Mickey Gasper 2026 Red Sox · C · bats S · throws R · 119 PA
Grade
Contact Quality: 17th percentile Power: 1st percentile Discipline: 51st percentile Contact: 74th percentile Hard Contact: 29th percentile F 17th percentile contact quality
Patient Contact Works counts and puts the ball in play; modest slug.
Still searching for results at the plate Mickey Gasper keeps the strikeouts in check — strikes out less often than 74% of qualified hitters. The overall production lags, though — only 17% of qualified hitters create fewer estimated bases per plate appearance.
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size — not raw season stats — so farther out = better. Percentiles vs. 463 qualified hitters. Data through 2026-07-09. Plays like… Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.
What drives it What drives it Every plate appearance ends one of three ways: a strikeout (0 bases), a walk (1 base), or a ball in play worth its estimated bases. The bar splits his value into those pieces, versus the league. More bases is better. In the table, 100th percentile = best in MLB. Ball-in-play bases Walk bases
Bases per plate appearance
Mickey Gasper League Percentile Bases per ball in play(higher = better) .402 .507 17th Walk rate(higher = better) 8% 8% 51st Strikeout rate(fewer = better) 18% 23% 74th
How he hits Hits it to Pull most often, and does the most damage to Center.
Best batted balls Where every ball Mickey Gasper put in play landed this season. Dots are colored by estimated bases (EB) — pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory). Filled dots are hits; hollow rings are outs — a dark ring in the outfield is a crushed ball that got caught.Hover a dot or a row to link the two; click to watch on Baseball Savant.
Contact & results 2026 · 88 balls in play What kind of contact he makes, and what it turns into. Top bar: his contact mix (grounders, liners, fly balls, pop-ups). Each sits over the thin league-average bar. Below, the rates he puts up — each dot is his mark, the dashed line league median, the teal tick league’s best. Further right is better. Hover or tab any bar or dot for exact values. Starred rows (*) are approximate. Ground balls Line drives Fly balls Pop-ups
OPS*
.599
lg .697 best 1.033
BABIP
.295
lg .286 best .491
* Approximate: sacrifice flies and bunts aren't distinguishable in our data, so every ball in play counts as an at-bat. Slightly off official figures.
Best games Best games His best games this season by estimated bases.
Trends Multi-season trends · Mickey Gasper Seasons 2026 week by week
Trending down: power, walk rate
EB/PAi — steady steady vs last season — About the same as last season ↓ CSV Estimated bases per plate appearance — higher = more offensive value
HR%i ▼ declining declining vs last season — Hitting home runs less often than last season ↓ CSV Home runs per plate appearance — higher = more power
BB%i ▼ declining declining vs last season — Walking less often than last season ↓ CSV Walks per plate appearance — higher = more plate discipline
K%i — steady steady vs last season — About the same as last season ↓ CSV Strikeouts per plate appearance — lower = better contact