Throughout the off-season, no matter who had just retired or who had just been traded, the Texas Rangers were clear about third base: Joey Gallo wasn’t going to play there.
General manager Jon Daniels repeated that refrain after Adrian Beltre retired and after Jurickson Profar was dealt to the Oakland A’s. Gallo, who played third base in the minors and made his big-league debut as a third baseman, wasn’t going to fill that hole for the 2019 Rangers.
But putting him there would create enough flexibility in the outfield for Willie Calhoun to receive regular at-bats.