{"id":65096,"date":"2024-01-23T15:07:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T20:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=65096"},"modified":"2024-01-23T15:08:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T20:08:16","slug":"joey-gallo-washington-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/01\/23\/joey-gallo-washington-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationals Sign Joey Gallo to a One Year, $5M Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Washington Nationals agree on a one-year, $5 million and an additional $1 million in performance bonuses with outfielder\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gallojo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-01-11_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Joey Gallo<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The nine-year veteran is coming off a one-year, $11 million deal with the Minnesota Twins. Gallo started the 2023 season hot but cooled off and landed on the injured list more than once. However, he hit 21 home runs with an OPS of .741 while posting a career slugging percentage of .466.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Nationals and Joey Gallo have agreed to a one-year deal, according to multiple sources familiar. The deal is pending a physical.<\/p>\n<p>Washington was in the market for a left-handed outfielder this offseason and now they have one in Gallo.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Golden (@andrewcgolden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewcgolden\/status\/1749880393921184178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Washington Adds Veteran Joey Gallo<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The 30-year-old was a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2021\/07\/30\/official-rangers-trade-gallo-to-yankees\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">prized trade deadline acquisition<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for the New York Yankees in August 2021 but never found his foot in the Bronx. He hit .159\/.291\/.368 with 25 home runs and 46 RBI in 140 games. The\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/08\/02\/joey-gallo-traded-to-dodgers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Yankees sent him<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to the Los Angeles Dodgers at the 2022 deadline, where he batted .162\/.277\/.393 with seven home runs in 44 games. Gallo&#8217;s final line of the 2022 season: .160\/.280\/.357 with 19 home runs and 163 strikeouts in 350 at-bats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gallo&#8217;s batting average never has been a strength, a career. 197 hitter. Before his trade to New York, he established himself as a Three True Outcomes player, homering, walking, or striking out in more than 58% of his plate appearances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Still, Gallo&#8217;s bat will make or break his effectiveness with the team. In his first two full seasons of 2017 and 2018, he hit 41 and 40 home runs for the Texas Rangers. He made his first All-Star team in 2019, then an oblique strain and broken hand bone ended a season where he was hitting .253\/.389\/.598 with 22 home runs in 70 games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gallo always had the potential to be an All-Star, and the Nationals hope to rediscover that in a lineup that needs a mashing bat. In Gallo, the team gets the medium-upside talent who, with one good season, could hit a free-agent payday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In nine big league seasons, Gallo is hitting .197\/.323\/.466 with 198 home runs in 863 games. His salary will be lower than the $11 million he earned last season with Minnesota.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Nationals agree on a one-year, $5 million and an additional $1 million in performance bonuses with outfielder\u00a0Joey Gallo. The nine-year veteran is coming off a one-year, $11 million deal with the Minnesota Twins. Gallo started the 2023 season hot but cooled off and landed on the injured list more than once. 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