Randal Grichuk Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 2" / 216 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 8/13/1991 (32)
- Experience
- 10
- College
- None
Randal Grichuk Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Randal Grichuk News
Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Randal Grichuk (ankle) is hopeful to be ready by Opening Day. The veteran outfielder had bone chips removed from his ankle in January. He recently signed a one-year deal with the D-Backs. It sounds like the 32-year-old is going to need a couple of weeks before he's ready to play again. Last season, Grichuk hit .267/.321/.459 with 16 home runs, 44 RBI between the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Angels. He'll probably end up as a fourth outfielder, but he should get fairly regular at-bats in Arizona.
Free-agent outfielder Randal Grichuk and the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to a one-year, $2 million deal that includes a mutual option for the 2025 season on Saturday, according to sources. The deal will pay Grichuk $1.5 million in 2024, and the option is worth $6 million with a $500,000 buyout and performance bonuses included. At best, Grichuk will probably be a fourth-outfield type for the D-backs in 2024 and fill in for either Alek Thomas or Corbin Carroll to give them days off against left-handed pitching. The 32-year-old veteran hit .267/.321/.459 with 16 home runs, 44 RBI and 65 runs scored in 118 combined games last year with the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Angels. He hit over .300 in 64 games in Colorado but just .216 in 54 games with the Halos to close out the year.
Los Angeles Angels outfielder Randal Grichuk went 1-for-5 with a solo home run and a strikeout in the season finale on Sunday, a 7-3 victory over the visiting Oakland Athletics. The home run was Grichuk's 16th of the year, and he wraps up his 2023 campaign with a .267 average (116-for-434) with 44 RBI, 31 doubles, two triples, two stolen bases and 65 runs scored in 118 combined games with the Angels and Colorado Rockies. The Angels acquired him at the trade deadline in early August from the Rockies, but he wasn't nearly as good in Anaheim as he was at the hitter-friendly confines of Coors Field. In 54 games for the Halos, he hit just .216 (42-for-194) with eight homers, 17 RBI and 25 runs scored in 208 trips to the plate. The 32-year-old has finished shy of the 20-homer mark in each of the last two years.
Batting Order
1 | Jake McCarthy |
2 | Gabriel Moreno |
3 | Joc Pederson |
4 | Christian Walker |
5 | Eugenio Suárez |
6 | Jace Peterson |
7 | Kevin Newman |
8 | Albert Almora Jr. |
9 | Jose Fernandez |
Randal Grichuk Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Jake McCarthy |
2 | Gabriel Moreno |
3 | Joc Pederson |
4 | Christian Walker |
5 | Eugenio Suárez |
6 | Jace Peterson |
7 | Kevin Newman |
8 | Albert Almora Jr. |
9 | Jose Fernandez |
Randal Grichuk enjoyed a career year for the Blue Jays in 2020, slashing .273/.312/.481 with 12 homers over 231 PAs. Sadly, his peripherals don't suggest that anything has changed. His batting average spike was largely the result of an improved 21.2 K% more than six points better than his career mark of 27.7%. His SwStr% improved (11.2 vs. 14% career), but nearly all of it was because of a career-best 70.2 O-Contact%. When it came to pitches in the strike zone, Grichuk's performance was in line with his career norms (84.3 Z-Contact% vs. 83.3 career). Worse, his newfound ability to make contact with bad pitches led to a career-worst chase rate of 37.3%. His FB% also fell from 42.1% in 2019 to 36.7% last year, a problem considering that fantasy managers want guys like this to hit as many flies as possible. Grichuk can work as a one-dimensional power guy in fantasy, as last season's 11.2% rate of Brls/BBE and 95.9 mph average airborne exit velocity can attest. However, he'll strike out too often and hurt your batting average. Toronto is also projected to have the 29-year-old hit seventh, a role that won't produce too many counting stats. The profile works at his ADP of 188 as long as you're realistic about what you're adding to your roster.