Gallo lets off steam, later launches deep HR

Outlook: Gallo, 1B/3B, TEX GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Nobody is measuring the distance or speed of his home runs right now, but Joey Gallo is still performing like Spring Training games count for something.

A year removed from fighting for a spot on the Opening Day roster, Gallo is now a presumptive regular at first base. But he acted like a guy whose fortunes depended on every spring at-bat in Friday's 9-4 loss to the Indians at Goodyear Ballpark.

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His gargantuan homer to right-center off fellow lefty Andrew Miller, one of the top relievers in the American League, was the attention-grabbing moment of the day for Gallo. The ball traveled perhaps 440, 450 feet to the back of the…