Romy Gonzalez

Romy Gonzalez

28-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Boston Red Sox
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Gonzalez visited the IL twice in the first half of the 2024 season, first for a wrist issue and then for a sore hamstring. When healthy, he served as the right-handed part of a platoon, appearing everywhere but catcher. He usually hits left-handers better than righties and did so again last season. For the first time, well over half of Gonzalez's plate appearances were versus left-handers, fueling a 97 wRC+, by far a career high. Gonzalez hits the ball hard, but he's an extreme groundball hitter (career 54.4 percent rate) with a high strikeout rate (26.9 percent last season). A low fly-ball rate caps power while the punch-outs hurt his batting average. He sports 90th percentile sprint speed, helping him swipe 18 bases in 21 tries over the past two seasons. Gonzalez' versatile glove work will keep him employed. Fantasy-wise, he's best-suited for daily leagues when he's facing a southpaw. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Red Sox in March of 2025.
Starts at first base again
2BBoston Red Sox
May 4, 2025
Gonzalez started at first base and went 1-for-2 with an RBI, a stolen base and a run scored in Sunday's 5-4 loss to Minnesota.
ANALYSIS
Gonzalez started at first base in both games since Triston Casas went down with a season-ending knee injury Friday. Gonzalez is relatively new to the position -- he played 18 games there last season and was part of platoon in 2025 -- and it's unclear if he'll be the permanent fill-in for Casas. He's been consistent all season, hitting safely in nine of 11 starts, and enters Monday's day off with a .327/.382/.449 slash line, three steals, six RBI and 10 runs scored over 16 games.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
2
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
2
2
4/34/44/64/64/74/84/94/104/114/124/134/144/154/164/184/194/204/214/224/234/244/264/264/274/294/305/15/25/35/4987654321
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+23%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+28%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+77%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+45%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .774 190 23 7 21 7 .267 .326 .448
Since 2023vs Right .627 178 23 2 28 14 .243 .254 .373
2025vs Left .707 23 4 0 1 0 .263 .391 .316
2025vs Right .908 32 6 0 5 3 .367 .375 .533
2024vs Left .879 130 16 6 16 6 .302 .362 .517
2024vs Right .498 86 9 0 13 5 .217 .221 .277
2023vs Left .459 37 3 1 4 1 .162 .162 .297
2023vs Right .666 60 8 2 10 6 .214 .237 .429
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+16%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+21%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+7%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+86%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .757 173 23 4 29 12 .285 .314 .443
Since 2023Away .654 195 23 5 20 9 .230 .272 .383
2025Home .900 30 5 0 4 2 .393 .400 .500
2025Away .741 25 5 0 2 1 .238 .360 .381
2024Home .695 101 11 2 16 7 .267 .317 .378
2024Away .745 115 14 4 13 4 .266 .296 .450
2023Home .794 42 7 2 9 3 .250 .244 .550
2023Away .427 55 4 1 5 4 .151 .182 .245
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Stat Review
How does Romy Gonzalez 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
0.33
 
BB Rate
7.3%
 
K Rate
21.8%
 
BABIP
.421
 
ISO
.122
 
AVG
.327
 
OBP
.382
 
SLG
.449
 
OPS
.831
 
wOBA
.364
 
Exit Velocity
93.7 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
39.5%
 
Barrels/PA
5.5%
 
Expected BA
.256
 
Expected SLG
.440
 
Sprint Speed
25.4 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
50.0%
 
Line Drive %
15.8%
 
Fly Ball %
34.2%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Gonzalez has spent back-to-back seasons in the majors with the White Sox, but has made only 206 plate appearances including a .194/.208/.376 slash line in 2023. The 27-year-old's main value to the team seems to be in a utility role as he saw starts in right field, left field, shortstop and also filled in at third base and centerfield while seeing the bulk of his playing time at second base. Gonzalez will compete for the utility man role again in 2024, but his struggles at the plate combined with multiple additions in the infield could see him on the outside looking in for playing time.
Gonzalez spent the first four months of 2022 in the minors but joined the White Sox in mid-August and enjoyed a brief run as a lineup regular. The 26-year-old got off to a hot start with an .856 OPS in his first 15 games, but he hit only .122 the rest of the way. He also struggled at the Triple-A level last season with a .620 OPS and 33.3 percent strikeout rate, and he doesn't stand out defensively. Gonzalez could see some chances in 2023 as a utility infielder for Chicago, but the team will likely be in trouble if he's seeing consistent starts.
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Hits three singles Saturday
2BBoston Red Sox
May 3, 2025
Gonzalez went 3-for-4 in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Twins.
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Fills in at first base
2BBoston Red Sox
May 3, 2025
Gonzalez entered for an injured Triston Casas (knee) and went 1-for-3 with a double, an RBI, a stolen base and a run scored in Friday's 6-1 win over Minnesota.
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Starts at first base
2BBoston Red Sox
April 9, 2025
Gonzalez started at first base and went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Tuesday's 6-1 loss to the Blue Jays.
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Impacts Sunday's doubleheader
2BBoston Red Sox
April 7, 2025
Gonzalez went a combined 4-for-7 with an RBI and two runs scored in Sunday's doubleheader sweep over St. Louis.
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Makes first start
2BBoston Red Sox
March 31, 2025
Gonzalez started at first base and went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in Monday's 8-5 loss to Baltimore.
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Stint on injured list likely
2BBoston Red Sox
April 12, 2024
The Red Sox are expected to place either Gonzalez or Rafael Devers on the injured list to make room on the roster for Bobby Dalbec, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Cotillo hears that Gonzalez, who is battling a left wrist sprain, is the more likely IL move of the two, but Devers is also a possibility due to a left shoulder issue. Gonzalez was just recalled earlier this week and suffered the injury Wednesday in his first start. If he does go on the IL, it's expected to be a relatively brief absence.
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