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Rangers will aim to show patience with Gallo
- Updated: July 31, 2016
ARLINGTON — It didn’t take Joey Gallo long to display his prodigious power in his second stint with the Rangers this season. Gallo, the club’s No. 1 prospect according to MLBPipeline.com, hit a 448-foot homer of A’s right-hander Sonny Gray in his second at-bat after being recalled on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old slugger hadn’t recorded another hit since entering Sunday, though, and had struck out nine times in 14 at-bats. Rangers manager Jeff Banister is urging patience with the team’s prized prospect.
“He’s still young. Still a lot of growth and adjustments that need to be made,” Banister said. “This guy has a Minor League power pedigree that we’re willing to be patient with. This is a guy given an opportunity to make some adjustments, he can impact the game like very few can.”
Banister gave the left-handed-hitting Gallo the day off in Sunday’s series finale against the Royals, despite right-hander Dillon Gee starting for Kansas City. Five of Gallo’s nine strikeouts during this stint with Texas had come over the previous two games, including three on Saturday.
“Obviously [Saturday] didn’t go the way I liked it to,” Gallo said. “I thought the days before …
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