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Joey Gallo isn't giving up.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe long-time MLB slugger is trying to make a comeback as a pitcher. And he's still going.
MLB insider Jon Heyman posted this report on X on Friday:
"Joey Gallo, righty pitcher, is beginning to throw for teams now. Been working out in Florida."
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It'll end up being a matter of whether any team wants to actually sign Gallo and give him a chance to keep this journey going in an organization.
If he doesn't get a contract before this season begins, it seems like maybe it won't be meant to be.
Gallo hit 208 home runs in his MLB career that included the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers, but now muscular 6-foot-5 Gallo is focused on a new task.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe right-handed Gallo was a stud pitcher in high school at Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas. He threw a no-hitter as a senior and was the Nevada Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year that year, too.
His Perfect Game profile from those days said that high school Gallo had a fastball up to 94 miles per hour, along with "a changeup with fading action."
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There's no telling what kind of stuff Gallo might have now. That's what teams are trying to figure out.
If he's still got it, some team will give him a chance. He certainly knows what a professional baseball lifestyle is like. He's just trying to do it on the other side of things now.
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