2022 Stats
AVG
.202
HR
5
RBI
27
R
15
SB
1
2023 Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Grandal was not expected to repeat 2021's career year but following it up with his worst season ever was a surprise. To be fair, hamstring, back and knee issues hampered him all season with lower back spasm requiring a month-long IL visit. Grandal's exit velocity, Barrel rate, and hard-hit rate all fell precipitously. He maintained solid plate skills but hitting the ball with far less authority torpedoed his batting average and slugging to career lows. Grandal's defense also suffered, which does not bode well for playing time since his bat is no longer worthy of designated hitter or first base action. Grandal isn't over the hill at 34-years-old. However, since 2014, only three backstops have caught more innings and the squatting could be catching up. Even if he starts, Grandal's playing time is earmarked to drop. He's still in play in two-catcher leagues, but he's now lumped in with the back-end dregs. Read Past Outlooks

Good exhibition season
Grandal has a .902 OPS across 30 plate appearances during Cactus League action.
ANALYSIS
Grandal is coming off a disastrous 2022 season, during which he slashed just .202/.301/.269 across 376 plate appearances. While it's difficult to make the case for a 34-year-old catcher to bounce back, Grandal has had a promising spring performance that is highlighted by three doubles and a home run. He should head into the season as Chicago's starting backstop.
Grandal is coming off a disastrous 2022 season, during which he slashed just .202/.301/.269 across 376 plate appearances. While it's difficult to make the case for a 34-year-old catcher to bounce back, Grandal has had a promising spring performance that is highlighted by three doubles and a home run. He should head into the season as Chicago's starting backstop.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2020
+27%
OPS vs LHP
2022
+53%
OPS vs LHP
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2020vs Left | .898 | 226 | 9 | 30 | .265 | ||||
Since 2020vs Right | .707 | 719 | 27 | 86 | .210 | ||||
2022vs Left | .773 | 93 | 1 | 6 | .257 | ||||
2022vs Right | .506 | 283 | 4 | 21 | .186 | ||||
2021vs Left | 1.031 | 96 | 6 | 16 | .266 | ||||
2021vs Right | .909 | 279 | 17 | 46 | .233 | ||||
2020vs Left | .905 | 37 | 2 | 8 | .286 | ||||
2020vs Right | .744 | 157 | 6 | 19 | .218 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2020
+11%
OPS on Road
2022
+10%
OPS on Road
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Since 2020Home | .714 | 472 | 17 | 46 | .204 | ||||
Since 2020Away | .790 | 459 | 18 | 66 | .241 | ||||
2022Home | .541 | 189 | 1 | 10 | .191 | ||||
2022Away | .597 | 187 | 4 | 17 | .212 | ||||
2021Home | .919 | 201 | 14 | 32 | .227 | ||||
2021Away | .963 | 174 | 9 | 30 | .256 | ||||
2020Home | .644 | 82 | 2 | 4 | .182 | ||||
2020Away | .885 | 98 | 5 | 19 | .277 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Yasmani Grandal 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.
* 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
0.57BB Rate
12.0%K Rate
21.0%BABIP
.249ISO
.067AVG
.202OBP
.301SLG
.269OPS
.570wOBA
.265Exit Velocity
90.0 mphHard Hit Rate
24.8%Barrels/PA
3.2%Expected BA
.217Expected SLG
.319Sprint Speed
19.6 ft/secGround Ball %
42.8%Line Drive %
21.2%Fly Ball %
36.0%Advanced Batting Stats
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Grandal's 2021 season can be split by an IL trip in early July for a torn tendon in his knee. He dealt with some knee problems in spring training and they continued until the tear. Before going on the injured list, he was hitting .188/.388/.436 with 14 homers in 246 plate appearances. While the production was fine in points or on-base leagues, the batting average was a killer in standard roto leagues. After returning from the IL, he hit .337/.481/.673 with nine HR in 129 PA. One of the biggest changes was dropping his strikeout rate from approximately 26% to 14%. While there were two distinct halves, his final stats were right in line with his career numbers. The key here is to possibly buy into the second half. Even with the knee struggles, he blew away his career highs in avgEV, Barrel%, HardHit% and HR/FB%. Pay for the steady year-over-year production knowing the elite, healthy version is hiding.
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Focusing on catching, not DH
White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said Friday that he wants Grandal to primarily focus on catching this year, per Vinnie Duber of AllCHGO.com.
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Riding pine Wednesday
Grandal isn't starting Wednesday against the Twins, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
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Not starting Monday
Grandal isn't in the lineup Monday against the Twins.
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Sitting Friday
Grandal will hit the bench Friday against the Padres.
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Out of Tuesday's lineup
Grandal is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Guardians, Vinnie Duber of AllCHGO.com reports.
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