Joey Gallo

29-Year-Old OutfielderOF

Minnesota Twins

10-Day IL

Injury Hamstring

Est. Return 6/13/2023

2023 Stats

AVG

.188

RBI

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2023 Fantasy Outlook

Gallo was essentially run out of New York last season as a result of posting a .621 OPS and a massive 38.8 percent strikeout rate over 82 games with the Yankees. A move to Los Angeles provided a less stressful environment for the slugger, but the results weren't much better, as Gallo's OPS ticked up to a still-poor .671 and his strikeout rate was even more atrocious at 41.6 percent. A glance at the slugger's muscular frame helps explain why teams can be drawn in by his power, and Gallo did manage to slug 19 homers last season despite his massive struggles. That said, he's failed to hit above the Mendoza line in each of his past three campaigns and is extremely unlikely to turn around his career-long issues making contact, though he was still able to nab a one-year, $11 million contract from the Twins. Perhaps the new MLB rules banning the shift will help perk up Gallo's numbers, and it bears remembering that he blasted 38 bombs with a barrel rate in the 98th percentile just two years ago. He's going to go cheap in 2023 fantasy drafts, so just keep him in mind if you've built a squad that can stomach exchanging the batting-average drain for his power potential. Read Past Outlooks

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Dynasty

League Majors

Bats L

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'5"

Weight 250

DOB 11/19/1993

Born Henderson, NV

College None

Drafted 2012 TEX

Bound for injured list

OFMinnesota Twins

Hamstring

June 3, 2023

Gallo was placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained hamstring Saturday, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.

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Gallo has largely looked like the good version of himself this season, with patience and power getting him to a 121 wRC+ despite his .188 average and 37.6 percent strikeout rate. He's also battled multiple injuries, however, as this is already his second trip to the injured list following a brief absence due to a right intercostal strain in April. Kyle Garlick was recalled to take his place on the roster.

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2021

+17%

OPS vs RHP

2023

+42%

OPS vs RHP

2022

+58%

OPS vs RHP

2021

+8%

OPS vs RHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2021vs Left	.666	328	36	14	32	0	.173	.302	.365
Since 2021vs Right	.779	863	123	54	115	9	.188	.330	.449
2023vs Left	.593	27	2	1	1	0	.167	.259	.333
2023vs Right	.842	138	19	10	22	0	.193	.333	.509
2022vs Left	.436	83	10	2	7	0	.110	.217	.219
2022vs Right	.690	327	38	17	40	3	.173	.297	.394
2021vs Left	.767	218	24	11	24	0	.200	.339	.428
2021vs Right	.832	398	66	27	53	6	.198	.357	.475
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2021

+13%

OPS at Home

2023

+18%

OPS at Home

2022

Even Split

2021

+20%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2021Home	.794	576	82	35	74	3	.192	.335	.459
Since 2021Away	.704	615	77	33	73	6	.175	.311	.394
2023Home	.868	81	12	5	11	0	.209	.346	.522
2023Away	.734	84	9	6	12	0	.169	.298	.437
2022Home	.639	202	25	8	25	2	.172	.282	.356
2022Away	.637	208	23	11	22	1	.148	.279	.358
2021Home	.886	293	45	22	38	1	.203	.369	.517
2021Away	.740	323	45	16	39	5	.195	.334	.406
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Stat Review

How does Joey Gallo compare to other hitters?

This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.

BB/K
Walk to strikeout ratio
BB Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
K Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
BABIP
Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
ISO
Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
AVG
Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
OBP
On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
SLG
Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
OPS
On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
wOBA
Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
Exit Velocity
The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
Hard Hit Rate
A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
Barrels/PA
The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
Expected BA
Expected Batting Average.
Expected SLG
Expected Slugging Percentage.
Sprint Speed
The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
Ground Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
Line Drive %
The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
Fly Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.

BB/K

0.40

BB Rate

15.2%

K Rate

37.6%

BABIP

.231

ISO

.290

AVG

.188

OBP

.321

SLG

.478

OPS

.799

wOBA

.348

Exit Velocity

93.3 mph

Hard Hit Rate

35.5%

Barrels/PA

9.1%

Expected BA

.178

Expected SLG

.476

Sprint Speed

23.0 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

31.6%

Line Drive %

10.5%

Fly Ball %

57.9%

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Depending on the format, Gallo ranges from completely useless in fantasy baseball (roto leagues scoring batting average or leagues counting strikeouts) to bonafide stud (roto leagues scoring OBP). Gallo is a three-true-outcomes player. Last season, he led the league with 59% of his plate appearances ending with a strikeout, walk or home run. He has been this same player since being promoted to the majors back in 2015. This past season he had his largest split between his average and on-base percentage at 151 points. The BA could be a killer in a roto league. While 40 homers are on the table every season, he only provides a half dozen steals or so at best. The power will eventually deteriorate, though nothing currently in his profile points to the home runs going away.

A skill set like Gallo's lends itself to extremes in small samples. We saw that in 2020 as Gallo struggled to a .181/.301/.378 line in 226 PA. He managed a career-high .253 BA in 2019 despite a 38.4 K%, but all those whiffs caught up to him as his BABIP returned to Earth. At this point, you can put a high-30s strikeout rate in ink with Gallo, and a low-.200s average should be considered the baseline expectation. The new Globe Life Field was not kind to Gallo, although he was even worse on the road. Gallo still managed to reach double-digit homers and we know he can take his walks, making him more palatable in OBP leagues. He also graded out well in right field last season. In roto leagues scoring batting average, Gallo is a risk to single-handedly sink you in the category, negating the appeal of his power to a significant extent. That's certainly not to say he's undraftable in those formats.

At the time of his placement on the IL with a sore oblique June 2, Gallo was slashing .276/.421/.653. He was activated June 25 but returned to the IL on July 25 after hurting his wrist while swinging. Tests showed Gallo broke his hamate bone, requiring season-ending surgery. Gallo ended the year at .253/.389/.582, setting personal bests across the board. It was only 90 plate appearances, but the lefty slugger was crushing southpaws, slashing .333/.427/.747. The catch is he was fanning at a 38% clip against left-handers, essentially his career pace. The spike was due to an unsustainable .500 BABIP. Still, it's a shame his season ended prematurely. Gallo will be 100% heading into 2020 with a chance to league the league in homers as his exit velocity and barrel rate are off the charts. Just beware his average is likely to drop as his numbers against same-side pitching revert to normal.

The lazy comp would be to call Gallo a modern-day Adam Dunn. However, Dunn was not hitting in the low .200s until the final seasons of his career while it is all Gallo has known in nearly 1,300 plate appearances at the big-league level. Gallo is athletic for his size and is definitely filling the rest of his three-true-outcome shoes. Gallo has hit 40-plus homers and generated at least 165 runs-plus-RBI in consecutive seasons, but he has really hurt in batting-average leagues with a batting average 45 points below the league average. He walks enough (13.4 career BB%) to be more valuable in OBP leagues, although his .317 career OBP is still a below-average mark. We roster him because the power is prodigious and it is 35 homers and 150 runs of production in the bank. There will likely be the occasional year where lucks his way to a .225 average, but bank on something closer to .200 when formulating a plan to offset his one big negative.

Gallo had a regular role with the Rangers in 2017, seeing time at both corner-infield spots and getting extra run at third base when Adrian Beltre was on the DL. With a combination of plus-plus raw power, an eye to draw walks, and swing-and-miss tendencies that are currently the most extreme in MLB, Gallo is the ultimate Three True Outcomes player. When he connects, he does a lot of damage, as evidenced by his 41-homer campaign as a 23-year-old last season. It's possible that he'll make adjustments and improve his strikeout rate over time, as he cut his K% from 38.5 in the first half to 34.9 percent in the second half. Moreover, Gallo posted similar numbers against lefties and righties, offering hope that he will avoid falling into the large side of a platoon. Unlike most of the TTO players that have preceded him, Gallo has the athleticism to steal bases (7-for-9) and play ample defense, and if he can continue to whittle away at his strikeout rate, a 50-homer season might be within reach.

During his first stint with the major league club in 2015, Gallo showed his trademark power but his contact issues were badly exposed. He saw only 25 at-bats with Texas in 2016 despite a 25-homer season with Triple-A Round Rock. The Rangers have a deep big-league lineup that may keep Gallo largely out of the picture again in 2017 barring an injury or two. Not all hope is lost by any means, as Gallo has been able to maintain a high walk rate which helps mitigate the swing and miss. With incredible raw power, Gallo easily boasts 30-homer potential if ever given a significant window to contribute. He's probably not worth a significant investment in most single-season drafts and auctions, but he has appeal as a reserve-round lotto ticket in mixed leagues.

Gallo got a taste of the big leagues in 2015 and fell flat on his face due to intense swing-and-miss issues. Like Javier Baez last season, Gallo was rushed so that he could fail. Players need to experience failure in order to change, and Gallo hit nine homers with a 1.061 OPS in 34 games at Double-A Frisco prior to his promotion, so he certainly wasn’t going to experience that failure against Texas League pitching. After posting a 46.3% strikeout rate with six homers in 36 games with the Rangers, he was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock, where his contact issues persisted. He hit 14 homers, but also had a 39.5% strikeout rate in 53 games in the Pacific Coast League, so there is reason to be cautious heading into 2016. While Gallo legitimately has more raw power than any player in the American League, it is unclear what big league role he will play this season, or if he will ever make enough contact to maximize his power potential.

Of the 7.1 billion people walking this planet, Giancarlo Stanton may be the only one who can match Gallo’s raw power. He is the prototypical left-handed power bat. Gallo’s body mass is ideally proportional to his 6-foot-5 height, if the end goal is a person who destroys baseballs with ease. However, it was considered a long shot heading into 2014 that the 20-year-old third baseman (who might end up in right field) would ever get that power to fully show in games against more advanced pitching, as his hit tool was considered highly questionable. At High-A Myrtle Beach, he tabled those concerns, slashing .323/.463/.735 with 21 home runs and a completely acceptable 26.0% strikeout rate. Unfortunately after his promotion to Double-A Frisco, he fueled his doubters, hitting another 21 home runs, but mixing in a 39.5% strikeout rate and a .183 batting average against lefties. Gallo’s story has yet to be written. If he can once again make adjustments in the offseason, he could be terrorizing major league pitchers by late 2015.

Gallo's name was all over the prospect radar after his short-season debut in 2012, following his selection in the first round of the draft that June, but the shine has faded a bit after the 2013 campaign. Yes, the power is very much legit (40 homers), but there's considerable debate as to whether the approach at the plate (172 strikeouts against Low-A pitching) will work against advanced pitching. He could end up like Russell Branyan or Adam Dunn, and anywhere in between. Believed to be previously untouchable in trade talks, rumors persist that he's a player Texas is willing to dangle to acquire a known major league talent.

Gallo was a sandwich pick in the June draft, with scouts in agreement that he possessed the best raw power of any hitter in the draft class. Gallo assaulted rookie league pitching in his pro debut, swatting 18 homers and drawing 37 walks in 150 at-bats and resulting in a .293/.435/.733 slash that also included six steals in as many attempts. He struggled a bit in a brief appearance for Low-A Spokane, but he had one of the more promising debuts of the June draftees and should be all over the radar for those in keeper leagues.

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May need stint on IL

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Hamstring

June 2, 2023

Gallo (hamstring) may require a stint on the 10-day injured list, Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic reports.

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Scratched Friday

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June 2, 2023

Gallo was scratched from Friday's lineup against Cleveland with tightness in his hamstring, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com reports.

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Returns from hamstring injury

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May 26, 2023

Gallo (hamstring) entered Friday's 3-1 loss to the Blue Jays as a pinch hitter and drew two walks while also playing first base.

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Sidelined again Friday

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Hamstring

May 26, 2023

Gallo (hamstring) is out of the lineup again Friday versus the Blue Jays.

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Nursing hamstring injury

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Hamstring

May 24, 2023

Gallo is not in the Twins' lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Giants due to a hamstring injury, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com reports.

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