Gallo to the Twins

[markedman5]

There you go  Brock!

 

[wallus]

Now we are officially dead last in offseason spending

[sveumrules]

4 minutes ago, wallus said:

Now we are officially dead last in offseason spending

If the alternative is signing Gallo, I'll take it!! ? ?

[Brock Beauchamp]

I'm pouring gasoline all over my own website right now. Gonna enjoy watching it burn.

[edfunderburk]

5 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I'm pouring gasoline all over my own website right now. Gonna enjoy watching it burn.

???

[Hopper]

YES - YES - YES!

Better anyone else than the Brewers!  I am so happy we are not signing this guy.  

[StearnsFTW]

Too bad.  Would've loved to take a shot, depending on the money.

 

Just saw it's $11MM.  Yeah, no thanks.

 

[MrTPlush]

Joey Gallo is garbage. Even his ‘good’ 2021 was a .199 batting average and 213 strikeout. Lol at paying $11mil for a 40% K rate. Should have asked the Brewers about Hiura at that point. At least he is cheap.

Chris Carter was out of the league performing like Gallo. 

[Brewcrew82]

9 minutes ago, MrTPlush said:

Joey Gallo is garbage. Even his ‘good’ 2021 was a .199 batting average and 213 strikeout. Lol at paying $11mil for a 40% K rate. Should have asked the Brewers about Hiura at that point. At least he is cheap.

Chris Carter was out of the league performing like Gallo. 

Difference between Chris Carter and Joey Gallo is that Gallo is a plus runner and plays GG defense. Why he still put up a 4.5 WAR despite those numbers.

Of course, he couldn't even put up those numbers and was a negative defender this season per Fangraphs. He's about the last player that the Brewers should be signing at this point.

[StearnsFTW]

12 minutes ago, MrTPlush said:

Joey Gallo is garbage. Even his ‘good’ 2021 was a .199 batting average and 213 strikeout. Lol at paying $11mil for a 40% K rate. Should have asked the Brewers about Hiura at that point. At least he is cheap.

Chris Carter was out of the league performing like Gallo. 

The good doesn't require quotation marks.  He was good. Almost 5 WAR in 2021.  He was really good at pretty much everything except k rate/batting average.

Now, if you believe 2022 is who he will be going forward, then yeah, he was trash last year. 

 

 

 

[brewmann04]

I sure they are hoping the youngster can hit in the majors

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 hour ago, edfunderburk said:

???

The Twins have something like six reasonable options for corner OF, all left-handed.

Not "most" left-handed.

Every. Single. One.

I do not understand this signing one bit and it feels like a panic move after losing on Correa.

[owbc]

$11 million to a career .199 hitter over 2800 PAs Wow. 

37% of his career hits are home runs. But still...wow. 

 

[Robocaller]

17 minutes ago, owbc said:

$11 million to a career .199 hitter over 2800 PAs Wow. 

37% of his career hits are home runs. But still...wow. 

 

I wonder what Keston will get as a FA.  :-)

[sveumrules]

From 2017-21, even with all the Ks and low batting average, Gallo racked up 14.4 WAR which tied him for 40th in MLB with Rizzo & Muncy.

His .289 ISO did the heavy lifting for his value ranking 3rd in MLB over that stretch, while his base running (+16.8, 20th) and defense (+38 DRS, 12th | +18.1 UZR, 19th among OF) provided nice value around the edges.

Obviously that all cratered once he was traded to NYY. 

Hopefully getting out of the big apple can get him back to normal, which even with 2022 included has been 3.2 WAR/600 PA over the course of his career.

[edfunderburk]

3 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I'm pouring gasoline all over my own website right now. Gonna enjoy watching it burn.

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

6 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

And that's fine, I want neither on the 2023 Twins roster.

Again, so many LHB corner OF bats, no good RHB options. In the end, it may be a decent lateral move but for a team once in deep with Correa, it's going to take more than lateral moves to salvage this offseason.

[edfunderburk]

4 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

And that's fine, I want neither on the 2023 Twins roster.

Again, so many LHB corner OF bats, no good RHB options. In the end, it may be a decent lateral move but for a team once in deep with Correa, it's going to take more than lateral moves to salvage this offseason.

Would you like Swanson at SS … or would that too be simply “reacting / responding” to not signing Correa?

[edfunderburk]

5 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

And that's fine, I want neither on the 2023 Twins roster.

Again, so many LHB corner OF bats, no good RHB options. In the end, it may be a decent lateral move but for a team once in deep with Correa, it's going to take more than lateral moves to salvage this offseason.

Who is left in FA that fills the RH bat for the corner OF?

[Brock Beauchamp]

34 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Would you like Swanson at SS … or would that too be simply “reacting / responding” to not signing Correa?

Swanson would be fine but is not a great choice. If you can get him at 6/$150, maybe. Still probably a bad choice but not terrible. I'd rather have Correa at 11/$325, which I think the Twins could have had him at.

[edfunderburk]

28 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Swanson would be fine but is not a great choice. If you can get him at 6/$150, maybe. Still probably a bad choice but not terrible. I'd rather have Correa at 11/$325, which I think the Twins could have had him at.

Correa’s back issues scare me - especially with a lengthy contract

[CheezWizHed]

So between the Twins and the Brewers, the upper Midwest is cornering the market on LH-OFers... 

[Brock Beauchamp]

12 minutes ago, CheezWizHed said:

So between the Twins and the Brewers, the upper Midwest is cornering the market on LH-OFers... 

Left-handed corner outfielders, to be more specific.

[sveumrules]

Tip of the hat go David Laurila of FanGraphs for this funnest of facts…

Yadier Molina had a .327 OBP, 176 home runs, and 1,577 singles.

Joey Gallo has a .325 OBP, 177 home runs, and 198 singles.