BA GRADE
40
Risk: Medium
Born: Dec. 17, 1992. B-T: B-R. Ht.: 5-10. Wt.: 185. Signed: Dominican Republic, 2011. Signed by: Pablo Peguero/Felix Peguero/Jonathan Bautista.
Other than Christian Arroyo, Gomez is the purest hitter in the Giants’ farm system, which is why the switch-hitter was able to leap from low Class A Augusta to the big leagues in only a year.
Gomez projects as a plus hitter with average power thanks to excellent hand-eye coordination, but that may not be enough to ever win him a much larger role than the pinch-hitting fill-in he served as for a month before a disabled list stint ended his season thanks to a sore knee. His problem is he doesn’t have a clear path to a regular job and even finding a roster spot as a backup role is hard. He’s bounced around defensively from catcher to third base to second base. Second is his best spot, but he’s below-average defensively thanks in part to his heavy feet, below-average speed and poor range.
Gomez is a hard worker whose work ethic impresses coaches, but he’s a Lenny Harris type of professional pinch-hitter in a league context that no longer has many dedicated pinch-hitters.
Year |
Club (League) |
Class |
AVG |
G |
AB |
R |
H |
2015 |
Salem-Keizer (NWL) |
SS |
.319 |
66 |
276 |
30 |
88 |
2016 |
Augusta (SAL) |
LoA |
.371 |
66 |
267 |
41 |
99 |
|
San Jose (CAL) |
HiA |
.267 |
43 |
172 |
25 |
46 |
2017 |
Richmond (EL) |
AA |
.305 |
78 |
308 |
43 |
94 |
|
San Francisco (NL) |
MAJ |
.242 |
22 |
33 |
3 |
8 |
Major League Totals |
.242 |
22 |
33 |
3 |
8 |
||
Minor League Totals |
.312 |
390 |
1513 |
207 |
472 |
||
Year |
Club (League) |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
2015 |
Salem-Keizer (NWL) |
14 |
1 |
6 |
52 |
5 |
2016 |
Augusta (SAL) |
17 |
1 |
8 |
43 |
12 |
|
San Jose (CAL) |
9 |
2 |
9 |
24 |
8 |
2017 |
Richmond (EL) |
19 |
2 |
8 |
38 |
12 |
|
San Francisco (NL) |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Major League Totals |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Minor League Totals |
95 |
10 |
39 |
257 |
75 |
|
Year |
Club (League) |
SO |
SB |
CS |
OBP |
SLG |
2015 |
Salem-Keizer (NWL) |
24 |
0 |
1 |
.331 |
.442 |
2016 |
Augusta (SAL) |
25 |
3 |
2 |
.401 |
.532 |
|
San Jose (CAL) |
28 |
1 |
0 |
.302 |
.500 |
2017 |
Richmond (EL) |
36 |
0 |
0 |
.330 |
.458 |
|
San Francisco (NL) |
6 |
0 |
0 |
.235 |
.303 |
Major League Totals |
6 |
0 |
0 |
.235 |
.303 |
|
Minor League Totals |
202 |
10 |
4 |
.348 |
.465 |
|