Joey Gallo Personifies the Extremes of Modern Baseball 

To me the problem is that the “middle ground” between TTO and Traditional baseball is the absolute best players in the sport Soto, Trout, Tatis, Acuna etc. They are outliers and require immense talent.

I’d rather see consistent guys get base hits rather than seeing Giancarlo Stanton strike out over half the time and yell at my tv

gotta love mlb where you can bring up stats from 130 years ago

Once someone figures out how to win with contact hitting and stealing, the pendulum will swing back. The only winning team to do that recently was the Royals in 2014-15 and that was because of their absurd success in contcat hitting and a dominant pen.

I was worried this would be like an Italk hitpiece on Gallo, but you did good, I am in Texas and we loved him, he gets on base ALOT, he is a diamond fielder and hits HR. He is a steal for NYY and yesterday he hit 2 doubles and a HR, GO JOEY

idk walking is pretty cool, something about holding back a swing if it's a few inches off the plate is impressive

Having only 1 single sac fly is just nuts

Homeruns are awesome but I love watching a team who can hit for contacts just smother a team with back to back hits.

Pat McAfee Show and SportStorm in one video... my worlds are colliding lmaoo

I'm curious to see how Nick Madrigal will factor in here, as he is the opposite of Joey Gallo as a hitter in almost every way, and his career batting average is over .300 so far.

He is the new Adam Dunn.

I love watching someone walk, pass the torch.

I had to explain modern baseball to my 50 year old dad and I used Joey Gallo, Brandon Lowe, Jack Cust and Aaron Judge as examples of the modern hitter.

As a rangers fan I'll always love Gallo. Hopefully he succeeds in new York :(

Gump from the Mcafee show! Haha, Love that guy.

I love all of your videos please keep making awesome content like this it's just so amazing

Good stuff man. Its nice when people can see topics like this from both viewpoints. Not very common in society lol

Try check a bit about Asian Baseball, in special Japanese Baseball, they master the ground play/small ball arts and just got the Olympic Gold just just doing it

If you get on base 37% of the time and hit for extra bases and home runs at this rate you have the same value as someone that hits .320 but doesnt hit for extra bases

Very informative video.

As a Joey Gallo fan, I loved this video!

I did a data science project this semester on increasing TTO rates and decreasing fan attendance (before COVID). I didn't find a mathematical correlation, but it is still interesting to see these trends are existing together.

I despise watching TTO baseball, particularly with the current pace of play. It makes me sad to see the game become less and less engaging. I've gone from watching it on TV and going to games to now just watching highlights and looking at box scores.

To quote the greatest hitter to ever play the game. "The so called dead ball Era. The ball wasn't dead, the hitters were. From the neck up" Hitters found out the real money was in long hits and home runs. It stopped becoming a thinking game at the plate and guy just swung for the fence every hit. That has carried all the way until the recent years where hitters are tanking thier averages trying to hit home runs. Utility short stops, first base rotators, back up catchers, etc. All trying to hit 30 home runs a year instead of hitting for average. People can say what they want about the game, but small ball and batters averaging .275+ will always be a better asset than your 1 guy hitting 30 home runs a year with 200+ strike outs. Home runs don't make you a good hitter, getting to the ball 3/10 times does. It is literally the only stat that matters

Because of how effective pitchers are there is no real point in going for base hits, chances are you are getting left on unless somebody gets a homer. Thats why Gallo is important, he might not get many hits, but when he does it actually matters(scores runs)

Early gang! Love the videos brother

Pitchers fear him but fear him too much. Also I'd love to know the correlation between TTO and the shift.

Everyone always thinks that these changes are going to accelerate as time goes on, but it's a search for efficiency, not necessarily TTOs. Eventually, the efficient balance will be struck, and the TTO rate will hang in equilibrium. I think around 40-45 percent, as hitting the ball into play will always have value for scrambling defenses and cleaning up base runners who get walked or take a more contact heavy approach at the plate.

If you look at the most recent champions (excluding 2020 because of the shortened season) since 2011 the team that won the World Series has ranked outside the top 6 for batting average in all of baseball twice being the 2016 Cubs (14th) and the 2014 Giants (10th) that’s why I believe batting average is what makes an offense successful in players like Gallo will put butts in the seats but when everything is on the line they do what they do best and that’s strikeout.

We’ll miss you in Arlington, Gallo :/

Sorry for honing in on the random bit but was that Randy Winn's dad?

The only thing Baseball needs to do is GET RID OF THE SHIFT....make it illegal for infielders go past 2nd base on either side and cant start on the Grass.......alot more hits would be singles getting more runners on base and more movement on the bases...

Love the grumpy clip from the pat macafee show

Good balanced approach. You are absolutely right, efficiency can be boring. It's why no body who wants a fun car buys an Accord or Civic. Even though they demonstrably better cars and more efficient than an Alpha Romero. It's a tension. Because yes, people want to see their teams win. But if the games are all 5-3, with 15Ks on both sides, no steals and lots of walks, the fans follow you in the box score, not on teli or in person. But it's going to be hard to move efficiency towards entertainment. What about limiting throw overs to 1st? Might get steals back. That's something. Limiting defender movement from play to play. That would get more hits back (yes, I hate the shift even though it's the right move). But launch angle and exit velocity won't be going away, not unless bats changes again or they squish the ball. One of the reasons traditional fans hate 3 true is it makes it hard to compare across genetations on raw numbers. Nolan Ryan struck out over 5k, but most of those in an era where teams rarely kept a Dave Kingman type. Were he or Koulfax pitching today they'd be getting 300ks even in 220in and each have more no hitters. But fans have already had to accept this reality with wins, and with the .400 club due to rise of relievers. Difference was those changes didn't impact enjoyment of the game. This slogfest, is honestly just not that fun to watch anymore.

Gallo is also a 2 time gold glove winner. Top 3 dwar in 2020. He has value and can change any game with a swing or a throw

You need to talk about how the market effects gameplay. If .330 average guys were getting paid, you’d see BA skyrocket, if K/9 weren’t the most important metric in getting paid max value, you’d see a lot less walks. It’s not advanced stats, it’s about trying to maximize how much money you can make.

I'd pay to see anyone hit a baseball, tbh. It's the hardest thing to do and I appreciate if it's a line drive or a tape measure shot. There's beauty in hitting, no matter the variation

What about Miguel Sano? He’s basically Joey Gallo except he hasn’t unlocked his potential, and likely never will.

Starling marte is the best pick up so far, hitting .371 with the A’s

you need a balance-power hitters and line drive-base hitters too...and some speed. The game is still the game.

I miss my big beautiful man. Though I hate the Yankees as an entity, I don't dislike any of their players and I hope Gallo finds success. Thanks for the video boyo.

Could you do a video on the 40/40 guys, I haven’t seen anyone do one and I feel like Soriano was more or less forgotten

Imo there is room for every type of batter in my opinion, while it sucks that batting average is down, but as we have seen before baseball always evolves and changes we have seen that. To me if everyone were all the same Hitter it would be boring.

How about redesigning the ball to be more dead and harder for the pitcher to spin? The result will be returning to a better balance between pitchers and hitters and producing more balls in play. I think that under those conditions the shift will become less prevalent and there will be more balls in play.

Gallo is the king of modern baseball. I love him

Joey Gallo Is the first Major League all Star to have a career "TRUE" outcomes % of 55 or higher. Joey Gallo has a True outcome percent of 58% for his career. Nearly 6/10 plate appearances end in a K, BB, or HR.

Damn you’re telling me my guy Joey was almost on my team damn

I love seeing Gump from PMS. Made me do a double take

Gallo is bad for baseball, bad for trees, bad for your sanity, and for about 1001 other things

The thing is it's not more efficient, because when all you need is one run to win the game and you have a runner on 2nd, it's a lot easier to move the runner over with sac outs or to send the ball to the outfield grass then to succeed in swinging for fences. This is also a situation that you will find yourself in more often than you'd think, there aren't even 10 combined runs scored in the average major league game. The reality is it's more efficient (or should I say more reliable) to try to knock runners in when they're in scoring position with small ball than with home runs. And even if you want to argue that swinging for the fences in a 162 game regular season is more effective (which I'd argue against, as I mentioned the majority of major league game are swayed in a big way with 1 run, and that's even early on in the game in low leverage situations) it also takes pressure off your team to have to hit bombs or be screwed) , come playoff time when it's a crapshoot and you can't guarantee you'll be hot, then you are screwed. So I have an argument for the regular season but in the playoffs it's just foolish to think 3 true outcome ball is more valuable or effective than small ball. I'll take 9 prime dj lemahieu's over 9 joey gallo's at the plate. Also, what all the analytics nerds don't account for is that a computer can only generate answers through well articulated queries through human thought processes, which is again human reliant. Sometimes I feel like it's just about people wanting to be right than it is about the more effective way. ultimately analytics is only a tool to achieve the same goal you always had, and that's winning. Sorry for the rant

Great video but Rockies fans don't give a shit ab the padres and dodgers fighting over Scherzer lmfao

Who would you rather have had in their prime, Gallo or Adam Dunn?

No matter how productive a TTO hitter is, they are definitely less entertaining and more frustrating to watch. Like for example yeah Stanton is statistically successful as a Yankee but sometimes it's almost like he would swing at a pitch at his head (oh wait, that did happen and he fell over doing it)

Gotta sell those highlights. Who needs hitting strategy when it looks better hitting the ball to Manhattan?

He’s the perfect fit for New York rn gets on base hits homers plays great defense

11:45 Weff Wassan claiming lives

Another thing is that pitchers are more likely to try to strike out hitters than to get them to hit into weak grounders and outs.

Other than the last inning of the last World Series I have not watched a game in 2 years. The only reason I even watched that was because my roommate was a Dodger far. I just found out the Cubs got rid of Rizzo and Bryant and Sherzer (however you spell it) left DC. I love baseball but have lost all interest in Major League Baseball.

Dick Simpson...... .207 BA with a .299 OBP....... he's Javier Baez. He'd be a starter in today's game.

Homers are great. And hitting 40+ homers is really cool. But, for a player like Gallo, that essentially means a homer every ~4 games. It's watching him the other ~3 games that, to me, becomes a little bit of a chore and entertainment issue. How many times can you watch a player strikeout or walk and continue to be engaged? For the record, I don't have a strong opinion about TTO nor the 'old days'. I'll still watch it regardless, especially the playoffs and now that the Pads are good.

If a MLB team puts the ball in play, never whiffing or walking or going yard then it will average 3-3.5 runs per 27 outs used. The league average of RC/27 for HR and BB against 27 K’s is TWICE that. Time alone will make believers of all.

2:00, wrong! Kittle hit 50 for the Trappers in 1982 and 40 in 1981.

A bubbagumpino clip??? Yeah this bud definitely getting my like

3 true outcome players only work with a supporting cast of high average hitters, when more players start hitting home runs over 2 singles your going to see players with 40 home runs and 40 RBIs with a better supporting cast you are going to score way more.

I'd rather watch a guy hit 30 home runs and 30 doubles that the guy that hits 40 and strikes out. Get on base, let the guy behind you do his job. Keep the line moving. If a modern team hit for average, I think they'd be unstoppable. 8 guys constantly getting on base, moving the line, scoring the guy in front of them versus a team where maybe 1 or 2 guys hit home runs? I'd take small ball any day.

They should move the fences back

Last time Kansas City won the World Series they did it by winning one base at a time. That was exciting baseball, unfortunately those days are gone. It’s boring watching huge men swing for the fences

He is Jack Cust.

So Andrew luck retired from the colts to play baseball for the Cardinals??? Wild

Shout aht Bubba gumpino 1:35

He hit the nail on the head. The problem with three true outcomes baseball (beside the fact that the name itself implies something about balls in play which is patently untrue: that whether or not a ball put in play becomes a ground out or a double is a matter or pure chance. Anyone who has watched baseball for more than 5 minutes understands why that isn't true)is that it is boring to watch. This isn't quite so obvious when you are at home watching season 3 of Brooklyn Nine Nine on your TV with the game on your ipad, half paying attention until Paul Goldschmidt comes up. When you plunk down $45 or more for tickets, $20 to park, $25 for food and so on, there has to be more excitement in a 3 hour game than maybe 2 homeruns. When a man comes to the plate with runners on second and third with one out, the entire AB is excitement, not just the 4 seconds it takes a random swing to leave the yard. Threat to steal on first base creates instant excitement. Bunt situations, same. Unless rules limiting shifting are implemented, its hard to argue that the three true outcome approach isn't the smartest approach a hitter can take. Its just not all that interesting to watch. As long as trends hold, I wouldn't be surprised if you start to see attendance figures take a pretty big dip, even as TV ratings mostly hold.

The "extremes of Modern Baseball" is the fact that someone will makeup a new statistic to make someone look as good or as bad as they want.

Much more to baseball then hitting

If Gallo learned to hit to the opposite field he'd be far more valuable as he'd be on base far more allowing his team more chances to drive in more runs instead of pulling the ball into the shift. He's definitely got the strength to hit it out to left. You can't deny his glove and arm in the outfield. It's a shame he's on the Yankees though...

No. He is actually the opposite of what we need in baseball. Less strikeouts, more doubles, less home runs

Contact hitting and home runs are not mutually exclusive. But as long as teams hand 9-figure contracts to HR or nothing hitters... Guess what?

Yesterday the Yanks epitomized the problem. Bases loaded, no out... No runs. No runners moved. Nada. Later inning... two on, no out. Diddly squatshit.

For me the problem isn't TTO baseball itself but that EVERYONE does it (although not to the extreme that Gallo does). I want baseball to support both the Gallos and the Madrigals and everyone in between. If someone finds out that TTO baseball isn't as efficient or the game changes in some significant way (i.e. bringing the fences back) it will come back, but I dont think that's what is really needed. Oh, and casual fans dont give a shit about this kind of stuff, the real problem is the marketing NOT the game.

He does not do it in Texas anymore. He is pretty outstanding defensively.

This is why we shouldn't base everything on advanced metrics. You use baseline metrics that we've always used (AVG, OBP, HR, and RBIs) along with advanced metrics (exit velo, batted balls, etc.) to really grasp a players true skill/potential. Because to me, Joey Gallo is seriously not a good hitter. Nothing he does at the plate impresses me at all. Hes a good fielder with a bat that can do some damage every half moon. But thats about it.

I thought you were playing Bladee instrumentals for a second

I know very few National league fans that are clamoring for universal DH.... so I think they're kind of screwing up everywhere lol.

Really had to show that Jo Adell clip?

Gallo was the harbinger

Gallo is a beast he is like Albert Belle in his prime but with a gold glove

3 outcome players are boring

Because "it's what we got" doesn't seem like a reason to embrace anything.

ATA boy using Gumpy

Backing tracks need to improve its ammoying

The high strike out rate and low BA is my issue with Bryce Harper. He's not as bad as the player for the video topic but, he not the baseball god people make him out to be.

Putting bubba Gump in a video best part

Im an yankees fan and I appreciate gallos glove.I also appreciate advanced stats but when he comes to bat with RISP his subpar batting avg. is glaring. U expect his to strike out trying to it a homer as opposed to being able to even get a productive out.

I wasn't expecting a Pat McAfee show clip in a Joey Gallo video

A big part of the problem is fans putting the blame on the hitters. Its not that easy to hit lol.

I’m hoping Gallo makes up for Stanton

Home runs are overrated, I love seeing triples being laced in the gaps and stolen bases.

Gallo is by far not useless, but even guys like Tommy Herr and Juan Pierre were far more competent at the plate than he is.

im glad padres got frasier. hes always on base

Bring him to Boston 😆 we need all we can get

contact hitting likely wont make a big comeback unless they ban the shift