Yasmani Grandal Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 2" / 225 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 11/8/1988 (33)
- Experience
- 8
- College
- Miami (FL)
Yasmani Grandal Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Yasmani Grandal News
Chicago White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against Bailey Ober and the Minnesota Twins. Reese McGuire is getting the start behind the plate for the game. This will be Grandal's third day-off of the year. He played in 10 of the team's first 12 games. Over those 10 games, he slashed .111/.154/.194 with one home run, four RBI and one run scored. The 33-year-old got off to a slow start last year as well, but wound up racking up 23 home runs and a career-best OBP of .420. Expect the veteran catcher to start coming around at the plate soon.
Chicago White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal is taking the day off on Thursday. Grandal, who is just 3-for-15 with a home run and two RBI in his first four games of the season, will get his second day off of the year. Reese McGuire will handle the catching duties and hit seventh on Thursday against Seattle Mariners right-hander Logan Gilbert. McGuire has two singles in his first seven plate appearances of the season in his first year with Chicago, but he won't have much DFS upside at the bottom of the White Sox order against a good up-and-coming pitcher in Gilbert.
Chicago White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal enjoyed an enigmatic 2021 season in which he slashed .240/.420/.520 with 23 home runs, 60 runs, and 62 RBI in 375 plate appearances over 93 games. His counting stats could have been much gaudier if not for suffering a torn tendon in his knee early in July. Despite the setback, Grandal's OPS sat at a career-best .940, and he is once again poised to be among the top catching options, especially in points-based and sabermetrically-inclined leagues, where his walk rate catapults him up the rankings.
Batting Order
| 1 | Tim Anderson |
| 2 | Yoán Moncada |
| 3 | Luis Robert |
| 4 | José Abreu |
| 5 | AJ Pollock |
| 6 | Gavin Sheets |
| 7 | Andrew Vaughn |
| 8 | Reese McGuire |
| 9 | Josh Harrison |
Yasmani Grandal Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Tim Anderson |
| 2 | Yoán Moncada |
| 3 | Luis Robert |
| 4 | José Abreu |
| 5 | AJ Pollock |
| 6 | Gavin Sheets |
| 7 | Andrew Vaughn |
| 8 | Reese McGuire |
| 9 | Josh Harrison |
Grandal proved to be one of the White Sox most valuable hitters during the 2021 season despite playing only 93 games. He popped 23 homers in that limited time (an elite 16.3 PA/HR) with one of the best OBP marks in the league at .420 (on a ridiculous 23% walk rate his career mark is 15%). He would have decimated most of his career-bests if he did not miss so much time to injury, and that has drafters excited for what the 2022 season holds. Grandal is currently the fifth catcher off the board in drafts with an ADP of 106. That is a hefty price to pay for a catcher (especially in non-OBP leagues) but Grandal is a rare example of a catcher you can feel very confident about getting offensive production from. The worst-case scenario (given health, of course) still leads Grandal to boosting your team in on-base percentage while giving you a good amount of home runs. He will also likely get some starts at DH, which gives him one of the best volume projections at the position as well. The price is justified in OBP leagues, but you are likely overpaying for Grandal in leagues where that is not the case.
