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Joey Gallo gets No. 13 jersey from Jurickson Profar, hopes it's not bad luck (Big League Stew)

Hey, Texas Rangers fans, how would you feel if we told that top prospect Joey Gallo would end up like Jurickson Profar?

A couple years ago, when Profar was the No. 1 youngster in all of baseball, you'd probably love that idea. But now that Profar is the baseball equivalent of a crash test dummy, nobody in Arlington wants to hear Gallo and Profar in the same sentence.

But here's an interesting sentence: Gallo will be wearing No. 13 for the Rangers in his big-league debut Tuesday, the number that used to belong to Profar.