Joey Gallo

Joey Gallo has long been one of the most inconsistent stars in baseball. If you see him on the right day, he’s a surefire MVP, a towering power hitter with surprising range in the outfield. He looks like a designated hitter, but he can passably cover centerfield. See him on the wrong day, however, and…

Joey Gallo has long been one of the most inconsistent stars in baseball. If you see him on the right day, he’s a surefire MVP, a towering power hitter with surprising range in the outfield. He looks like a designated hitter, but he can passably cover centerfield. See him on the wrong day, however, and…

The New York Yankees have informed hitting coach Marcus Thames and third base coach Phil Nevin that their contracts won't be renewed for the 2022 season, according to Lindsey Adler of The Athletic.Nevin, 50, joined the Yankees from the San Francisco Giants prior to the 2018 campaign. The former infielder somewhat infamously sent Aaron Judge home during the sixth inning of the AL wild-card game against the Boston Red Sox, resulting in Judge being thrown out by several feet. pic.twitter.com/48cDjKcOp3 MLB (@MLB) October 6, 2021 Thames, 44, has been New York's hitting coach since the 2018 season. He was originally hired by the Yankees organization in 2013 to act as a hitting coach for High-A Tampa."They made a decision," Thames said, according to Brendan Kuty of NJ.com. "I just hate that we didn't win a championship. But they want to go in a different direction, and I guess I wasn't the voice that they thought to get us over the hump."Despite having a lineup filled with star sluggers including Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, and DJ LeMahieu, the Yankees ranked seventh among AL teams by wRC+. The club added Joey Gallo and Anthony Rizzo prior to the trade deadline but fell short of a postseason run, losing to the Boston Red Sox in the AL wild-card game.In addition to Thames and Nevin, manager Aaron Boone's contract is also set to expire following the conclusion of the World Series.Copyright © 2021 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Warning: Story contains coarse languagePete Rose does not think too highly of Joey Gallo. Major League Baseball's hit king recently expressed his feelings about the New York Yankees outfielder's all-or-nothing approach following the Bronx Bombers' recent playoff exit against the Boston Red Sox."That was the worst f------ lineup they could have put on the field," Rose told USA Today's Bob Nightengale, according to NESN. "Their 6,7,8,9 hitters were all out-men. They had to have (Aaron) Judge and (Giancarlo) Stanton do something. If they didn't, all of the pressure was on Joey Gallo. You saw how that worked out."How does someone who didn't play every day strike out 213 times?" Rose added about Gallo. "Ray Charles wouldn't strike out that much. I just can't imagine striking out 213 times without killing myself."New York started Brett Gardner, Gio Urshela, Kyle Higashioka, and Andrew Velazquez as its six through nine hitters against Boston in the AL wild-card game. The foursome's performance provided some credibility to what Rose had to say, as they went a combined 1-9 in the contest.As for Gallo, his 213 strikeouts did come in an everyday role, with the two-time All-Star appearing in 153 games this season for the Yankees and Texas Rangers. However, 88 of those strikeouts came in just 58 games with New York, leading to a 38.6% strikeout rate - the second-highest mark in the majors from July 29 to Oct. 3. Copyright © 2021 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.

Pete Rose can t stand what he s seeing in baseball these days, particularly the rash of strikeouts, targeting Yankees slugger Joey Gallo.