Joey Gallo of the Texas Rangers may not be a household name, but if he keeps mashing homers the way he did Tuesday night against the Cleveland Indians, it won’t take long for the baseball world to catch on.
Gallo grabbed a hold of a pitch from Carlos Carrasco and nearly sent it across the parking lot over to the home of the Dallas Cowboys, if not for those pesky bleachers.
Joey Gallo just hit a home run from Globe Life Park all the way to Jerry World. pic.twitter.com/UYlTVyuG7g
— Avi Miller 🟦 (@AviMiIIer) April 5, 2017
Now soak in that swing from multiple angles…
😱😱😱
That baseball had a family, @JoeyGallo24. https://t.co/wCNqyJOrdd #OpeningWeek pic.twitter.com/jnZBOc9YDj
— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) April 5, 2017
Take another look at where that ball landed…
OMG gallo's HR landed here pic.twitter.com/cJpQEHeH9a
— nick (@nick_pants) April 5, 2017
For those asking distance on this 💣, it appears that @JoeyGallo24 has broken Statcast. #SorryNotSorry
— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) April 5, 2017
The view from @JoeyGallo24 homerun ball. #itsfar pic.twitter.com/g7KXHXlvOQ
— Emily Jones (@EmilyJonesMcCoy) April 5, 2017
When you hit one like that, your teammates are in awe…
.@RealCarlosGomez checks the muscles on Joey Gallo after his MONSTER 2-run home run. #LoneStarGrit #TEXvsCLE pic.twitter.com/odkSjKJhW5
— Bally Sports Southwest (@BallySportsSW) April 5, 2017
Gallo, a 2012 first-round draft pick by the Rangers out of high school, has only seen a couple of brief cups of coffee in the big leagues over the past two years, but he’s already showing off quite the bat power when he gets a hold of a ball. He’s getting some playing time at the start of the season due to an injury to Adrian Beltre landing on the disabled list to start the season. If he can keep doing this, the Rangers may have to find a way to keep him around even after Beltre is available. This moon shot was his eighth career home run, and six of those have traveled a minimum of 430 feet over the fences. This kid is legit.
https://twitter.com/statcast/status/849477506512060419
Joey Gallo with his 8th home run … 6 of the 8 have gone 430 feet or longer pic.twitter.com/HADcIhxFRG
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) April 5, 2017
Gallo’s blast cut the Cleveland lead to 3-2 at the time.
