FACTS/FLUKES: Gallo, F. Hernandez, Sano, Giles, DeShields

Gallo meets expectations: HRs and whiffs ....Opportunity knocked for Joey Gallo (1B/3B, TEX) and he responded with 41 HR—and almost 200 whiffs. Having established himself as an everyday regular, is there any signs he can become less of a BA liability while maintaining the power output?

Year   AB   BA    xBA  HR  bb%  ct%   Eye  HctX  GB/LD/FB   PX/xPX  hr/f
====  ===  ====  ====  ==  ===  ===  ====  ====  ========  =======  ====
2014# 250  .211   N/A  17   11   51  0.24   N/A     N/A    242/N/A   N/A
2015* 429  .210  .217  24   12   52  0.28   115  35/27/37  206/185   32%
2016* 384  .201  .183  21   14   53  0.34    36  17/17/67  185/100   25%
2017  449  .209  .237  41   14   56  0.38   106  28/18/54  231/206  ...

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