Joey Gallo has repeatedly said he wanted to stay with the Texas Rangers. The All-Star Bat is also aware that it could be traded in the next two weeks by the team that designed it.
The Rangers, who are still in the process of rebuilding and are in last place, are sure to receive inquiries from competing teams about the great left-handed and Gold Glove-won right fielder who has just returned from his second all before the July 30 trading deadline Star game and his first home run back is Derby appearance. All-star right-handed Kyle Gibson, a veteran who will spend another year in Texas after that, will also be met with great interest.
“Ultimately, I feel like a ranger in my head and in my heart,” Gallo said in Denver this week. “That’s all I’ve been all of my life, so I can’t really think of ever not being a Texas Ranger. But at the end of the day it’s a business. If the team feels like I can move, I can.” it better suit them. then I understand that. “
Potential applicants for Gallo could include the right-wing New York Yankees or the San Diego Padres, whose general manager AJ Preller was in the Rangers organization when she met Gallo at 39.
The Rangers could also choose to keep Gallo, 27, who has completed two 40 home seasons in his career. The 6-foot-5 bat is under team control until next season and will again qualify for pay arbitration this winter before potentially going free after the 2022 season.
First year general manager Chris Young said a potential contract renewal for Gallo was one of many scenarios the Rangers are considering.
Gallo, who makes $ 6.2 million this season, insisted that he not worry about what he cannot control. There will be a hefty raise, despite the fact that the player whose agent is Scott Boras said last month that any perception that he is looking for “insane amounts of money” is false.
Gallo beats .239 with 24 homers and 52 RBIs in 84 games this season. His MLB-leading 72 walks, 12 more than any other player, and excluding the one he drew in his only All-Star At-Bat in his week, brings his on-base percentage to 0.402, the fourth best in the majors .
In his last 12 games before the All-Star break, Gallo had 11 homers and was the first Rangers player to go 10 deep over 10 games. He had homers of 462 and 450 feet in the same game.
The Rangers, 20 games under .500, resume play after the break against Toronto in Buffalo on Friday night. Gallo spoke in Denver about building for the future with players like all-star rookie midfielder Adolis Garcia and Gibson.
“I think we have a lot of really good pieces that we’re trying to see, ‘Hey, is that going to be part of our new core and part of our future?” And with guys like Adolis and Gibby and so on, it’s great to see these guys bloom, “Gallo said.” And in the future we’ll be able to be a winning team and hopefully get to the playoffs at some point. So I think it’s just a strong end to the season. “
But Gallo and Gibson (6-1, 2.29 ERA) could end this season in a playoff pursuit with other teams instead.
Gibson, who put down a scoreless inning on his first All-Star Game appearance, is scheduled to make his next start in Detroit on Monday night. This means that after that there would only be one more start before the trading deadline.
The Rangers handed Lance Lynn, now the AL ERA leader ahead of Gibson, to the Chicago White Sox last winter when he was still under contract for a year. Texas had kept the workhorse Starter and Gallo at the 2020 close of trading. Gibson, 33, is now in the same situation, making $ 10 million this season and $ 7 million a year after that.
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