Texas Rangers slugger Joey Gallo might be leading the American League in homers with six. He’s also hitting just .198 on the season and is seen as a dead pull hitter. Just ask the Seattle Mariners, who employed one of the craziest shifts you will ever see on a baseball diamond.
Legitimately, there is one defender to the left of second base. Seattle also went to the bold strategy of using five players in the outfield. It has to be seen to be believed.
In this week's edition of wild shifts… The @Mariners take on Joey Gallo. pic.twitter.com/k5cINVPTAs
— Cut4 (@Cut4) April 21, 2018
Facing Felix Hernandez, the strikeout prone Gallo ended up going down swinging.
That’s unfortunate, because we wanted to see all heck break loose on the field in Arlington.
Maybe next time.