{"id":397853,"date":"2025-11-22T22:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T22:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/397853\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T22:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T22:47:10","slug":"nl-notes-gallen-pozo-nationals-aydt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/397853\/","title":{"rendered":"NL Notes: Gallen, Pozo, Nationals, Aydt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI would love to be back here.\u00a0 I would love to be here for the rest of my career,\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/galleza01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zac Gallen<\/a><\/strong> told <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alexjweiner\/status\/1992037768072155284\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona Sports\u2019 Alex Weiner<\/a> and other reporters during a recent community event in Phoenix.\u00a0 As to whether a new contract with the <strong>Diamondbacks<\/strong> is possible, Gallen was more circumspect, saying \u201cI think what sometimes gets lost in translation is that\u2019s not necessarily always up to the player.\u00a0 If the opportunity is there and it\u2019s something that we deem is the right fit for us, as myself as a player and for me and my soon-to-be wife as as family, then yeah, we\u2019ll explore that.\u00a0 But right now we\u2019re just going through the process and we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gallen is one of the more intriguing free agent pitchers available, as a former Cy Young candidate and top-of-the-rotation who is hitting the market on the heels of the worst season of his career.\u00a0 Though Gallen finished strong over the last two months of 2025, his 4.83 ERA and 21.5% strikeout rate were career lows, and batters took Gallen yard to the tune of 31 home runs.<\/p>\n<p>MLBTR still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2025\/11\/2025-26-top-50-mlb-free-agents-with-predictions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">projects<\/a> Gallen for a four-year, $80MM free agent deal, yet it is possible he and agent Scott Boras might explore a shorter-term contract with opt-outs attached, so Gallen could potentially re-enter the market as early next winter after a better platform season.\u00a0 Such a contractual scenario might make a reunion with the pitching-needy D\u2019Backs more plausible, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2025\/11\/dbacks-trade-rumors-cut-payroll.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it remains unclear<\/a> exactly how much Arizona might have to spend this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>More from around the National League\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Though the <strong>Cardinals<\/strong> non-tendered <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pozoyo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yohel Pozo<\/a><\/strong> yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/sports\/professional\/mlb\/cardinals\/article_80ede8da-d1a1-4565-baf5-2b57f20313af.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a> reports that the team is interested in working out a new deal to re-sign the catcher.\u00a0 Though the Cards have four other catchers (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=herrer004iva&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ivan Herrera<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pagespe02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pedro Pages<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/crookji01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jimmy Crooks<\/a><\/strong>, and top prospect <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=bernal000leo&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-22_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leonardo Bernal<\/a><\/strong>) on their 40-man roster, Herrera\u2019s injury history might require a return to the DH role, and Bernal has yet to play any Triple-A ball.\u00a0 Re-signing Pozo, as Goold notes, would therefore give the Cardinals some more depth behind the plate, at least until they can gauge Herrera\u2019s readiness during Spring Training.\u00a0 Of Pozo\u2019s 88 career MLB games, 67 were with St. Louis last season, and he hit .231\/.262\/.375 over 168 plate appearances.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Nationals<\/strong> will be hiring Andrew Aydt as an assistant hitting coach, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/andrewcgolden\/status\/1991994157657907282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Washington Post\u2019s Andrew Golden<\/a> reports.\u00a0 Aydt is Driveline Baseball\u2019s assistant director of hitting, and becomes the second ex-Driveline staffer to join the Nats\u2019 coaching ranks after pitching coach Simon Matthews.\u00a0 This will be Aydt\u2019s first job with a pro organization (though he has worked with several big leaguers during his time at Driveline), and he continues the trend of younger, analytically-driven hires under new Washington president of baseball operations Paul Toboni.\u00a0 Aydt will move into the Nationals\u2019 assistant hitting coach role even though the team has yet to hire a lead hitting coach to replace Darnell Coles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI would love to be back here.\u00a0 I would love to be here for the rest of 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