Joey Gallo is about what we can expect/hope Cole to be like as a hitter. He played 10 seasons in the big leagues and was pretty good for 5 of them. Gallo walked 15% of the time and struck out 38% of the time.
Adam Dunn was pretty good at that. He had a 220+ strikeout, 100+ walk, 40+ HR, 0.200 BA, 0.800 OPS season.
You are referring to Big Donkey. If we can get Adam Dunn out of Zach Cole, I’d be inclined to refer to him henceforth as Little Donkey. That would be remarkable. Adam Dunn was awesome. Little Donkey with Wheels.
It seems like that's the type of player he is at this point which isn't bad. Dunn lead the league in strikeouts 4 times while having an OPS close around 900.
Here is another crazy stat for Cole. He's only ground out into a double play 11 times in his entire career including college. He's such a fascinating player.
