 .470
2023vs Left .806 97 1 11 .344 37.000 .478
2023vs Right .823 265 12 53 .265 78.008 .502
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
0.15
 
BB Rate
3.3%
 
K Rate
21.3%
 
BABIP
.283
 
ISO
.017
 
AVG
.220
 
OBP
.246
 
SLG
.237
 
OPS
.483
 
wOBA
.219
 
Exit Velocity
89.1 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
34.8%
 
Barrels/PA
4.9%
 
Expected BA
.267
 
Expected SLG
.396
 
Sprint Speed
25.4 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
52.2%
 
Line Drive %
17.4%
 
Fly Ball %
30.4%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
After posting a 125 wRC+ the previous season, the Guardians were counting on Gonzalez to add some pop to an otherwise punchless lineup. Unfortunately, Gonzalez was batting just .192/.213/.288 in early May when he was demoted to Triple-A Columbus. Gonzalez seemed to regain his confidence with a .288/.325/.494 line over 277 plate appearances with the Clippers, prompting a late July recall. The strong-armed outfielder bounced up and down a couple more times over the second half, playing mostly against southpaws. His .222/.250/.323 second half line was marginally better than his early numbers, but the season was still a huge disappointment. A closer look at the underlying numbers reveals Gonzalez's exit velocity, launch angle and HardHit% were nearly identical over 2022 and 2023, though he did fan more last season. Statcast's xBA and xSLG indicate Gonzalez was lucky in 2022 then snake bit last year. The Guardians waived him, but the Yankees claimed Gonzales who could see some work against lefties and as a defensive replacement. He's well off the mixed league radar and needs to return to 2022's contact level to be an AL-only option.
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.
More Fantasy News
Losing playing time
OFSan Diego Padres  AAA
April 30, 2025
Gonzalez is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Giants.
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Settling into full-time role
OFSan Diego Padres  AAA
April 23, 2025
Gonzalez will start in right field and bat sixth in Wednesday's game against the Tigers.
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Called up Tuesday
OFSan Diego Padres  AAA
April 8, 2025
The Padres recalled Gonzalez from Triple-A El Paso on Tuesday.
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Appointed to 40-man roster
OFSan Diego Padres  AAA
April 3, 2025
The Padres selected Gonzalez's contract and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso on Thursday.
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Falls shy of roster spot
OFSan Diego Padres  AAA
March 24, 2025
Gonzalez will not be included on the Padres' Opening Day roster, AJ Cassavell of MLB.com reports.
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Could make roster
OFNew York Yankees  AAA
March 22, 2024
Chris Kirschner of The Athletic projects Gonzalez will make the Yankees' Opening Day roster.
ANALYSIS
The 26-year-old was designated for assignment by the Yankees in January after being claimed from the Guardians earlier in the offseason, but he's made a strong push for a roster spot with a .945 OPS in 16 games during spring training. Even if Gonzalez does make the roster, he wouldn't have much job security as New York's No. 5 outfielder since Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, Alex Verdugo and Trent Grisham are locked in as the top four, and that's without factoring in Giancarlo Stanton.
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