If I remember correctly,, in an admittedly SSS, Gasper went something like 0-20 last year before getting his first hit. A career OPS of .495 at 30 years old. No upside at all.
Right now he is hitting the ball as well or better than most in that lineup. The simple fact that he is the Red Sox choice at DH tells the true story ( him again?) of a terribly failed off season where Breslow thought he would just get lucky on offense .