Gavin Sheets, 26, has a .419 OBP (.280/.419/.280, 114 wRC+, -0.1 fWAR) in a limited sample so far in the young season, but strangely, he has done more harm than good. Despite the high OBP, Sheets has not inspired confidence to be a bright spot off the bench, and he is a microcosm of many White Sox problems in the Rick Hahn era.
To Sheets’ credit, he has hit right-handed pitching pretty well throughout his young career (.256/.320/.461, 118 wRC+). Even the playoff squads of 2020 and 2021 did not find production against righties easily, so this is nothing to scoff at.