The Twins have placed Joey Gallo on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to June 2) due to a left hamstring strain. Outfielder Kyle Garlick was called up from Triple-A to take Gallo’s spot on the active roster, with the Athletic’s Dan Hayes noting that the Twins’ upcoming schedule seemed to factor into the decision to take the righty-swinging Garlick over the left-handed hitting Matt Wallner — Minnesota is facing several left-handed pitchers in the coming days.
Gallo’s own left-handed bat has been revived in the Twin Cities this season, as his .188/.321/.478 slash line translates to a 121 wRC+. Despite the low batting average, Gallo is providing a lot of pop, with 11 homers over 165 plate appearances. The bulk of Gallo’s playing time has come at first base, but he has also seen a lot of action in left field and some work in the other outfield spots. After a tough 2022 campaign, this season has represented something of a return to form for Gallo, which could pay off nicely when he re-enters the free agent market this winter.
Unfortunately, this is the second time injuries have stalled Gallo’s bounce-back season. He spent a minimal 10-day stint on the IL in April due to a minor intercostal strain, and he’ll now be sidelined again in order to heal up this nagging hamstring issue. Gallo first hurt his hamstring almost two weeks ago and has been trying to play through the discomfort, with the Twins also giving him a couple of off-days and using him as a designated hitter. An IL trip was deemed necessary for Gallo to get fully fit, and since Gallo was somewhat able to play with the strain, he again might not be out of action for too long.
Uff da.
He has been hurt a lot this year
Joey Gallo is the only qualified batter post intergration with a K% above 35%, walk rate above 12%, and ISO over .250. No one comes particularly close to Gallo when it comes to taking three-true-outcomes approach to the extreme.
The “new math” in baseball is messed up. A power guy hitting .188 just can’t be a good thing. 21% better than league average ? That stat I think fails at the tail of the curve.
A public obscenity with a bat on his mitts.
I mean to be fair, Gallo is an outlier to all outliers. He doesn’t make sense. See my comment above. He is the most extreme three-true-outcomes hitter of all time. He simpily breaks statistics. He is the only batter to hit below .200 in 1000+ plate appearances in their career to have a wRC+ above 100. The rest of the sub-.200 batters have a wRC+ between 45 and 54. He is the only batter with a sub-.200 BA with an OBP over .300 (post intergration). The next closest to Gallo is Patrick Wisdom, who is batting .215 in his career with a 109 wRC+.
58.5% of his plate appearances have ended in a strikeout, walk, or home run. Barry Bonds, even with his extreme numbers in the early-2000s, only had a three-true-outcomes rate of 49.2% from 2001-2005.
To me, it’s not that the math is wrong, it’s just Gallo breaks whatever statistical analysis you throw him through. In a sea of data points, he’s the outlier to the outlier. There simpily hasn’t been a player in baseball history with such extremes like Gallo.
“Family Dollar Giancarlo Stanton”
Anybody notice Gallo was on pace for 240 strikeouts if he actually got in 600 at bats this year?
not at all surprised for his career if you do a per 162 average it is 604 PA and 225 strikeouts so since he is older that strikeout probably averages up more.
Interesting corollary stat = Gallo has had over 100 hits in a season once (2018) when he did have 207Ks and 500 ABs. (65 of his 103 hits that year were for extra bases!)
All teams benefits from his IL stints, he stinks.
amazing how 11 homers can subsidize mediocrity.
I could see a trade between the Royals and the Twins.
Scott Barlow, Aroldis Chapman and Salvador Perez for Jorge Lopez, Emelia Pagan and Christiaan Vasquez..
The Royals would save the prorated portion of the Royals 29 million in salary for the Twins $16,625 million in 2023. The Royals would continue to have a slightly younger quality catcher for $10 million less per year than Perez. Both Lopez and Pagan are still under team control through 2024.. Both Lopez and Pagan are previous closers. Lopez and Barlow are the same age. Pagan is younger that Chapman. Perez does have more pop at catcher that Vasquez, but Vasquez has a quality glove and hits for a decent average for a catcher.
Chapman is a rental, but the Twins need to get into a “win-now” mode. Perez has 12 HR this year compared to 0 from Vasquez. Perez BA of .282 over 54 games also is a positive over Vasquez’s ..248 over 38 games.
The Royals would save a ton of money, not only in 2023 but through 2025 without much of a drop in quality of there players, and have all three they acquire back for 2026..
The Twins would have a better chance to win in 2023, and would have Perez back through 25 with an option in 2026, and Barlow under team control in 2024.