Gavin Sheets

Bats L Throws L6'5" 230 lbBorn 1996 Lutherville, USADebut 2021Team SDDraft 2014 R37 #1123 Atlanta Braves, Gilman School (MD)Contract 1 y/$4.5M (26) 2026: $4,500,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 87.9FIELD+ 97.4 at LFTotal 0.53 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	397	357	86	18	1	12	33	81	1	0.240	0.308	0.398	0.705	0.158	0.308	20.3	8.4	96.9	1.09
2027	327	292	69	14	0	10	30	68	2	0.235	0.309	0.389	0.699	0.154	0.307	20.8	9.0	94.5	0.80

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 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 73 HIT+ the next season; 8 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	Homer Summa	1928	92.4	54.5	88
2	Deion Sanders	1997	92.0	did not play
3	Rebel Oakes	1913	93.4	did not play
4	Terrence Long	2005	89.7	19.8	40
5	Chris Singleton	2002	87.8	66.3	341
6	Jackie Bradley	2019	91.3	118.4	217
7	Kevin Kiermaier	2019	97.8	93.7	159
8	Bill Virdon	1960	94.3	80.1	660
9	Cozy Dolan	1902	91.8	87.1	534
10	Tom Goodwin	1998	78.7	66.9	455

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			327		69	14	0	10		2	30	68	0.235	0.309	0.389	0.699	94.5
2026*	SDN	118	399	46	74	15	0	16		4	47	83	0.214	0.316	0.397	0.713	96.1
2025	SD	145	545	57	124	28	1	19	71	2	44	107	0.252	0.317	0.429	0.746	104.4
2024	CWS	139	501	35	105	24	1	10	45	2	43	106	0.233	0.303	0.357	0.660	87.6
2023	CWS	118	344	24	63	10	0	10	43	1	28	66	0.203	0.267	0.331	0.599	59.2
2022	CWS	124	410	34	91	19	0	15	53	0	27	86	0.241	0.295	0.411	0.706	96.6
2021	CWS	54	179	23	40	8	0	11	34	0	16	40	0.250	0.324	0.506	0.830	122.9
Career		580	1979	173	423	89	2	65	246	5	158	405	0.236	0.301	0.397	0.698	92.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	399	87.5	12.5	7.2	39.4	21.1	31.1	0.231	0.383	0.318	26.6
2025	545	89.9	14.0	9.6	46.5	23.0	31.4	0.263	0.453	0.340	27.0
2024	501	87.8	13.5	5.8	35.3	23.0	32.3	0.248	0.387	0.313	26.7
2023	344	88.1	16.9	5.2	32.5	21.7	30.0	0.208	0.347	0.270	26.5
2022	410	88.6	14.8	6.5	36.1	21.9	33.2	0.221	0.365	0.284	26.6
2021	179	90.4	11.7	9.9	44.6	20.6	29.6	0.241	0.444	0.334	26.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SD	OF	64	479	94	3	1	0	0.990
2025	SD	1B	13	99	74	9	1	8	0.988	+0.9
2024	CWS	OF	45	337	67	2	1	1	0.986
2024	CWS	1B	43	359	279	26	1	28	0.997	-0.5
2023	CWS	OF	75	518	103	2	1	0	0.991
2023	CWS	1B	22	141	95	8	2	15	0.981	+0.5
2022	CWS	OF	88	658	163	6	4	0	0.977
2022	CWS	1B	13	86	68	2	0	1	1.000	+0.4
2021	CWS	OF	17	105	16	0	1	0	0.941
2021	CWS	1B	10	81	58	1	1	7	0.983	+0.1

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2022	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Bat	39	2 HR, 0 SB	0.270	0.849
2021	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Bat	254	11 HR, 1 SB	0.295	0.869
2019	AA	Birmingham Barons	Bat	527	16 HR, 3 SB	0.267	0.759
2018	A+	Winston-Salem Dash	Bat	497	6 HR, 1 SB	0.293	0.775
2017	A	Kannapolis Intimidators	Bat	218	3 HR, 0 SB	0.266	0.711

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.213	0.338	0.277	0.349
2025	0.311	0.340	0.326	0.338
2024	0.251	0.310	0.306	0.291
2023	0.045	0.288	0.250	0.298
2022	0.238	0.323	0.386	0.239
2021	0.132	0.393	0.475	0.274

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.167	0.167	0.167	0.333
2021	3	12	2	4	1	1	1	5	0.333	0.333	0.667	1.000
Career	6	18	2	5	1	1	1	6	0.278	0.278	0.500	0.778