WHAT HAPPENED To JOEY GALLO

[@thenolans2172]

"Of course theyre booing him he hasnt hit a homerun in a week" that is ruthless

[@BatFlipNation]

Crazy, isn't it?

[@PANCHO15108]

For reals Yankee fans are brutal.

[@r4v4g3r]

The announcer was definitely being sarcastic, but the fans definitely weren’t lol

[@cojobro2973]

For clarification, he was not a Yankee commentator and was sarcastically commenting on the known harshness of yankee fans towards their favorite players. He himself was not being hard on judge but implying as an outsider that yankee fans should not be so unforgiving of a short slump. But yes, we yankee fans are brutal, and 30+ years of winning records have turned us into impatient, intolerant savages in the face of lowered expectations let alone defeat. In all likelihood, it probably negatively impacts some of Yankee players, including Joey Gallo, Sonny Gray, Rodon, and other talented pros

[@TheBatugan77]

No. He hasn't hit THE BALL in a week. Big difference.

[@michaelblasko5207]

That is me catching at 1:14. S/o joey one of the best people and baseball players i ever seen.

[@zachbishop5421]

Holy shit I used to play against you 😂 you were on paseo Verde all stars growing up and I think you were on a club team with Bligh madris to right? I played for Henderson and basic highschool after Scott baker started coaching there my bad if I'm wrong but you were always one of the best players I played against growing up in las Vegas!

[@redavis6581]

His rating at the time was on point. His diminishing vision was his downfall. Chris Davis had the same issue.

[@rickyfaulkner7797]

This really reminds me of Ben Simmons basketball talk radios were calling him the next Micheal Jordan just for him to get moved down to overseas in his 6th season

[@prestonbucher18]

Uhhh….He’s a .180 hitter that strikes out too much. Same thing that happened to Chris Davis. What power he does offer is not nearly enough to offset his deficiencies as a hitter….He MAY hit a HR, but far more often, he’s going to strikeout.

[@iamhungey12345]

This.

[@DomBroda]

Can't agree more. I preach basically this same message in an age of hyper analytics where GM's focus only on next Gen stats like barrel rate, exit velo, swing speed, etc. Many are forgetting one of the most basic tenants of the game: strikeouts are bad. Really bad. And this guy did it in almost 50% of his at bats. Nothing kills momentum more than a strike out with RISP and one or two outs.

[@SirTezca]

As a Rangers fan, I remember him, and honestly I really liked him. I just liked his “All or Nothing” plate appearances. I kinda miss him NGL

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

Great point on ‘walk inflation’. Add in ‘highlight bias’, fans create a mental model that doesn’t match the monotony of K’s and BB’s night in night out.

[@iamhungey12345]

Considering how Mendoza line sluggers are getting hyped nowadays, he's more of a symptom than the cause however.

[@anthonybuffone4996]

Went to multiple Yankee games and there were always Gallo chants, even in the midst of his worst stretch. He was significantly worse with the Yankees nobody “overhyped” him. The strength of the lineup was a big factor and there’s no denying the fans are insane but it’s blown out of proportion. He’s a great defender and hopefully he can get back to drawing more walks and becoming effective at the plate again. Will always root for him

[@doesntmatter964]

Power guys simply fall apart in their early 30’s. That’s how baseball always worked

[@masta317]

i've always thought something looked off with his swing but the most noticeable thing i remember from watching him hit bp was that he just overswung on EVERYTHING. this was during 2019 spring training and his swing was just so over aggressive i couldnt stand watching it. i feel like if hes less aggressive and doesn't try to pull everything 440 feet then he can have some of those mvp type numbers

[@MikeHart72]

The New York spotlight didn’t affect Joey Gallo, the New York spotlight exposed Joey Gallo. He has always been a guy who hits a home run in between many strikeouts. That is not a quality player. The only league Gallo would be elite is a local beer league softball team. He has always been a bum but fewer people paid attention while in Texas

[@iamhungey12345]

Plus often times you find idiots defending players like that by blaming everyone but the player himself. Schwarber fan boys is another example though in all fairness the guy at least had years where he was better all around with his hitting unlike Gallo.

[@David..]

Yankee fan, loved Gallo, many times I’d have to pee during a rally and knew I could visit the bathroom without missing a thing once he stepped up to the plate. I’m sure he greatly improved concessions sales and bathroom wait times at the stadium as well. In fact one time him and Hicks where batting back to back and during the game I was able to bathe my dogs and change my oil in the game during their at bats. Didn’t miss a thing but 2 walks

[@tywalraven4936]

He will bounce back and be an all star at least one more time. Dude has light-tower power, and chicks dig the long ball.

[@ronniereyes5237]

Get this guy in the Rays to restore him!!!!

[@thewho2482]

I think the Yankees were hoping with the lineup protection. He could hit 230 and have OBP of near 370 or more.

[@gamblingguru2235]

I miss hazing Gallo on the MKS him and Aaron Hicks were Yankees favs

[@zachbishop5421]

I used to take pitching lessons from joeys dad, Tony gallo he used to pitch in the majors himself i believe with the expos, but joey thru mid 90s in hs with a pro pitcher father so i can see why they thought of him as a pitcher but when i played against him he hit a 400 foot bomb over the houses across the street in right field with a wood bat 😂

[@MikeHart72]

I don’t like when people use all star selections when talking about how good a player is or was. The all star game roster is a popularity contest decided by fans and every team has to be represented

[@iamhungey12345]

Plus there have been years where players not selected for the All Star won the MVP. In some cases a player would get snubbed for the AS selected only to be rewarded the next reason that was far from his best work.

[@kennethhanes5702]

He was an all star caliber player lol. Hit 40+ hrs, walked the most in the league, and was a gold glove defender. Basically if schwarber was elite at defense

[@MikeHart72]

@@kennethhanes5702 All star and gold glove selections are mainly popularity contests, especially an all star selection. Don’t read too much into those awards. All star selections are made by fans and every team has to be represented. Gold glove…..there has been a player awarded a gold glove yet only played like 20 games at that position, 20 out of 162 games and received an award. No one denies Gallo has power. The problem is he doesn’t do much else besides hit a home run. There was a point in his career he had more home runs than singles. It’s home run out strike out. Gallo is not a very valuable player to a team whose goal is to contend for the World Series. He is actually a liability

[@brandon-ww3mu]

Only the starers are voted by fans. Reserves are not

[@iamhungey12345]

@@brandon-ww3mu Reserves gets chosen by the manager which has its own problems. Not to mention how each and every MLB team has to have at least one player to represent them.

[@DomBroda]

Yes, he hits the ball very far when he gets a hold of it, but for a guy who strikes out that much and gets such few hits, he is often not hitting many more home runs than a scrawny middle infielder. I get that "his game" is a three outcome plate appearance (strikeout, walk, or home run) but the problem is thats just a terrible game when strikeouts are the primary outcome by far.

[@georgesouthwick7000]

Just another example of the value of “potential”.

[@jasonvaught2274]

He wasn't overhyped he is exactly what they all want now power first launch angle second hitter he is exactly that. Look at what's happening to Vlad Jr. It's bad coaching mixed with aging and miss fortune.

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

Pitchers have learned to throw to the top of the zone to these guys. When he came up, the philosophy was still ‘ball down, hit corners’. Kris Bryant is best example of a similar swing that hasn’t been able to adapt. Vlad is plenty good hitter who is going through exactly what Bryce had to. Both set expectations of ‘Best hitter of generation’ early on, but Vlad likely is a 30 hr guy.

[@chrislewis5069]

I wish Joey would shorten his stride and just flip the ball with his wrists and work with his hands instead of over striding and over extend with major holes in his swing

[@tommyzai7038]

I can no longer watch hitters who uppercut swing and strike out all the time.

[@mrlafayette1964]

A lot of nervous energy/ tics at the plate, always twitching/adjusting etc, He's the MLB player not me but it seems you have to calm things down and focus. Yeah with that giant stride giant swing you might want to be still before you engage things. I'm sure NY was rough for him but he took the job.

[@andygossard4293]

What do Joey Gallo, Chris Davis and Rougned Odor all have in common? They came up to the majors under Texas Rangers hitting coaches. .150 batting averages and all rhe hits home runs

[@teachersama]

During his struggles in NY, he was suggested to change his approach by Don Mattingly (Gallo's obviously an extreme-pull guy) and he refused... so no, I don't feel bad for a professional player who behaves like a kid when he's told to do something that might benefit him.

[@rancidcrawfish]

Yeah these baseball video dorks never mention it. They make it seem like Gallo is a victim

[@iamhungey12345]

Exactly, there are idiots who wants to blame the Yankees for "ruining" him when he did that to himself. Even now you'd still find some defending the guy like he's their dad or something. I remember when he was traded to the Dodgers, someone suggested that the Dodgers saved him. We know how that worked out.

[@Dodgers-sw2uk]

He is the main star in a new movie coming out soon. Called Mr Potato Head

[@debbstraw579]

I honestly thought he was gonna bounce back a little bit after the shift rule change

[@jrbaretta]

I watched him when he was a Yankee. He swung at anything, no matter if it was out of the strike zone or in but usually out. He was a sucker for offspeed pitches, change-ups, breaking pitches and high fastballs above the chest. He killed rallies, he never moved men around the base, he often left men on base in scoring position because he whiffed more than anything else. Never saw a batter like him. Unreliable. And I never saw him try to make adjustments in his batting stance, he kept doing the same thing he'd always done, which made him very predictable at the plate. Pitchers could close their eyes and pitch to this guy and get him to swing at crap.

[@GizmoBeach]

Gallo was doing good work for Texas despite the Jim Mason-like batting average; hit for power, drove in runs, terrific outfielder. He was even hitting .253 before his 2019 season ended; since then, he’s never gotten back to previous form, striking out even more often, average much worse, power’s dropped off. Maybe he needs to work with whoever resurrected Bellinger’s career.

[@MikeHart72]

.253 is an anomaly for him. In his entire MLB career Joey Gallo managed to finish a season above .209 only once, it was the 2019 year when he didn’t even play half the games. Gallo will never be a player who helps a serious contender get better

[@iamhungey12345]

I almost forgot that he played 70 games that season due to injury. His BA may have been skewed however since it's hard to say whether or not it would have held up for the full season.

[@CanadaMMA]

Going to New York killed Joey Gallo. Some players just aren't comfortable in big cities. He was fantastic in Texas, that's why the Yankees wanted him after all.

[@MikeHart72]

The New York spotlight didn’t affect Gallo, the New York spotlight exposed Gallo. He was never fantastic.

[@CanadaMMA]

@@MikeHart72 That is one of the dumbest statements I've read in a long time. If Gallo wasn't a stud before the trade, the Yankees wouldn't have been interested. He just didn't play well in New York, lost his confidence, and hasn't been able to get it back.

[@MikeHart72]

@@CanadaMMA When was Gallo a stud ? He’s been a dud who can hit some home runs in between many strikeouts. Cashman saw a tall lefty who might take advantage of the short right field porch. When was Gallo a stud ?

[@giff2211]

Nothing happened to him. He has always been a garbage hitter. His average and strikeout rate have always been dog water

[@EggClimDumbo1282]

He was a gold glover too

[@juegotopiagaming]

What happened to him? What happens to every hitter that wants to hit a hr every at bat.

[@ticnatz]

One of the weirdest careers EVER !!!!!!

[@corey1106]

Career BA is 197, gee why dont fans like him?

[@jimbob9828]

Below Mendoza = Minors

[@yell0wberry]

Joey Gallo, Kevin Brown, Sonny gray, Gary, Sanchez, Jack Mcdowell, and yes, even someone like Randy Johnson are all examples of players who couldn’t handle a NYC market

[@jimbob9828]

Steve Kemp

[@yell0wberry]

@@jimbob9828 that guy was such a jerk, as well as Scott Sanderson and Jim Abbott (in spite of the no-hitter)…….. oh, I forgot that Armando Benitez had a cup of tea with the yanks too

[@iamhungey12345]

Some of these guys were past their primes however, it's a bit misleading. I feel Randy Johnson in his prime would have succeed and keep in mind he started to pitch like his old self in the second half of 2005 until the postseason. It was 2006 where his performance got bad to the point he had to be bailed out by the offense constantly.

[@iamhungey12345]

@@yell0wberry Sanderson was one of the few bright spots in 1991 before falling off.

[@yell0wberry]

@@iamhungey12345 well, people like David Justice, Johnny Damon, Tim Raines, Cecil fielder, David Wells, Jimmy Key, and I can even go as far as plays like Mike, Gallego, and Steve far found a way to make it work

[@javiersalazar713]

What happened to him??? He was never anything but a strikeout. I mean if I could strike out almost every other at bat and occasionally walk I could make it.

[@gabrielv.2647]

I really thought when the Yankees got gallo he was going to drop like 50 plus homer with his raw natural power and that short porch in yankee keep stadium, but that's the MLB. An all star one year to just avg the next ..

[@boppityboopy114]

Dimensions of the ballpark don’t matter when you don’t make contact

[@gabrielv.2647]

@@boppityboopy114 that's true it's MLB pitching but the seasons he was having with Texas and when the Yanks got him those where the expectations. Alot of homers

[@godblesstrolls]

3:19 I can certainly see why it wouldn't be particularly easy to root for a guy with this haircut 🤔 5:40 This one, too

[@kendallevans4079]

With a name like that I would expect him to be "playin stickbawl in de stweet wit Frankie and Angelo..while his Ma makes da best spaghetti in de whole neighborhood.."

[@joshuabelmonte12]

I wonder if he's related to the infamous mobster Crazy Joe Gallo?

[@kendallevans4079]

@@joshuabelmonte12 Probably!

[@johndamario2546]

New York ruined him, he still got pop but like he’s lost his flare 😢

[@iamhungey12345]

Blame NY, yeah sure that would help the guy who have been mainly a Mendoza level slugger. His flaw as a batter was going to catch up to him sooner or later, the real mistake was making the trade to get him to begin with. NY didn't ruin him, it exposed him.

[@robertbrown5319]

All he has to do is hit .230 to be a really good major league player.

[@tylergoodwin3546]

Even in his 40 homer seasons he was batting .200 lol. Was never good

[@cokesquirrel]

Oh for free sakes I I kept confusing joey Gallo and joey votto. I kept wondering why everyone hated votto Yup I am pretty much a dumb ass

[@iamhungey12345]

I associate his last name with the late cartoonist from NY Daily News. R.I.P.

[@Paul-d6o]

But he's hitting Hayden Hopkins. He's a happy man I'm sure lol

[@liammclaughlin2881]

he can play the field and it would be nice if he tried to hit rather than screwing himself into the grond by trying to hit a home run. Just wants to be a hot dog.

[@BatFlipNation]

😂

[@robwasilewski9273]

I never liked him. Strikeouts to many times

[@jimbob9828]

Bellow Mendoza = Minors

[@albertelnen9144]

Nationals will probably lose 100 games. So the fans can boo more than just Gallo. At the start of the season he was hitting pretty good.

[@iamhungey12345]

Maybe the lack of pressure can help the guy, by how much is a different story.

[@mikefagan6840]

Crazy Joe....if you're a NYer. 😂

[@joshuapatrick682]

2017-2019 he was pretty good, like a goofy looking cody bellinger.

[@iamhungey12345]

Cody at his best was better though.

[@timw8646]

bounce back from what? gallo isn't going to hit above 250.

[@kennethhanes5702]

People who say “galllo was never good” because of strike outs and batting average, they’re simply wrong. This is a guy who at one point was top 5 in mvp at one point in 2019. He was a multiple time allstar, had multiple 40+ hr seasons, walked the most in the league, and played gold glove defense.

[@iamhungey12345]

You tried to make him sound better than he really was. Plus he didn't play half the season in 2019 due to injury. Since then the guy have been a Mendoza line slugger whise flaws caught up to him.

[@thelategreatthanos5211]

Even the Dodgers couldn’t fix him

[@iamhungey12345]

Nor the Twins and so far the Nats as well.

[@ryandanford5289]

Not sure but thanks for the prospects Yankees lol

[@w1ntertide]

If he just cuts down the amount of times he whiffs, he'll hit more homers and k less

[@Cheesefist]

New York broke him. He did terrible for his stint, and the fans where RUTHLESS to him, I think it really gave him the yips

[@iamhungey12345]

The guy's barely a Mendoza line batter when the Yankees got him with 2019 coming off more as a fluke. This goes beyond the yips, the guy was never that good beyond his power.

[@Cheesefist]

@@iamhungey12345 he is a phenominal fielder. And until he went to the Yankees, he was showing signs of his 2019 self.

[@iamhungey12345]

@@Cheesefist .223 was still off from his 2019 self and even then the particular season where he batted .253 the guy played only 70 games due to injury. Blaming the Yankees isn't going to make him as good as you thought he was.

[@Cheesefist]

@@iamhungey12345 interesting. You must be a Yankees fan huh? Only then would that explain why you think the Yankees are blameless. They have done this countless times before in the past. They even started a chant jeering at Gallo. If you think that being constantly booed by the fans you play for has no effect on performance, then you need to walk outside.

[@iamhungey12345]

@@Cheesefist And just like that you have shown your true colors in wanting to put blame on a team for why Gallo failed. I have plenty of negatives to say about the Yankees for the past several years but Gallo had done nothing to help himself. The guy for the most part was barely better than a Mendoza line batter who went for the extreme even prior to the trade, that flaw in his game was going to catch up eventually. Even after being traded from the Yankees he still sucked. All your excuses for the guy isn't going to make him any better than what he had been even when he was with the Rangers.

[@PeteyThePanda]

He sucked

[@josh-rz3uq]

In the thumbnail he looks like some idiotic character from one of those awful 90s comedies.