Rest easy, Jim. Zac Gallen was indeed better than Ryne Nelson tonight.
It wasn’t a smooth ride, though. Much like his Opening Day start, Gallen didn’t look sharp to begin the night. He threw 6 pitches to leadoff man Gleyber Torres, all looked out of the zone but only 4 were called balls which led to the dreaded leadoff walk in front of Soto-Judge. Soto saved Gallen by GDPing, but Gallen couldn’t find the strike zone again with Judge at the plate, leading to Gallen’s second base-on-balls of the night. Gallen was able to get out of the inning with 17 pitches and zero runs allowed, though.