Minnesota Twins Sign Joey Gallo

Wow.  I know I'm not on payroll to make decisions for the Minnesota Twins, but wow.  This is...wow.  His OBP, dingers, and GG's, but hard pass 10 times out of 10.  We finally are rid of Sano.  I guess one year of Gallo trying to prove his worth is okay?  But is it?  I'll gladly eat crow on this.  But wow.  Not a signing I was expecting.  Nor wanting.

1 hour ago, specialiststeve said:

You may actually want to look up his performance numbers... they are TERRIBLE. 

If we are looking to be terrible... this is the right move. Yikes. 

Actually loook at his #s!!  He pulls the ball with hard contact more than anyone else in the league.  Yes he strikes out a ton yes.  But he takes a lot of walks and removing the guy in short right field and the SS having to stay on the left side of 2B those BA numbers if he hits similar to last season will ski rocket!  
 

Is he a perfect fit no but he should be solid. Now I think a trade of Larnach is the play here.  He has value over Kepler to the small market teams who are more likely to be looking to shed some high payroll players.

2 minutes ago, pierre75275 said:

Awesome! I mean....not for him but Eric Hosmer has been released by the red Sox. We now have the option to have another no hit left handed batter.

Quick!! Let the twins brain trust know!

Hosmer would have been a lot cheaper. I believe the Padres are on the hook for almost all of what he is still owed.

The NEW Miguel Sano.

What The Frick! Another lefty? 

54 minutes ago, Fatbat said:

.263 career batter at target field. I’ll bet he hits above that average this year and has 40+ dingers.  A year from now everyone of you will want to sign him to a 3-4 year deal….

No, they'll all be mad that the cheap pohlads didn't sign him to a 100 million dollar contract when they had the chance because this franchise never gets the big free agents

Please - this is such terrible news I would rather have the blizzard back.  We have not even been without Sano for a year did we really need another bat to stir the air in the stadium.  I hate this more than any move this FO has made - bring back Shoemaker and put him in the OF. 

Part of a bigger trade to come where Gallo is a piece?

The White Sox got Benntendi - We lose 

Maybe Scott Boras convinced the Twins there was a "mystery team" bidding for Gallo.  Boras makes my skin crawl, but whatever he makes off his clients is not enough. That dude is a miracle worker.  

1 hour ago, sweetmusicviola16 said:

They need to spend some money so they can say "they tried". This is how they do it. 

The final year of this contract has the potential to look really ugly.

1 hour ago, Mike Sixel said:

Because they were better than him last year? Oh, wait. 

100% this is about not looking cheap and praying Gallo is great. But who cares? It is one year. It solves nothing at all, other than blocking Wallner or Larnach or other players.

You are a smart guy can you make some sense of what Falvey and his minions are doing?

Boras absolutely owns this FO.  He manipulates the heck out of them.  So, if Gallo sucks, he gets 11 million on his way out of the league.  If he does decent, he will get a contract from someone else next year as there apparently is not an option built in.  He treats the Twins like the Yankees used to treat the KC franchise in the 50's and 60's, kind of like a farm team.  These Ivy League boys are real aces.

Does not check any of the boxes for what we need.  With the exception of Vazquez what a nightmare of an offseason so far and they are paying $11M for this.   The one positive in signing Gallo is the shift ban but that may not matter if he strikeouts half the time.   Honestly I would have rather kept Urshela 10 times over and for less money 

The Twins spent the bulk of last year in 1st Place in the AL Central and their attendance tanked. The team was boring to watch was the general consensus amongst the population. Attendance is how the people voice their collective thoughts. As a diehard Twins fan I really struggled to watch the team because of the way the games were managed, the lack of fundamentals, the poor plate approaches, and generally shoddy, uninterested playing style. Now the Twins add Joey Gallo? Even if he hits 40-50 home runs, he will strike out 200+ times. And then we read he signed for $11 million? I would have been a little worried about adding J.D. Martinez, but now the Twins signed Gallo. Incredible. Clearly, Luis Arraez is out the door too. Bring back Miguel Sano.

Regarding the perplexing Gallo signing, the Twins may have misinterpreted the 2023 MLB rule change increasing the size of the bases 3 inches as instead  increasing the size of the ball 3 inches.   

Heard on KFAN that L.Neal was coming on to discuss the Twins FA signing.  Got home before he came on.  Ran to my laptop to check on TD who it was.  Imagine my surprise when I read it was Joey Effing Gallo.  My immediate reaction was anger and to throw up a little in my mouth.  I thought, maybe I was wrong.  So...I checked out the comments.  I'm sure glad I'm in the majority on this one...make that the 95% on this one.  Which is appropriate b/c I'm about 95% out of patience with Derrick Falvey....I'm not calling it Falvine anymore.  It's clear Falvey is calling the shots and doing all of the interviews where he spews one predictable cliche after another.  

I knew nothing about Gallo, but was happy when I saw his signing.  Thought he was that power hitting first baseman who played for the Reds, or was it the Rangers.  
 

Then I read the comments.  Had no idea he was Kepler good defensively, although I will have to see it to believe it.  After seeing what the Twins got for Cruz, I would like to see them sign a free agent bat every winter to restock the minor league system come July.  Maybe he can be that for the Twins.  If not, after reading the comments this move is scary.

1 hour ago, Mike Sixel said:

Yet. There are still 1-1.5 WAR pitchers out there. 

CC and two rookies, or three Gallos.....your choice.

I agree on every single one of your thoughts on this.  Every...single...one.

I hope that the Gallo era is as successful for the Twins and the Isiah Kiner-Falefa era was.

Smartest guys in the room syndrome. Can’t make the obvious move gotta go with what my model tells me. 

29 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

As a diehard Twins fan I really struggled to watch the team because of the way the games were managed, the lack of fundamentals, the poor plate approaches, and generally shoddy, uninterested playing style.

Exactly - well said. To add to this, if this is the style of baseball the Twins continue to play, then they will never be competitive. As a small/mid-market team, they need to be exceptional in those areas - not mediocre to below average.

Usually I’m a “watch every game” type of guy regardless of if they are contending. 150 games last season. There are specific reasons I tune in besides just loving baseball and the Twins: Ryan pitching, Buxton, Arraez, and Correa ABs, and/or a young player getting innings.  Could be basically down to Ryan and fewer prospects on that list soon.

I most certainly will not be tuning in to specifically watch Joey Gallo. I would much prefer to watch Julien, Martin, Lee and now likely Larnach and/or Wallner at St. Paul this year.