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Joey Gallo 2022 Player Outlook: New Team, Same Old Gallo
3 years agoNothing changed for Gallo with the move to the Yankees in the middle of 2021. He posted another classic Gallo season, slashing .199/.351/.458 while popping 38 homers and striking out at a prolific 34.6% clip. He is an absolute crater to your team's batting average, and it does not seem that is ever going to change. The upshot is that his career 15% walk rate has kept him from doing the same to fantasy teams in OBP leagues, so you need to make some serious adjustments on Gallo depending on your league settings. Gallo hit near the top of the Yankees batting order while with them, which helped propel him to a strong 90 runs scored to go with his 77 RBI. He should post strong counting stats figures again in 2022, but that is canceled out by an egregious batting average and very few steals (all six of his steals in 2021 came in a Rangers' uniform). His ADP of 182 is a steal in OBP leagues, and it's not too bad in batting average leagues either given how great he should be in R, HR, and RBI.
