MLB · DH · Boston Red Sox
Mickey Gasper
B/T S/R · 5' 9" · 205 lb · born Merrimack, NH, USA · age 31 · draft 2018 rd 27 · played DH 45, C 38, 1B 26, 2B 1 · MLB debut 2024-08-12
259 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Mickey Gasper is a 31-year-old switch-hitting designated hitter from Merrimack, New Hampshire, drafted in the 27th round in 2018. He has 12 home runs in 125 games with a .682 OPS — a late-bloomer who fought his way up and is holding a roster spot.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Gasper here — The Buzz September 5, 2026
Where he stands
throughAgainst the 406 qualified major-league hitters — 100+ balls in play this season, the same field the boards are chosen out of. Right is better on every row.
- EV95105.242
- Deserved (xVal)0.39365
- Got (aVal)0.37762
- Luck gap (park-adjusted)flipped-0.01261
today · 30 days ago, against the 375 men who qualified then · the tick is the midpoint · the number at the right is the percentile, the number beside it the measurement itself.
What he’s paid
Not statedA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- Service time
- 1 yr 72 d
- Options left
- 1 / 3
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 |
| Tax hit | — | — | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Boston Red Sox.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $0.79M
- Guaranteed
- $0.79M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Pre-Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Minimum | Minimum | Minimum | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
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The Bureau on Mickey Gasper
The scouting press, in their own words
Mickey Gasper underwent surgery today: https://t.co/pyroFkFBTr
Red Sox announce: Mickey Gasper underwent a successful Distal Biceps tendon repair. The procedure was performed by Dr. Matthew Leibman at MassGeneral Brigham in Boston, MA.
Mickey Gasper brings Fenway to life with a first-pitch homer in the eighth.
Umpire favor
+1.2 net runs over 24 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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