The Dodgers have signed right-hander Giovanny Gallegos to a minor league deal, MLB Commerce Rumors’ Steve Adams experiences (hyperlinks to X). Gallegos will obtain an invite to the group’s large league Spring Coaching camp, and a $2.5MM base wage if he makes Los Angeles’ energetic roster with $1.5MM extra accessible in incentives. The deal has three opt-out dates, giving Gallegos some flexibility if the Dodgers haven’t any plans to pick out his contract.
A veteran of eight Main League seasons, the 33-year-old Gallegos is greatest recognized for his great four-year run with the Cardinals from 2019-22, when he posted a 2.84 ERA, 32% strikeout price, and 6.6% stroll price over 228 1/3 innings out of the St. Louis bullpen. This efficiency earned him a two-year, $11MM extension in October 2022 that lined Gallegos’ remaining two arbitration years, and gave the Cardinals a $6.5MM membership possibility on Gallegos’ companies for 2025.
Gallegos’ efficiency took a step backwards with a 4.42 ERA in 2023, as his strikeout price dropped and his residence runs totals spiked. This was the harbinger of the right-hander’s very tough 2024 marketing campaign, as Gallegos had a 6.53 ERA in 20 2/3 innings with a bunch of subpar metrics, in addition to six homers allowed in that small pattern dimension.
Between the dearth of manufacturing and somewhat over six weeks spent on the IL resulting from a shoulder impingement, Gallegos pitched himself out of the Cardinals’ plans, as they designated him for task and he elected free company firstly of August. The Twins shortly inked Gallegos to a minor league deal however he didn’t see any time on their large league roster after posting a 4.26 ERA at Triple-A St. Paul with extra walks (10) than strikeouts (8) over 12 2/3 innings.
Whereas the arrow has been pointing down on Gallegos over the past two seasons, the Dodgers have an extended observe document of serving to pitchers reclaim previous kind, or discovering new ranges of efficiency. If the L.A. coaches and participant improvement workers can discover a repair for the right-hander’s current woes, the Dodgers might unearth a low-cost arm that may be a part of their 2025 bullpen, and even perhaps their late-game combine.
