Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 4" / 215 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 10/10/1993 (30)
- Experience
- 6
- College
- None
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. News
Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. is not in the team's starting lineup for the start of a series on Thursday against the division-rival San Francisco Giants on the road. The 30-year-old will take a seat for a day of rest, with outfielder Jake McCarthy playing left field and batting ninth and Randal Grichuk in right field and hitting eighth versus Giants right-hander Logan Webb. McCarthy is hitting .375 with an RBI in 16 career at-bats against Webb but will have limited DFS upside in the nine-hole. Meanwhile, Grichuk has one hit in his 10 career at-bats against Webb. Gurriel has five home runs and 20 RBI already this year in 18 games played, but he has just one hit (a homer) in his last 16 at-bats over four games, so he could use a little breather here.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. recorded a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Saturday. With the game tied 1-1, and runners on first and second with no outs, Gurriel Jr. took Kyle Gibson deep. Gurriel Jr. finished the game going 2-for-4 with one home run, three RBIs and did strike out once. The outfielder now has four homers on the year.
Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. homered in his third straight game in Saturday's 9-4 loss to the Rockies. He also belted a double, going 2-for-4 with a walk, two RBI, and a run scored in the contest. The 30-year-old is now 6-for-13 (.462) to begin the year, with eight RBI and five runs scored. Last season Gurriel had the lowest batting average of his career (.261), but had the highest Contact% of his career (83.5%) and with a BABIP of .282 (the first time in his career it was below .300) it appears his low BA was a product of bad luck. Nevertheless, he had 24 home runs and 82 RBI last season, both of which appear to be repeatable in 2024, and combine that with a rebound in BA, Gurriel has all of the makings of a value pick primed to outperform their ADP.
Batting Order
1 | Ketel Marte |
2 | Corbin Carroll |
3 | Joc Pederson |
4 | Christian Walker |
5 | Eugenio Suárez |
6 | Gabriel Moreno |
7 | Jace Peterson |
8 | Randal Grichuk |
9 | Jake McCarthy |
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Ketel Marte |
2 | Corbin Carroll |
3 | Joc Pederson |
4 | Christian Walker |
5 | Eugenio Suárez |
6 | Gabriel Moreno |
7 | Jace Peterson |
8 | Randal Grichuk |
9 | Jake McCarthy |
Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. set personal bests in multiple areas in 2023, including doubles, home runs, runs scored, Contact%, SwStr%, and O-Swing%. While his high contact skills caused him to strike out much less than league average (17.4% K%), he didn't walk much either (5.6% BB%) so his OBP (.309) and wOBA (.329) were a little less than desirable. Hitting for a higher average in 2022 (.291) he hit just five HR, but in 2021 and 2023 he traded off the high average for higher HR totals of 21 and 24 respectively. His value is based on his power output, so hopefully in 2024 he'll be more '21/'23 Gurriel than '22 Gurriel. The 30-year-old will hit in a decent run-producing lineup but near the bottom of the order. ATC projections forecast a .277-16-70-64-4 line for 2024 with a .331 wOBA and 107 wRC+ in 130 games (498 AB). If managers can get those numbers out of the 2023 All-Star at his current price tag, which is an NFBC ADP of 225, they'll be content. If he can manage to get closer to last year's totals then he'll outproduce that ADP, and RotoBaller likes him at 210 overall, well ahead of his ADP.