Gallo

[Ewitkows1]

The Yanks will basically give him away and he has been bad this year but Being in the bonx can mess with people. He's played a little CF,1B ,LF and RF. Milwaukee might be more his environment and he's a 130+ if he's right. He's a FA at the end of the year so there's no long term commitment and we wouldn't have to give up anyone good to get him.

[nate82]

42 minutes ago, Ewitkows1 said:

The Yanks will basically give him away and he has been bad this year but Being in the bonx can mess with people. He's played a little CF,1B ,LF and RF. Milwaukee might be more his environment and he's a 130+ if he's right. He's a FA at the end of the year so there's no long term commitment and we wouldn't have to give up anyone good to get him.

I don't believe the Yankees will just give away Gallo.  They will want to add another OF to their mix especially a CF type or another bullpen arm.  I am not sure the Brewers have what the Yankees would be looking for in a possible OF maybe a Dahl for Gallo deal works here but I doubt it unless the Yankees are looking to do just a salary dump here.

[Robocaller]

Gallo is a chicken (well, rooster). 

 

[StearnsFTW]

Bump.

I kinda highjacked the Benintendi thread with Gallo talk, so I thought I'd bump this instead. 

Hoping the Brewers look into Gallo's availability with the Benintendi acquisition for the Yankees.

 

 

[Jopal78]

1 hour ago, StearnsFTW said:

Bump.

I kinda highjacked the Benintendi thread with Gallo talk, so I thought I'd bump this instead. 

Hoping the Brewers look into Gallo's availability with the Benintendi acquisition for the Yankees.

 

 

One problem the Brewers have is if their batters do not hit homeruns they typically struggle to score runs. Gallo would only make that problem more extreme. Besides, the Brewers already have the same player in Keston Hiura spinning his wheels in AAA. The Yankees are moving on from Gallo because while he has homered 25 times in less than a full season of games, he hasn't done much else except K. 

That the Brewers were interested in Benintendi suggests they are probably looking from more contact-type hitters to balance their offense. 

[StearnsFTW]

Gallo from this year is the same player as Hiura (minus Gallo's excellent defense).

Gallo from July 29, 2021 is what we all wish Hiura was.

 

I get why people don't like him for this lineup.  I'd just like to try to steal a really really good player while his value is at its lowest.

 

[SRB]

Seems like a no-brainer move to me. The acquisition and salary cost is minimal for a player with such enormous upside whose downside is certainly no worse than Jonathan Davis. Who knows what a change of scenery might unlock.

[owbc]

If the Brewers make a move for Gallo, it's going to be because their analytics department sees something fixable in his swing or approach. There is going to be a cost to him, we're not the only fanbase that is intrigued. And he doesn't really plug any holes for us, in fact he further complicates existing logjams because he's more of a corner outfielder/DH than a CF. 

[SRB]

2 hours ago, owbc said:

If the Brewers make a move for Gallo, it's going to be because their analytics department sees something fixable in his swing or approach. There is going to be a cost to him, we're not the only fanbase that is intrigued. And he doesn't really plug any holes for us, in fact he further complicates existing logjams because he's more of a corner outfielder/DH than a CF. 

Not sure how much he'll cost since the expectation is that the Yankees are going to DFA him. Maybe a low-level flier.

I also disagree about him being a corner outfielder/DH. That's a common misconception just because he's a big slugger, but he's actually an excellent defender including in CF.

[Outlander]

I'm not buying he is an excellent CF, hasn't played there since 2019 and 49 total starts in CF.

[Jopal78]

3 hours ago, SRB said:

Seems like a no-brainer move to me. The acquisition and salary cost is minimal for a player with such enormous upside whose downside is certainly no worse than Jonathan Davis. Who knows what a change of scenery might unlock.

Jonathan Davis has no power to speak of, but he has quietly put together a .365 OPS, doesn't strike out a ton and has played terrific defense. I wouldn't necessarily say Joey Gallo would be any improvement over Davis right now. 

[SRB]

10 minutes ago, Outlander said:

I'm not buying he is an excellent CF, hasn't played there since 2019 and 49 total starts in CF.

He has a +13.5 UZR/150 in CF (416.2 innings), a +5.1 UZR/150 in the outfield overall (3942.0 innings), and he's won two Gold Glove awards in the last two seasons as a rightfielder. Maybe "excellent" is too generous or makes it sounds like I think he's Lorenzo Cain, but my point is just that he's a good defender who I think at the very worst can be a regular CF as he has in the past.

We have a need at CF and obviously you can't just put any corner OF there and call it a day. For example, we couldn't start using Renfroe as our everyday CF. But we could use Gallo as our everyday CF.

[SRB]

5 minutes ago, Jopal78 said:

Jonathan Davis has no power to speak of, but he has quietly put together a .365 OPS, doesn't strike out a ton and has played terrific defense. I wouldn't necessarily say Joey Gallo would be any improvement over Davis right now. 

If you think Jonathan Davis will maintain a .365 OBP for the remainder of the season, then we are in good shape and don't really need to add anybody at the trade deadline.

[Jopal78]

6 hours ago, SRB said:

If you think Jonathan Davis will maintain a .365 OBP for the remainder of the season, then we are in good shape and don't really need to add anybody at the trade deadline.

Maybe not, but Gallo totally sucks now and doesn’t play CF so he most likely  won’t end up being a Brewer

[Robocaller]

I''d certainly take Gallo for the two guys in our 15-30 range. 

 

[wntrtxn21]

The only upside I see to Gallo is he can't get much worse. The Brewers are the 4th worst team in baseball in Ks and Gallo is whiffing at a 39% rate.  He's hitting .159/.282 with a BABIP of .217.  The Yankees who are desperate for a CF,  won't play him there!  Plus he would cost almost $4M to the payroll.  Rather than trade anybody for Gallo, I'd much rather they play McCutchon in CF and use Hiura as a DH. 

[Hopper]

Getting a guy like Gallo just feels like making a trade to make a trade.  What does he add to this roster that makes us better as a team, and improves our chances of winning?  he is striking out at Keston Hiura rates and people want him on the team while Hiura toils away at AAA?

Gallo is a name, a disappointing name, and nothing more.  If we make a move like this, and give up anything of value, I will be extremely disappointed.

[Lathund]

Gallo has struggled in New York, but his overall line last year was still a strong 123 wRC+, and a 144 wRC+ in his last full season before that. Now I don't know why he has struggled in New York. Maybe he's cooked, and then yeah it'd be a pointless deal. But if they don't think there's anything truly wrong with him, he's certainly an option. There aren't a ton of potential CFs out there, and in terms of acquisition cost he would be cheap. And out of everyone (that we know of) available, his offensive ceiling is the highest. Again though, I haven't seen him enough to know why he has struggled or if there's reason to think he can find his old form or not. Perhaps his power was all in his beard? 

On 7/29/2022 at 3:09 PM, wntrtxn21 said:

The only upside I see to Gallo is he can't get much worse. The Brewers are the 4th worst team in baseball in Ks and Gallo is whiffing at a 39% rate.  He's hitting .159/.282 with a BABIP of .217.  The Yankees who are desperate for a CF,  won't play him there!  Plus he would cost almost $4M to the payroll.  Rather than trade anybody for Gallo, I'd much rather they play McCutchon in CF and use Hiura as a DH. 

Brewers are 10th in K%. Also this is 2022, not 2012. There is a very good reason why Cutch hasn't played CF regularly in the last 5 years. He's not even a decent corner OF at this point. Using him as the everyday CF would be a disaster. 

[mtsportsfan]

Wouldn't give up a bag of balls for Gallo let alone a decent prospect , last thing we need is a strike out machine in the lineup. Maybe I'm wrong and the NY lights were too bright and a change of scenery would help , just don't think its worth the chance.

[Never Outhustled]

On 7/28/2022 at 10:02 PM, Jopal78 said:

Maybe not, but Gallo totally sucks now and doesn’t play CF so he most likely  won’t end up being a Brewer

He does play CF, he plays it well, and would make a good platoon partner for Taylor.

 

Give me Gallo and Bell, plus maybe 1 more reliever. 

[Austin Tatious]

MlB trade rumors saying the Brewers are in the mix for Gallo, citing him as a possibility to platoon with Taylor in center. 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/07/brewers-padres-rays-interested-in-joey-gallo.html

The nice thing here is you would not need to give back anything of consequence.  

[YelichPosse]

To be honest - The more I think about it - instead of Laureano and what he probably would cost. I rather take a flier on Gallo (provided it is CHEAP). We have all these CF types that are ascending quickly - but - if Gallo got sort of right again - he could give a nice jolt. He also plays a good CF. The idea of a platoon with Taylor I actually really like as well. It will be an interesting couple days. My only worry is the fact we have played week the last week - so I hope that isn’t a deterrent to acquiring a bat or two. 

[folly412]

Agree that I like him better than Laureano, for platoon potential and ceiling if anything.  Though I'm not totally sold on a contending team taking a flier and "hope to fix" player over going in on a sure upgrade or standing pat.

[brewerfan82]

Considering you're really going from Jonathan Davis to Joey Gallo, I'm not sure it's even that big of a leap to assume you're upgrading the roster (and possibly significantly). It's all about price to get him and hopefully his NY struggles make that price negligible. If not, move onto something safer.

[brewerfan82]

Whether you think the site's accurate or not, now's a fun time to look at what fan's are coming up with for trades on the BTV site: https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/trades/?team_filter=461

If some of these proposals are in the ballpark for what a Gallo trade will cost, I'm all for it: