Joey Gallo #joey gallo
Joseph Nicholas Gallo was born on November 19, 1993, in Henderson, Nevada. He attended Bishop Gorman High School before the Texas Rangers selected him in the first round of the 2012 MLB draft. Gallo made his major league debut with the Rangers on June 2, 2015. During his minor league career, he earned multiple honors, including the 2013 MiLB Joe Bauman Home Run Award and the 2014 Carolina League Most Valuable Player award. He was selected to the 2019 and 2021 MLB All-Star Games and won the Gold Glove Award in 2020 and 2021. The Minnesota Twins signed Gallo as a free agent on December 20, 2022. He left the organization when the Washington Nationals signed him as a free agent on January 27, 2024.