Following his release on Sunday, Gallo took to X, a social media platform he's not been active on since 2022, and announced that he was no longer planning to play the outfield. Instead, he declared that he'd be reinventing himself as a pitcher.

When Joey Gallo made his MLB debut with the Rangers in 2015, he was seen as one of the best pure power-hitting prospects in baseball. And over the ensuing 10 years, he showed plenty of flashes of that power.