Tim Elko

Tim Elko

26-Year-Old First Baseman1B
Chicago White Sox AAA
2025 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for Tim Elko in 2025. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
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$Signed a one-year contract with the White Sox in May of 2025.
Back to Triple-A
1BChicago White Sox  AAA
May 23, 2025
The White Sox optioned Elko to Triple-A Charlotte on Friday.
ANALYSIS
Elko is headed back to the minors after the White Sox activated both Andrew Benintendi (calf) and Mike Tauchman (hamstring) from the 10-day IL on Friday. Elko flashed some pop in his first 32 big-league plate appearances, swatting three home runs, but he slashed just .161/.188/.452 with five RBI, four runs scored and a 1:10 BB:K across 10 contests.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
2
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+127%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+127%
OPS vs LHP
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left 1.167 6 1 1 1 0 .333 .333 .833
Since 2023vs Right .514 26 3 2 4 0 .120 .154 .360
2025vs Left 1.167 6 1 1 1 0 .333 .333 .833
2025vs Right .514 26 3 2 4 0 .120 .154 .360
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+4%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+4%
OPS on Road
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .625 16 3 2 4 0 .125 .125 .500
Since 2023Away .650 16 1 1 1 0 .200 .250 .400
2025Home .625 16 3 2 4 0 .125 .125 .500
2025Away .650 16 1 1 1 0 .200 .250 .400
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minor League Left/Right Batting Splits (AAA)
Since 2023
 
 
+38%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+7%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+26%
OPS vs RHP
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .687 72 4 9 .212 .278 .409
Since 2023vs Right .945 289 14 47 .323 .401 .543
2025vs Left .887 15 1 1 .308 6.000 .538
2025vs Right .948 130 9 23 .319 49.023 .611
2024vs Left .634 57 3 8 .189 14.000 .377
2024vs Right .800 159 5 24 .326 63.006 .489
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stat Review
How does Tim Elko 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
0.10
 
BB Rate
3.1%
 
K Rate
31.3%
 
BABIP
.111
 
ISO
.290
 
AVG
.161
 
OBP
.188
 
SLG
.452
 
OPS
.639
 
wOBA
.274
 
Exit Velocity
91.5 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
19.0%
 
Barrels/PA
9.4%
 
Expected BA
.184
 
Expected SLG
.449
 
Sprint Speed
25.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
52.4%
 
Line Drive %
4.8%
 
Fly Ball %
42.9%
 
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Hitting for power
1BChicago White Sox  AAA
May 22, 2025
Elko went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and and additional run scored Thursday against the Mariners.
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Tallies second homer
1BChicago White Sox  AAA
May 17, 2025
Elko went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk Saturday against the Cubs.
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Receiving first day off
1BChicago White Sox  AAA
May 15, 2025
Elko is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Reds.
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Knocks first career homer
1BChicago White Sox  AAA
May 11, 2025
Elko went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer in Sunday's win against the Marlins.
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Promotion made official
1BChicago White Sox  AAA
May 10, 2025
The White Sox selected Elko's contract from Triple-A Charlotte on Saturday.
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