• Full name Jakob Dunn Gelof
  • Born 02/25/2002 in Lewes, DE
  • Profile Ht.: 6'1" / Wt.: 195 / Bats: R / Throws: R
  • School Virginia
  • Drafted in the 2nd round (60th overall) by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2023 (signed for $1,334,400).
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    School: Virginia Source: 4YR

    Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted
    Age At Draft: 21.4
    BA Grade:50/High
    Tools:Hit: 50. Power: 60. Run: 40. Field: 45. Arm: 50.

    Gelof is the younger brother of former Virginia third baseman and current A’s prospect, Zack Gelof. Now following in his elder brother’s footsteps, Jake has been one of the best power hitters in program history. After setting a program record with five multi-homer games in 2022, Gelof became Virginia’s all-time home run leader in 2023, when he hit his 38th home run on April 11. After his second 20-plus homer season, Gelof is a career .329/.429/.684 hitter with 48 home runs and 46 doubles in 161 career games. Gelof is powerfully built at 6-foot-1, 195 pounds and pairs both strength and bat speed with an offensive operation that features a bit of pre-pitch bat wiggle, a moderate leg kick and a front side that tends to open up to the pull side. He’s a pull-happy hitter in general, and that’s where most of his in-game power production has gone, though he has more than enough raw power to homer to the opposite field, with a 91 mph average and 107 mph 90th-percentile exit velocity in 2023. Gelof is a power-over-hit offensive profile who will expand the zone and swing-and-miss at a sizable clip. He has an 18.9% career strikeout rate and also struggled with whiffs in the Cape Cod League and with Team USA’s trials roster in 2022. Gelof is a below-average runner and workman-like defender at third base, though he has average arm strength and has done a nice job on in-between plays and throwing on the run on difficult slow rollers.

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  • 3B Jake Gelof assigned to Rancho Cucamonga Quakes from ACL Dodgers.
  • 3B Jake Gelof assigned to Rancho Cucamonga Quakes from ACL Dodgers.
  • 3B Jake Gelof assigned to ACL Dodgers.
  • Los Angeles Dodgers signed 3B Jake Gelof.

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