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More from Jamey Newberg about Gallo.
"None of us would raise an eyebrow at this point if hearing from the Rangers that, based on all the analytics — and I’m talking about much more sophisticated, proprietary stuff than just exit velocity and launch angle — they couldn’t find a reliable comp for Gallo as he was progressing through the system.
Not just among active big leaguers.
Ever.
(And that’s without even considering Gallo’s abilities on defense and on the bases.)
Rougie had Elvis to help bring him along, to mentor him.
Elvis had Michael.
Michael had Alex.
(Tex didn’t have Raffy.)
Joey has Adrian.
Adrian, who never gives an at-bat away and who plays through pain and whose nuanced play at third base is supernatural and who, like the front office, isn’t going to believe that 162+ is out of reach until mathematical elimination insists.
And whose calf injury paved the way for Joey to arrive in 2017.
He’s 23. And getting better.
He is can’t-miss baseball.
They’re not going to rename Randol Mill Road “Joey Gallo Way” when the new ballpark opens in 2020, but as often as folks take the liberty to call this one “The Temple,” there’s no reason a roadway can’t have a nickname too.
Especially when there’s a hitter regularly hammering divots into the pavement.
I sit here thinking about how much better Gallo will be in 2020, and it’s scary.
There are more great baseball players than there are uniquely special ones — there was Nolan and there was Pudge and there was Josh and there is Adrian — and while it’s certainly too soon to put that label on Joey Gallo, the tools are there.
The dude is special.
How much better can he be?
Way."
"None of us would raise an eyebrow at this point if hearing from the Rangers that, based on all the analytics — and I’m talking about much more sophisticated, proprietary stuff than just exit velocity and launch angle — they couldn’t find a reliable comp for Gallo as he was progressing through the system.
Not just among active big leaguers.
Ever.
(And that’s without even considering Gallo’s abilities on defense and on the bases.)
Rougie had Elvis to help bring him along, to mentor him.
Elvis had Michael.
Michael had Alex.
(Tex didn’t have Raffy.)
Joey has Adrian.
Adrian, who never gives an at-bat away and who plays through pain and whose nuanced play at third base is supernatural and who, like the front office, isn’t going to believe that 162+ is out of reach until mathematical elimination insists.
And whose calf injury paved the way for Joey to arrive in 2017.
He’s 23. And getting better.
He is can’t-miss baseball.
They’re not going to rename Randol Mill Road “Joey Gallo Way” when the new ballpark opens in 2020, but as often as folks take the liberty to call this one “The Temple,” there’s no reason a roadway can’t have a nickname too.
Especially when there’s a hitter regularly hammering divots into the pavement.
I sit here thinking about how much better Gallo will be in 2020, and it’s scary.
There are more great baseball players than there are uniquely special ones — there was Nolan and there was Pudge and there was Josh and there is Adrian — and while it’s certainly too soon to put that label on Joey Gallo, the tools are there.
The dude is special.
How much better can he be?
Way."
