<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/who-is-hayden-hopkins-joey-gallos-significant-other-at-center-of-mark-davis-child-hoax');   ga('set', 'title', 'Who is Hayden Hopkins, Joey Gallo’s significant other at center of Mark Davis child hoax');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Who-is-Hayden-Hopkins-Joey-Gallos-significant-other-at-center-of-Mark-Davis-child-hoax.jpg"></figure><h1>Who is Hayden Hopkins, Joey Gallo’s significant other at center of Mark Davis child hoax</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-05-29T12:48:51-07:00">May 29th, 12:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-05-29T12:48:51-07:00">May 29th, 12:48pm</time><address><a>Nate Duffett</a>Nate Duffett is a writer for ClutchPoints and a sports junkie at heart, especially for the Boston sports scene. In his spare time, he coaches hockey and is also a Hockey Scout at FCHockey and NeutralZone. Whether it's covering the NHL, MLB, NBA, NFL, or College Football and Basketball, there is not a sport Nate isn't able to discuss.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Celebrity</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Joey Gallo’s significant other is Hayden Hopkins, and she is carrying his baby, despite what some reports may want you to believe. Hopkins was in the news this week when she announced her pregnancy, as people linked her to Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis. The truth was that Hopkins attended a Raiders game in 2022 with a group of friends and sat in the owner’s box. However, she hasn’t been in a relationship with the owner, nor has any connection with him other than the leaked photo of them in the box. These rumors ruined the announcement, as Hopkins had to address it with a statement on X. <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2024/05/28/hayden-hopkins-expecting-child-mlb-player-joey-gallo-not-mark-davis/" rel="noopener">TMZ now reports that</a> the father of Hayden Hopkins’ child is her significant other, Washington Nationals slugger Joey Gallo.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/ZX2key8V9d">pic.twitter.com/ZX2key8V9d</a></p><p>— Hayden Hopkins (@haydenhopkins) <a href="https://twitter.com/haydenhopkins/status/1795232465910411391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>The rise of NFL social media aggregation accounts is under fire for these irresponsible reports. The accounts took the picture from 2022 and made erroneous reports that Hopkins was dating Mark Davis. The anonymous accounts that aren’t afraid to link their name to the reports have made the experience terrible for Hopkins and Gallo and have now started an uprising amongst users on X to get these accounts banned. Let’s do our part and meet the actual woman, Hayden Hopkins, and not the fake facts these accounts tried to spread.</p><h2><b>Who is Hayden Hopkins?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Who-is-Hayden-Hopkins-Joey-Gallos-significant-other-at-center-of-Mark-Davis-child-hoax-2.jpg"></figure><p>Hayden Hopkins was formally a member of the Las Vegas Raiders dance squad, the Raiderettes. She has friends in the front office and amongst the players, which explains why she was in the box with Mark Davis.</p><p><a href="https://www.haydenhopkins.com/" rel="noopener">According to Hayden’s website</a>, she is a dancer for Cirque Du Soleil. Hayden grew up in Seattle, Washington, but traveled around North America and Australia teaching and choreographing dancing workshops and making guest performances. Hayden has made guest performances with Jason Derulo, Good Morning America, KARtv awards, Dizzy Feet Gala, and Cabaret for a Cause benefit show. She was also on the cover of Dance Spirit and Dance Informa magazines.</p><p>Hayden has also gone on tour with the West Coast Dance Explosion, VIP Dance Convention, and TRANS4M. She won the 2015 Youngarts and was a Presidential Scholar in the Arts finalist. Hayden won several national titles in competitive dance and began assisting choreographers at 13. Hayden is also an entrepreneur, starting a dancewear label, HHxx, when she was 18. She moved to New York City to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, eventually moving to Las Vegas to join Cirque De Soleil. As far as we know, Hopkins can still be seen in the Cirque De Soleil act “Mystere,” playing the role of La Belle.</p><h2><b>False rumors fallout </b></h2><p>Hayden Hopkins and Joey Gallo are reportedly the couple expecting the baby instead of Mark Davis. TMZ reported that the couple planned to have the child together, so they are well into their relationship. The couple are reportedly happy and hoping to move past the mixup.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/C6NGv7SvqtA/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading"><div style="padding: 16px;"><p> </p><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div><div style="display: flex;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 14px;"><div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div><div></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"></div><div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; height: 14px; width: 144px;"></div></div><p> </p><p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C6NGv7SvqtA/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" rel="noopener" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Hayden Hopkins (@haydenhopkins)</a></p></div></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>After the X account called Dov Kleiman spread the lies,  many people believed it. ESPN star Pat McAfee even referred to it on an episode of Monday Night Raw but walked it back on his show the next day after Hopkins revealed it wasn’t Davis’ baby.</p><p>“I understand how happy you guys should be at this moment. It would suck to have a 70-year-old billionaire looming over it. So I’d like to apologize to Hayden and let the world know, hey, we gotta make sure we get these things right.,” <a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1795492405111882206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1795492405111882206%7Ctwgr%5Eb7fed8f83463024063f51800b11721a7c2ee9a82%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2024%2F05%2F28%2Fsports%2Fpat-mcafee-spread-lies-in-hayden-hopkins-mark-davis-pregnancy-drama%2F">McAfee said</a>. “I spread lies in the middle of the Braun Strowman-JD McDonagh match last night. Mark Davis is not the father.”</p><p>Nevertheless, this is all we know about Joey Gallo’s significant other, Hayden Hopkins.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Who is Hayden Hopkins, Joey Gallo’s significant other at center of Mark Davis child hoax

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/raiders-news-mark-davis-child-hoax-story-joey-gallo');   ga('set', 'title', 'Raiders owner Mark Davis’ child hoax story gets wild Joey Gallo twist');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Raiders-news-Mark-Davis-child-hoax-story-gets-wild-Joey-Gallo-twist.jpeg"></figure><h1>Raiders owner Mark Davis’ child hoax story gets wild Joey Gallo twist</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-05-29T11:06:42-07:00">May 29th, 11:06am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-05-29T11:06:42-07:00">May 29th, 11:06am</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a>Andrew Meyers is an avid sports fan with a fondness for Philadelphia teams that rarely love him back. He has two degrees from Quinnipiac University, including a master's in sports journalism. Outside of ClutchPoints, Meyers does play-by-play broadcasting for various colleges in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Or in this case, what happens in Vegas, gets a rumor started about it and ends up turning into a twist-filled story involving another sports figure. Thus is the basis of the latest headline involving Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis.</p><p>The 69-year-old was rumored to be an expecting father with 26-year-old dancer Hayden Hopkins. Hopkins was spotted in the owner’s box next to Davis at a Raiders game in 2022. That picture alone sparked the conversation, but the gossip has since been debunked by the <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2024/05/28/hayden-hopkins-expecting-child-mlb-player-joey-gallo-not-mark-davis/" rel="noopener">latest report</a> from TMZ Sports.</p><p>Hopkins is pregnant, but the child does not <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raiders-news-tom-bradys-las-vegas-stake-purchase-gets-critical-update">belong to Mark Davis.</a> The father is two-time MLB All-Star, Washington Nationals first baseman Joey Gallo.</p><p>Hopkins’ connection with the Raiders comes from her time as part of the team’s cheer squad the ‘Raiderettes.’ It’s unknown why she was with Davis in the suite at that particular game, but it appears that everything was cordial between the two.</p><p>Joey Gallo has a connection to Las Vegas having grown up in the adjacent town of Paradise, Nev and going to high school in Vegas. It’s unclear how or when he and Hopkins met. TMZ had learned that the pregnancy was planned. Hopkins confirmed the news in an Instagram post, saying “Joey and I are excited to welcome our baby in the fall.”</p><h2><b>Joey Gallo’s 2024 season</b></h2><p>Joey Gallo has been around long enough for MLB teams to know what to expect from him. A two-time Gold Glove Award winner and two-time All-Star, Gallo hasn’t done much at the plate over the last three seasons, including through 33 games with the Nats in 2024.</p><p>Gallo has a .138 batting average with 15 hits, 16 walks, 58 strikeouts and a .568 OPS. He has a .178 batting average since the 2020 season. He can still hit bombs and play decent defense, but it’s crazy to think a guy with those hitting numbers still finds consistent playing time in the MLB.</p><p>The Nationals are playing fairly well this season and could exceed expectations by the end of the year. Gallo can be a part of that but isn’t making an impact quite yet. Perhaps building up some of that dad strength will help his cause.</p><p>The 30-year-old Gallo signed a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nationals-news-washington-joey-gallo-agree-1-year-deal-5-million">one-year contract with the Nationals</a> worth $5 million with a second-year buyout option. It also includes an $8 million mutual option for 2025. Assuming the Nats take the next step and Gallo continues to struggle, the veteran might hit the open market once again.</p><h2><b>Mark Davis, Raiders trying to build a winner in Vegas</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mark-Davis-Raiders.jpeg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>It’s been 22 years since the Raiders’ last playoff win and trip to the Super Bowl. The move to Las Vegas has resulted in one winning season and one playoff berth.</p><p>Mark Davis almost certainly envisioned bringing a winning team to Vegas. So far things haven’t panned out, but maybe 2024 will bring greener pastures for the Raiders organization. A new head coach and general manager duo might be just what the franchise needed and fans &amp; players alike were thrilled that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/the-big-changes-antonio-pierce-made-for-raiders-otas">Antonio Pierce remained with the Raiders</a> as head coach.</p><p>Vegas just hosted Super Bowl 58 where the Raiders watched their division rival Kansas City Chiefs win a title on their home turf. The Raiders could turn that into a motivating factor, but not many people are putting them in the conversation for reaching the AFC playoffs.</p><p>Las Vegas had a great finish to the 2023 season, winning three of its last four games. That stretch included a Christmas Day upset over the Chiefs and a 63-21 rout of the Los Angeles Chargers.</p><p>The 2024 season presents a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raiders-news-antonio-pierce-shares-exciting-prediction-for-dangerous-new-1-2-combo-raiders-offense">new challenge for the Raiders</a> and Mark Davis will not shy away from a challenge. It’s hard to not be relevant when you play in a city like Las Vegas but the Raiders don’t want to be known as the losers of the city, especially with the success of the Golden Knights in the NHL and Aces in the WNBA.</p><p>It appears it will still take a lot to get the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raiders-scariest-pitfall-to-overcome-on-2024-nfl-schedule">Raiders into contender mode</a>. The pieces could be there with the wrong recipe on the card. This new regime is tasked with fixing the problems and cooking the right game plan.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Raiders owner Mark Davis’ child hoax story gets wild Joey Gallo twist

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nationals-news-joey-gallos-brutally-honest-2023-twins-season-admission');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nationals’ Joey Gallo has brutally honest 2023 Twins season admission');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/nationals-news-joey-gallos-brutally-honest-2023-twins-season-admission.jpeg"></figure><h1>Nationals’ Joey Gallo has brutally honest 2023 Twins season admission</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-22T08:23:32-07:00">March 22nd, 8:23am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-22T08:23:32-07:00">March 22nd, 8:23am</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nationals-news-washington-joey-gallo-agree-1-year-deal-5-million">Washington Nationals star Joey Gallo had a</a> lot to reflect in terms of his previous season with the Minnesota Twins where even though he was second on the team in home runs, he was left off the postseason lineup and was in a massive slump. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nationals-news-washington-snags-former-braves-slugger-in-free-agency">Now with the Nationals</a>, he is looking to turn over a new leaf and is <a href="https://www.startribune.com/joey-gallo-twins-nationals-home-runs-strikeouts/600353168/?refresh=true">“at peace with what happened”</a> according to Bobby Nightengale of the Star Tribune.</p><p>“It’s not always going to go great,” Gallo said. “I mean, there is no ill will. I’m at peace with what happened. I wish I performed better for the team and that city, but I am still proud of what we did as a unit.”</p><h2><b>Gallo understands why playing time with Twins diminished</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Joey_Gallo_swinging_his_bat_at_a_ball_during_a_Nationals_spring_training_game.jpeg"><figcaption>Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>It was a strange season to say the least for Gallo with the Twins as even though he was second on the team with 21 dingers, he only had 40 runs batted in to go with a disappointing .177 batting average and a league average OPS of .741. With the low batting average, he also struck out 42.8 percent of the time at the plate as Gallo said he “totally understands what the situation was” and that there were other players on the Twins that were playing better.</p><p>“I totally understand what the situation was,” Gallo said. “There were guys playing better than me at the time and I was on a one-year deal, too, so I wasn’t inked for the future with them. They didn’t really have any ties to keep playing me. It was a mutual understanding that I knew I probably wasn’t going to be on the playoff roster. I worked as hard as I could to be ready if I did get called, but obviously I didn’t. That’s something I’ll have to live with.”</p><p>To go along with the less than ideal offensive numbers, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-joey-gallo-breaking-offensive-drought-multi-homer-game">Gallo was also dealing</a> with multiple injuries like a foot issue in early September. Gallo would credit the multiple issues to his poor play as it was not all bad where in the month of April, he had seven home runs 14 runs batted, and hit a .236 batting average in 19 games.</p><p>“I went through a couple of different little injuries, and tried to get back to where I was before those,” Gallo said. “Obviously, you start struggling a little bit.”</p><h2><b>Gallo contemplated changing approach to hitting</b></h2><p>For people that have been following Gallo’s career, he has always been a player that is more power than making contact on the baseball. However, the batting average never went below .200 in his best years with the Texas Rangers where in 2017 and 2018, he hit 40 and 41 home runs respectively.</p><p>Funny enough, the Twins last season followed the philosophy that Gallo has stuck by where power was the focus as they struck out 1,654 times as a club which is an MLB record per Nightengale. However, even Gallo said to the Star Tribune that there was thoughts of changing his approach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nationals-news-strange-stephen-strasburg-washington-situation-patrick-corbin-update">now with the Nationals.</a></p><p>“Making contact is great, but if you’re not doing anything with the contact, you’re not making an impact,” Gallo said. “That’s great if you’re striking out 10% of the time, but if you’re not driving the ball and you’re not getting hits, it doesn’t really matter if you are just grounding out. That’s the fine line.”</p><h2><b>Gallo gives credits to the MLB’s current pitchers</b></h2><p>If there is one aspect the Twins could say, it’s that they led the American League in home runs and second in walks. Gallo would give credit to the pitchers of today saying it is a “strange time in baseball right now in terms of how tough it is to hit.”</p><p>“Nobody wants to strike out,” Gallo said. “There are no hitters that are like, ‘This is the way to go and let’s just strikeout and try to hit bombs.’ I’m not trying to do that. I obviously want to hit the ball. It’s just a strange time in baseball right now in terms of how tough it is to hit. The pitching is just very, very good. I mean, if a guy is throwing 95 [mph], we’re fighting for the bat rack because we want to hit. Usually, the guy is throwing 100.”</p><p>After signing a one-year deal with the Twins, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nationals-news-prospect-taken-to-hospital-after-scary-spring-training-injury">Gallo now is signed to the Nationals</a> on a one-year deal to hopefully provide some boost to the lineup. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nationals-news-star-prospect-gets-major-injury-update-after-hospital-trip">The Nationals are trying</a> to bounce back after a 71-91 record from last season where they finished last in the NL East as their opening day is April 1 against the Pittsburgh Pirates.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nationals’ Joey Gallo has brutally honest 2023 Twins season admission

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nationals-news-washington-joey-gallo-agree-1-year-deal-5-million');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nationals, Joey Gallo agree to 1-year deal worth $5 million');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Washington_Joey_Gallo_agree_to_1-year_deal_worth_5_million.webp"></figure><h1>Nationals, Joey Gallo agree to 1-year deal worth $5 million</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-23T12:38:47-08:00">January 23rd, 12:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-23T12:38:47-08:00">January 23rd, 12:38pm</time><address><a>Dan Fappiano</a>Dan Fappiano is a Connecticut based sports journalist and a graduate of both Tunxis Community College and Central Connecticut State University. Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Washington Nationals are working through a rebuilding phase as they look to work their way back into contention. But at least for the start of the 2024 season, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nationals-news-washington-hires-sean-doolittle-unique-role" rel="noopener">Nationals will have</a> a new slugger in their lineup.</p><p>Washington <a href="https://twitter.com/andrewcgolden/status/1749880393921184178" rel="noopener">has signed</a> Joey Gallo to a one-year, $5 million contract, via Andrew Golden of The Washington Post. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-joey-gallo-breaking-offensive-drought-multi-homer-game" rel="noopener">Gallo can earn another</a> $1 million in performance-based incentives.</p><p>Gallo spent the 2023 season playing with the Minnesota Twins, where he appeared in 111 games. He hit a brutal .177 but made up for it with 21 home runs and 40 RBI. That has essentially been the name of Gallo’s game throughout his nine year career. Over 863 games, Gallo has hit .197 with 198 home runs and 426 RBI. He is a two-time All-Star and a two-time Gold Glove winner.</p><p>The Nationals could certainly use more power in their lineup. Washington ranked 29th in the league with 151 home runs. In turn, their 700 runs scored ranked 21st.</p><p>As Washington builds out their roster, they have a few talented hitters in CJ Abrams, Lane Thomas and Keibert Ruiz. The Nationals will continue to develop hitters at the minor league level for when they’re ready to make a run.</p><p>Until then, the Nationals will occupy their lineup with players like Joey Gallo. If Washington struggles heading into the MLB trade deadline, there is a chance the team could trade him to a contender; if Gallo is having a strong season.</p><p>But at least on Opening Day – barring injury – Joey Gallo will be right in the middle of the Nationals’ lineup. Washington will hope some much-needed home runs from Gallo will spark some life into their offense.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nationals, Joey Gallo agree to 1-year deal worth $5 million

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-joey-gallo-breaking-offensive-drought-multi-homer-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins 1B/OF Joey Gallo opens up on breaking offensive drought with multi-homer game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Twins-news-Joey-Gallo-opens-up-on-breaking-offensive-drought-with-multi-homer-game.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins 1B/OF Joey Gallo opens up on breaking offensive drought with multi-homer game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-13T08:47:48-07:00">August 13th, 8:47am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-13T08:50:05-07:00">August 13th, 8:50am</time><address><a>DJ Foster</a>D.J. Foster is a writer and high school basketball coach in Oceanside, CA. His work has been featured at ESPN, The Ringer, NBC and more. You can follow D.J. on Twitter @fosterdj3.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Minnesota Twins first baseman Joey Gallo has been stuck in a major slump, but a 4-for-4 outing with two home runs against the Philadelphia Phillies may have been just what Gallo needed to help turn things start to turn around.</p><p>Gallo, who entered the game just 4-for-42 since July 18, is glad to get <a href="https://www.startribune.com/joey-gallo-four-hits-highlight-minnesota-twins-win-philadelphia-phillies/600296771/" rel="noopener">back on track</a>, as he told Phil Miller of the Star Tribune.</p><p>“It was good. It’s nice to produce and help the team win,” said Gallo, who became the first Twins player to reach 20 home runs this season. “Obviously I haven’t been hitting [much], but I’ve been feeling good lately, putting good at-bats together, taking my walks when I can. It’s good when things come together like that.”</p><p>“As a team, we just took really good at-bats today. Everybody was seeing the ball well, it seemed like,” Gallo said. “It was a great team approach against [Walker].”</p><p>“If there’s a good pitch in the zone, I try to get a good swing off. It was great — it’s always nice to hit home runs,” Gallo said. “I don’t remember my last four-hit game. I don’t even know if I’ve ever had a four-hit game in the big leagues before.”</p><p>Gallo had a four-hit game back in 2019, but it’s obviously a rare occurrence for the powerful home run hitter. Gallo is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-joey-gallo-admits-slump-with-2-word-truth-bomb" rel="noopener">striking out</a> at near career-high percentages this season but is still leading the AL Central-leading Twins in home runs (20), despite dealing with a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-minnesota-handed-brutal-joey-gallo-injury-update" rel="noopener">hamstring injury</a> that has limited his effectiveness.</p><p>The slump-busting performance by Minnesota Twins 1B/OF Joey Gallo couldn’t come at a better time. Minnesota is 4.5 games in front of the second-place Cleveland Guardians, but there are still six games ahead between the two squads. Gallo’s performance down the stretch could play a big part in Minnesota’s ability to clinch the division.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.103	0	4	0.314	0

2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.103	0	4	0.314	0

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