Zack Gelof

Zack Gelof

24-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Oakland Athletics
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Oakland was eliminated from the postseason on the second day of the 2023 season, so it remains a mystery why they let Gelof stay in the minors as long as he did rather than try to push for a prospect promotion incentive pick. Gelof began the season with 12 homers, 20 steals, and a .304/.401/.529 line in Sacramento over 69 games before coming to Oakland and hitting 14 more homers with 14 steals and a .267/.337/.504 line in the same amount of games. All in all, Gelof finished with 26 homers, 100 runs, 76 RBI, and 34 steals in 138 games. All that from someone whose ADP was in the 700's last winter. Strikeouts have been an issue as he has rapidly ascended in the system since coming out of the University of Virginia which will limit the ceiling of his batting average, but he should volume plenty in the other categories as an everyday major leaguer in 2024. His market price year over year has improved more than any other hitter. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season From Preseason
#128
ADP
$Signed a one-year, $740,000 contract with the Athletics in March of 2024.
Goes yard in win
2BOakland Athletics
July 24, 2024
Gelof went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 8-2 win over the Astros.
ANALYSIS
Gelof went back-to-back with Seth Brown in the fourth for his only hit of the evening. It was just his second hit in five games since coming back from the All-Star break and he's struggled a lot over the last two weeks, slashing just .105/.190/.342 in 10 games since July 10. The 24-year-old has had a rough go of it this season overall, slashing just .198/.261/.372 with 13 homers, 35 RBI, 38 runs and a 23:113 BB:K in 328 plate appearances.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
14
2
1
20
10
17
3
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
4
1
3
4
2
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+59%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+25%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+99%
OPS vs RHP
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .500 150 13 3 6 6 .157 .247 .254
Since 2022vs Right .793 486 65 24 61 20 .249 .310 .483
2024vs Left .517 70 7 2 4 3 .145 .243 .274
2024vs Right .648 266 31 11 31 9 .206 .261 .387
2023vs Left .486 80 6 1 2 3 .167 .250 .236
2023vs Right .969 220 34 13 30 11 .303 .368 .601
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+10%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+38%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+10%
OPS at Home
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .691 319 35 10 25 16 .229 .302 .389
Since 2022Away .758 317 43 17 42 10 .226 .288 .470
2024Home .523 167 16 5 12 7 .170 .235 .288
2024Away .721 169 22 8 23 5 .217 .280 .441
2023Home .879 152 19 5 13 9 .296 .375 .504
2023Away .801 148 21 9 19 5 .237 .297 .504
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Zack Gelof 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
0.20
 
BB Rate
6.8%
 
K Rate
34.8%
 
BABIP
.260
 
ISO
.170
 
AVG
.193
 
OBP
.257
 
SLG
.364
 
OPS
.621
 
wOBA
.275
 
Exit Velocity
89.7 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
30.2%
 
Barrels/PA
5.1%
 
Expected BA
.200
 
Expected SLG
.371
 
Sprint Speed
23.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
42.8%
 
Line Drive %
18.2%
 
Fly Ball %
39.0%
 
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
In many organizations, Gelof might have a hard time breaking through for MLB playing time in 2023, but that shouldn't be the case in Oakland. He spent more time at second base than third base in 2022 and projects as the everyday second baseman as early as this summer, depending on how he handles a return to Triple-A. Gelof's 68.9 Contact% and 27.5 K% in the upper levels, primarily Double-A, portend initial struggles against big-league pitching. There is a slight chance Gelof could develop an above-average hit tool with plus power, but it's probably more likely he has an average hit tool with above-average power. That would equate to a useful middle infielder in fantasy, especially since Gelof is likely to hit in the middle of the lineup, but there's not a lot of upside here, given his future home park and lineup.
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Swipes bag in win
2BOakland Athletics
July 22, 2024
Gelof went 0-for-2 with a walk, a stolen base and a run scored in Monday's 4-0 win over the Astros.
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Launches grand slam
2BOakland Athletics
July 14, 2024
Gelof went 1-for-5 with a grand slam Sunday against the Phillies.
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Timely knock in big win
2BOakland Athletics
July 7, 2024
Gelof went 1-for-4 with a two-run double in a win over the Orioles on Saturday.
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Reaches 10-steal mark
2BOakland Athletics
July 4, 2024
Gelof went 0-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base and a run scored in Thursday's 5-0 win over the Angels.
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Homers for team's only run
2BOakland Athletics
July 1, 2024
Gelof went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 5-1 loss to the Diamondbacks.
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