Zack Gelof

Bats R Throws R6'2" 205 lbBorn 1999 Rehobeth Beach, USADebut 2023Team ATHDraft 2018 R38 #1153 Cleveland Guardians, Cape Henlopen HSContract 1 y (26) 2026: $760,372

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 102.3FIELD+ 101.6 at 3BTotal 1.19 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	208	185	42	8	1	7	19	66	8	0.227	0.300	0.392	0.692	0.165	0.304	31.7	9.1	91.2	0.42
2027	352	312	74	13	1	13	33	95	12	0.238	0.314	0.410	0.724	0.172	0.317	27.1	9.3	99.9	1.09

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 72 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Brandon Drury	2018	87.8	68.9	447
2	Jorge Cantu	2007	97.2	106.8	685
3	Jack Lohrke	1949	93.8	17.0	47
4	Bobby Valentine	1975	87.2	169.8	57
5	Yairo Munoz	2020	96.0	-68.4	11
6	George Nill	1907	87.2	29.9	25
7	Daniel Robertson	2019	97.7	119.7	24
8	Jose Miranda	2023	102.3	110.6	429
9	Ted Lepcio	1955	85.2	94.7	321
10	Jared Sandberg	2003	86.5	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			352		74	13	1	13		12	33	95	0.238	0.314	0.410	0.724	99.9
2026*	ATH	76	285	50	71	12	1	14		9	19	70	0.273	0.332	0.488	0.821	128.1
2025	ATH	30	101	12	16	3	0	2	7	1	7	46	0.174	0.230	0.272	0.502	35.8
2024	OAK	138	547	60	105	20	2	17	49	25	38	188	0.211	0.270	0.362	0.632	81.8
2023	OAK	69	300	40	72	20	1	14	32	14	26	82	0.267	0.337	0.504	0.840	136.1
Career		237	948	112	193	43	3	33	88	40	71	316	0.225	0.287	0.397	0.684	94.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	285	88.9	16.5	8.4	41.1	27.1	23.9	0.229	0.403	0.304	28.7
2025	101	88.1	15.2	12.5	47.9	43.2	26.4	0.143	0.299	0.219	28.0
2024	547	89.2	14.2	8.9	37.2	36.4	29.7	0.198	0.353	0.273	28.7
2023	300	89.8	11.8	11.1	41.3	33.7	28.9	0.247	0.451	0.331	29.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATH	2B	30	234	46	64	1	15	0.991	+5.3
2024	OAK	2B	138	1210	264	332	7	92	0.988	-2.5
2023	OAK	2B	69	602	137	141	3	44	0.989	+4.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	70	5 HR, 3 SB	0.333	1.153
2025	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	213	12 HR, 12 SB	0.256	0.888
2023	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	308	12 HR, 20 SB	0.304	0.930
2022	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	38	5 HR, 1 SB	0.257	1.030
2022	AA	Midland RockHounds	Bat	402	13 HR, 9 SB	0.271	0.794
2021	A	Stockton Ports	Bat	145	7 HR, 11 SB	0.298	0.941

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.359	0.372	0.427	0.289
2025	0.144	0.290	0.211	0.336
2024	0.224	0.296	0.245	0.313
2023	0.222	0.412	0.379	0.344

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.