The random evil player program chose Ben Gamel for a random report. Gamel is an outfielder for the Seattle Mariners who produced a decent season in 2017, his first full year in the majors. He was pretty much a league average hitter, posting a .275/.322/.413 slash line, versus .256/.324/.429 for the league. He got more hits than the average player, but didn’t produce much power. He’s basically a one-WAR player.
His numbers are what one would expect moving from AAA to MLB. He is already in his prime, so he will not be a star. Gamel will be useful, however. He is not an out machine. His high BA means that not only does he preserve rallies, he moves runners with hits. I think he would be most effective as a number seven or number nine hitter, but his best slots in 2017 were #1 and #2. Both were small sample sizes, but it could be those slots focus him more toward getting on base.
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