Joey Gallo’s Last Stand

They have filled 1B on the fly before, Arraez last year is an example.  They played Farmer there in the late innings the other night.  Move Julien or Polanco there until Kiriloff is back.  There is no excuse to continue keeping Gallo on the roster another day especially for a contending team.

Right now if Gallo can give us just good defense at first it should be enough with our pitching depth and our other bats heating up.  However,  as a bat,  Gallo is currently a black hole.  I am all for letting him go, and even replacing now with one of the rookies,  put Gallo on the injured list and give us 10 days to try it out.   

I can't believe we're still discussing this guy in August. He should've been DFA'd months ago. Where's the accountability? It's not fair to the team to have him in the lineup.

The Twins also have Solano as an option at 1B (along with Julien or Polanco).   Joey’s gotta go.  

Can't Larnach or Wallner play first?

concerns...Polanco has not provided the offense he needs to provide during this oft-injured season. this is very disappointing because hitting is his 'strength' for this team. Kirilloff's injury may be more serious than anyone has hoped...he may not be able to perform to his maximum the rest of this season. Very disappointing. Buxton is always hurt. And he is never fully able to play for long stretches, be it DH or CF. How much he can contribute going forward is anyone's guess. But what has become clear is the poor guys body is constantly betraying him at every corner. It isn't just one area, its everywhere. This is a major disappointment.

So, Gallo. Everyone is trying SO hard to prop up his 'd' to justify keeping him around. When you hit .170; when you are whiffing more than once every 2 AB's; and when the HR's have pretty much disappeared, isn't there anyone, anywhere that can offer more?? Seriously, his last 2 months have been an embarrassment. Its unlikely to improve. If Twins were the Royals or the A's, yeah keep experimenting. But they are actually trying to win a playoff GAME for the first time since WWI. Please move on from him.

He should've been DFA'd already. He has to go as soon as AK gets back...if not sooner. We have other options at 1st. 

Joey Gallo's wRC+ by month:

Mar/Apr 183, May 86, Jun 81, Jul 55, Aug 4

I think Gallo's last stand already happened in July. He hasn't been good in over 3 months and his production has been trending the wrong direction the whole time. At this point, there is no credible reason for Gallo to still be on the roster.

Good read.  I think signing Gallo "might" have been an ok decision at the time.  He was a career .780 OPS guy with decent defense in OF and 1st.  With Buxton and Kirilloff both hobbled, it gave us another guy.  As noted in the article, it initially looked like a good decision when he started hot. 

But now....yeah, I'll join the "grab your torch and pitch fork"" crowd.  He's not getting better.  We certainly should be able to upgrade him (addition by subtraction).

The sad part is that his OPS is almost 50 points higher than Correa and only 10 points lower than Buxton.  (Insert crying face).

Yes this is Gallo's last stand for a major league contract .... ( see sano )

Gallo will be lucky to get a minor league offer next off season and maybe just maybe Japan would likely pass on him to , ( see Sano)  ...

I'm sure Gallo's salary was higher in 2022 with Yankees and dodgers  than the 11 million we signed him for ...

Twins have always seemed to over pay for reclamation projects with mlb deals ,   when a minor league contract would have gotten it done ...,

Robles  also comes to mind and there have been others in recent past with this FO  ....

Gallo won't get a major league contract after this. Unfortunately I doubt the Twins will DFA him, if only because the gains from that move are probably not significant. I expect we'll just see Gallo's playing time decline, and he'll be used more as a defensive sub.

I have to admit, I was rooting for Gallo in the early part of the season and when he started hitting homers in May I even posted some I told you so comments.  But, that only lasted for a short time.  I thought he may turn it around as all players go through slumps.  But this doesn't feel like a slump.  This feels like a "He is what he is" situation.  And the team should have recognized this also.  He should be gone already and for Pete's sake even a triple A guy should be able to provide more offense than what he is giving.  Time to swallow hard and eat the remaining contract.  There are multiple ways to get at least a little offense from his roster spot.  Try something.  This is not working.  

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1 hour ago, nicksaviking said:

Either they have illogical expectations that aging vets will turn things around, or they are blind to the need of creating a roster that has a higher offensive ceiling. 

For a front office that is very vocal in its love of analytics, they have a weird habit of disregarding all statistics for certain players and just thinking the guy will magically turn it around once they breathe in the golden air of One Twins Way.  Another area where "the process" is flawed and inconsistent at best.  

Yeah, there could very well have been a gentleman's agreement with Boras where they need to keep playing Gallo and then Boras would extend a little courtesy back by asking Keuchel to not abandon the Twins at the earliest opt out date.  It would be a reasonable benefit for both parties, especially if Gallo had actually turned it around.

But, that time has now passed.  Chris Williams has earned at least a look.  And, Gallo is clearly in his way.

Bring in Williams for 2-3 weeks while giving Garlick / Prato and/or Severino reps at 1B in AAA.  Give one of those guys a chance if Williams is not cutting it.  Garlick's been good the past couple months and the versatility would add value to Severino/Prato.  At least we don't have to watch Gallo whiff.

Gallo should have no spot on this roster.  Sure once in a very great while he hits a HR.  But overall he has negative value and there has to be someone out there that can at least do something of value.  The fact that he strikes out nearly half the time, and you cannot count on him doing anything when he does put the ball in play other than a possible HR. We have pinch hit for him in 1 run games with runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs because we know he is likely to strike out and almost never likely to hit a single.  

Some thing is very wrong with Gallo; strike  outs with a a fair number of foul balls, means he is hitting the ball but his are simple whiffs on pitches that are in the middle of the strike zone.

Hopefully Baldelli has taken him aside to see why .

26 minutes ago, RpR said:

Some thing is very wrong with Gallo; strike  outs with a a fair number of foul balls, means he is hitting the ball but his are simple whiffs on pitches that are in the middle of the strike zone.

 

Hopefully Baldelli has taken him aside to see why .

Give him the old pep talk angle. And his defense has won a handful of games at least. He's earned that chance. And he can still hit the high cheese

5 hours ago, Althebum82 said:

Yeah, there could very well have been a gentleman's agreement with Boras where they need to keep playing Gallo and then Boras would extend a little courtesy back by asking Keuchel to not abandon the Twins at the earliest opt out date.  It would be a reasonable benefit for both parties, especially if Gallo had actually turned it around.

But, that time has now passed.  Chris Williams has earned at least a look.  And, Gallo is clearly in his way.

Boras already got his commission. He has about 100 other clients to worry about.