SURPRISE, Ariz. - When the Rangers agreed to a deal with Mike Napoli, it all but assured Joey Gallo of going back to the minors to start 2017.
Gallo's response: A quick text to Napoli of congratulations.
It was the first text from a Ranger teammate that Napoli received.
"I just welcomed him back to the family," Gallo said Saturday. "For me, it doesn't matter how it affects me, it's how I would like to be treated. He was really great to me when he was here [in 2015]. He talked to me a lot.