Vaughn Grissom

Vaughn Grissom

23-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Boston Red Sox
2024 Fantasy Outlook
After getting traded from Atlanta to Boston this offseason for Chris Sale, Grissom should finally get to be an everyday second baseman in the big leagues. Grissom, 23, boasts a career .320/.407/.477 batting line in 1,474 minor-league plate appearances but was blocked at second base in Atlanta and not seen as a competent enough defensive shortstop to get regular work there. He is a career .287 hitter in the majors (.348 BABIP) and has five homers and five steals in 236 plate appearances. Grissom could push for a 15/15 season with excellent health, but the main selling point is the batting average floor - projection system Steamer has Grissom hitting .285 this year. He will be playing half his games in the second-best hitter's park, per Statcast's three-year rolling average. However, Fenway Park plays neutral for righty homers, as it's the second-best doubles park for righties due to the Green Monster. Grissom may lead off against lefties, but he could hit in the bottom third of the lineup against righties. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year, $742,000 contract with the Red Sox in March of 2024.
Three-hit night in loss
2BBoston Red Sox
September 28, 2024
Grissom went 3-for-4 with a run scored in Friday's 2-1 loss to Tampa Bay.
ANALYSIS
Grissom, who started for the fourth time in the last five games, is 7-for-18 (.389) with a double, two RBI and two steals since being called up last week. It was a rough year for the 23-year-old, whose spring training groin/hamstring injury lingered for months. A positive finish to the season, including a productive stint at Triple-A Worcester, should put him in line to be Boston's starter at second base in 2025.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
3
4
8
6
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
3
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+17%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+46%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+48%
OPS vs RHP
2022
 
 
+29%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .727 107 16 2 10 1 .289 .346 .381
Since 2022vs Right .623 243 23 3 23 6 .241 .292 .330
2024vs Left .619 24 7 0 2 0 .238 .333 .286
2024vs Right .425 90 3 0 4 2 .179 .222 .202
2023vs Left .522 35 1 0 1 0 .265 .257 .265
2023vs Right .770 45 4 0 8 0 .293 .356 .415
2022vs Left .940 48 8 2 7 1 .333 .417 .524
2022vs Right .728 108 16 3 11 4 .273 .324 .404
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+24%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+3%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+41%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
+36%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .733 154 17 2 14 4 .292 .338 .396
Since 2022Away .591 196 22 3 19 3 .226 .286 .305
2024Home .472 54 5 0 1 1 .212 .241 .231
2024Away .458 60 5 0 5 1 .170 .250 .208
2023Home .778 36 3 0 6 0 .333 .333 .444
2023Away .552 44 2 0 3 0 .231 .295 .256
2022Home .940 64 9 2 7 3 .339 .422 .518
2022Away .693 92 15 3 11 2 .259 .304 .388
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Stat Review
How does Vaughn Grissom 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
0.29
 
BB Rate
6.1%
 
K Rate
21.1%
 
BABIP
.244
 
ISO
.029
 
AVG
.190
 
OBP
.246
 
SLG
.219
 
OPS
.465
 
wOBA
.215
 
Exit Velocity
86.1 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
23.2%
 
Barrels/PA
3.5%
 
Expected BA
.254
 
Expected SLG
.337
 
Sprint Speed
23.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
46.3%
 
Line Drive %
24.4%
 
Fly Ball %
29.3%
 
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
Grissom began the season with High-A Rome before being promoted to Double-A Mississippi. Atlanta summoned him in early August, and he filled in admirably, posting a .291/.353/.440 line in 156 plate appearances. However, a .163/.250/.163 stretch for two weeks in September cost Grissom his starting job for the last ten games and into the playoffs. Grissom's early success was driven by a high BABIP, so regression was expected. He fanned a little more in the bigs, but that's to be expected. Even though he was mostly a shortstop in the minors, Grissom played second with the Braves. With Ozzie Albies back in the fold after missing extended time due to injury in 2022, Grissom should get the first chance at stepping in as the everyday shortstop in place of Dansby Swanson, who signed with the Cubs over the winter. Grissom is looking at a long and productive career, but his plausible outcomes this season range from a full-time job to struggling in the spring and opening the season with Triple-A Gwinnett.
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Sitting after three straight starts
2BBoston Red Sox
September 25, 2024
Grissom is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays.
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Swipes second bag
2BBoston Red Sox
September 25, 2024
Grissom went 3-for-4 with a walk, a double, a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base in Tuesday's 6-5 extra-inning win over the Blue Jays.
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Records RBI in win
2BBoston Red Sox
September 24, 2024
Grissom started at second base and went 0-for-3 with an RBI in Monday's 4-1 win over Toronto.
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Recalled from Worcester
2BBoston Red Sox
September 20, 2024
The Red Sox recalled Grissom from Triple-A Worcester on Friday.
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Activated, optioned to Triple-A
2BBoston Red Sox
August 8, 2024
The Red Sox reinstated Grissom (hamstring) from the 10-day injured list Thursday and optioned him to Triple-A Worcester, Julian McWilliams of The Boston Globe reports.
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Possible trade candidate
2BAtlanta Braves
November 1, 2023
Grissom is a potential trade chip this offseason, Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Although there's work still to be done on defense, Grissom's bat is ready for an extended chance at the major-league level. It's difficult to see an immediate path for him in Atlanta, though, with both of its middle-infield spots spoken for. Grissom is a possibility to be used in a super-utility role, but the team might decide he's best used as trade bait.
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