Coming off a frustrating half-season in the Bronx last season, Joey Gallo was an oft-speculated trade candidate throughout the offseason. The Yankees indeed explored trade scenarios involving the 28-year-old slugger after the lockout, per Jon Heyman of the New York Post, who reports this morning that the Yanks spoke to the Padres about a possible swap during Spring Training.
It’s not the first time that the Padres have inquired on Gallo. San Diego looked into Gallo at last year’s trade deadline, and Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller has made a habit of acquiring players he knows well from his days as an assistant GM in Texas. That no deal came together is surely reflective of multiple complicating factors.
First and foremost, the Padres appeared to be generally hamstrung for much of the offseason, as they signaled limited payroll capacity while seeking to shed salary (e.g. Eric Hosmer, Wil Myers) in trades. Even in their trade sending Chris Paddack, Emilio Pagan and a PTBNL to the Twins in exchange for Taylor Rogers, the Padres had Minnesota take on $6.6MM of Rogers’ $7.3MM salary — effectively reducing him to a league-minimum player.
Secondly, Heyman suggests that the Yankees weren’t looking to sell low on Gallo. Rather, they were seeking a return that did not discount for his recent struggles and was more commensurate with his overall ability. Gallo hit .223/.379/.490 with 25 homers in 388 plate appearances with the Rangers prior to last July’s trade but fell into a .160/.303/.404 swoon in 228 trips to the plate as a Yankee. His gaudy 19.1% walk rate dipped to a still-excellent 16.2% in New York, but Gallo’s already problematic 32.2% strikeout rate as a Ranger soared to 38.6% with his new club.
Gallo, of course, is an excellent defensive outfielder with surprising speed, an elite walk rate and perhaps as much raw power as any hitter in the game today. Those perks have been well known for some time, and they’ve tantalized scouts even as the slugger’s contact woes have led to him regularly punching out in more than a third of his plate appearances. Gallo embodies the three-true-outcome approach as much as any hitter in baseball, making him one of the game’s most polarizing talents.
We can’t know how Gallo might have fared upon moving from New York to San Diego, but the start of the 2022 season hasn’t been been a good one for the impending free agent. Gallo had a decent Spring Training, but he’s currently hitting .121/.256/.121 through his first 39 plate appearances. He’s made some hard contact — half the balls he’s put into play have been hit at 95 mph or more — but Gallo is also putting the ball on the ground more than usual and has generally mirrored the worsened K-BB profile he showed following last summer’s trade.
Obviously, we’re just 12 games into a 162-game marathon, so there’s ample time for Gallo to right the ship. When he gets hot, he’s the type of bat who can absolutely carry an offense — evidenced by the outrageous .308/.479/.813 slash he posted from early June through the All-Star break last season. A stretch like that will earn him plenty of leeway, but Gallo has yet to truly ignite in that fashion since being traded. And, given that the Yankees currently rank 25th in runs scored, there’s some extra attention on Gallo and others who are struggling (e.g. Josh Donaldson, Gleyber Torres, Giancarlo Stanton, Kyle Higashioka).
Ultimately, past efforts to trade Gallo could be taken as little more than anecdotal. However, it’s of some note that Preller’s Padres still harbored interest as recently as a few weeks ago and, of course, that the Yankees were indeed open to moving Gallo in the run-up to the season. April or May trades involving a player of Gallo’s stature are quite rare, so it’s not especially likely that we’ll see a move involving him in the near future. That said, he could very well be a name to keep in mind again this summer as teams begin to explore the trade market more earnestly.
Gallo is playing the 2022 season on a $10.275MM salary and is slated to become a free agent at season’s end.
Milwaukee-2208
Gallo sucks lol
Highest IQ
No u
Milwaukee-2208
My dad said I’m a winner. So I’m a winner
Highest IQ
Well my dad said he was going to go get a pack of cigarettes 20 years ago and never came back so I’m a winner.
Milwaukee-2208
Maybe he’s looking for a certain brand. He’ll be back soon sport
cpdpoet
Taking a shot here IQ, you’re from Baltimore…..?
Fever Pitch Guy
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.
So how bad does that reflect on the Padres when MINNESOTA is the team paying an additional $7M. Talk about fiscal mismanagement on San Diego’s part.
And as bad as Gallo has been, the Padres still should have traded for Gallo instead of Voit. Because Gallo is the better all-around player, and he’s not a pumped up dirty player like Voit is.
Gallo also has the much better wine.
Curly Was The Smart Stooge
You’re dad could have been famous, that makes you an uninformed loser. Sorry
Gallo doesn’t suck, no one who gets into MLB sucks
Joe says...
Voit seems more of a beer guy. I’ll take that over wine any day.
Dumpster Divin Theo
Voit has better volleyball tho
slimmycito
@highestIQ that joke is like at least 50 years old but you “high IQ” guys still laugh at it eh hahahaha
alumofuf
Do you mean a Whinier?
detroitdave84
Didn’t he die of lung cancer?
hohnav21
Hahahaha
deweybelongsinthehall
Off Subject:
Anyone know why my various team pages are suddenly loaded with articles from 2018?
Fever Pitch Guy
dewey – Because it was a great year for your team.
deweybelongsinthehall
Frustrating reading stale news and comments.
deweybelongsinthehall
How many times can I read that the Sox moved Drew Pomeranian to the bullpen?
VonPurpleHayes
My friend, you have time traveled.
phillyballers
Happened to my Phillies feed. I’m back in 2019 living the life.
deweybelongsinthehall
At least I went back to the right year…
Curly Was The Smart Stooge
What are we looking for here? Gallo has shown signs of living at times, but not lately. He seems to be immaterial in MLB
Dumpster Divin Theo
Adam Dunn 2.0
Oddball Hererra
Chris Davis 2.0 more likely
deweybelongsinthehall
Not unless he first finds a sucker to give him that monster deal.
Get Off My Mound
Gallo is a WAY better fielder and runner than either of Dunn or Davis combined.
Lyman Bostock
Dunn hit almost 500 HR and 1200 RBI for his career. Let’s not be stupid here.
At this rate, Gallo won’t be in the league long enough to even remotely approach those numbers. Dunn fizzled out hard, but he’s a career .850 ops slugger. That’s after being being trash his last few years too.
Gallo adds value defensively, that Dunn did not. Hence, the similar career WAR already. But Gallo isn’t anywhere near the hitter Dunn was. Not similar player at all.
Oddball Hererra
That is what I mean – Dunn actually parlayed his skills, with all their issues, into a long and productive career. Gallo looks more like someone who may have a good but short run before succumbing to their plate discipline and contact limitations a la Chris Davis. Granted as noted above that Davis was also a defensive liability.
fivepoundbass
Exact and similar do not mean the same thing. Gallo and Dunn are similar. Dunn and David Eckstein are not similar
waltsneck1
Dunn was a much better hitter than Gallo.
stymeedone
David Eckstein was a much better hitter than Gallo.
Cosmo2
Both Gallo and Davis, during their prime, ran K rates so high you figured regression was gonna hit quick and hard.
deweybelongsinthehall
Love your namesake. Was as classy as they come. For those to young, look him up.
deweybelongsinthehall
too
Gwynning
Dewey, you talking about Lyman? So many cool stories there, stuff they make good movies out of… the left-handed glove he was given as a youth, his propensity for basket catches (as a result of the wrong-handed glove), trying to refund his paycheck after hitting .100-something… and one sad story at the end. Taken too soon, dang shame. Career .311 hitter.
yankeeempire123
Gallo adds nothing.
thecoffinnail
Just another in the long line of players that have trouble in the bright lights of New York. I am confident Gallo and Torres would be fine with a change of scenery. Torres has a ton of potential he will tap into sooner or later and Gallo has several proven above average seasons.
ohyeadam
Come back Taylor (continues crying)!!!
Pedro 4 Delino
Hosmer for Gallo
Javia135
Gallo-.114/.244/.114, .358 OPS. Hosmer-.378/.404/.489, .893 OPS.
That’s gotta hurt.
robluca21
@javia it’s been 12 games……
Captain Judge99
Hope your kidding. If no Luis Campusano and Ryan Weathers then no deal with the Friars. I mean they got Voit for nothing, that will help the Yankees right now anyway.
Javia135
Last year Gallo had positive value and Hosmer had negative value. The Yankees could have gotten several prospects in that trade. Now the roles have reversed.
DogDays2
Reversed? They’ve only been playing a few weeks lol. Geez
Deleted Userr
Hosmer still has negative value. And more of it than Gallo.
Captain Judge99
That being said Gallo is a much better fit with the Pods then the Rangers. Gallo is still hitting 30 homers this season. He’s just not going to hit for a high average obviously. The Friars need him more than the Rangers.
Cosmo2
Yea, nothing has reversed at all. Gallo is still way more valuable of a player. Hot streaks and slumps cone and go and that’s all that’s happening here.
Poster formerly known as . . .
Hosmer also has a lot more guaranteed salary owed to him: $21M this year and $39M through 2025. Gallo is a free agent next year after being paid $10.275M this year.
stymeedone
Word has leaked today the the San Diego Padres and the (insert team name) discussed a trade for (insert star player name). The Padres were not able to complete the deal at this time because Hosmer and Myers are filling up their payroll, and (insert team name) was not willing to take back one or both of those players, nor pay the full salary of (insert player name) so they could stay under the threshold. Awaiting further developments.
yankeeempire123
Both suck.
thecoffinnail
I still believe some GM is going to trade for Myers and put him back at first. That is where he earned his big payday. I think the entire baseball world scratched their heads when Preller signed Hosmer. They finally find a position Myers could play everyday without getting injured, had a decent season at the plate, gave him $85m, and then put him right back where he started from and signed Hosmer to twice as much as anyone else offered.
Joe says...
CaptainJudge the Yankees got a 2020 first round pick for Voit, that’s not nothing. It’s just not immediate help.
Captain Judge99
@Joesays… your right, the kid they got has a power arm. Mid to high 90’s with a wipeout slider. I just wish Ryan Weathers or Chris Paddock would of been coming back also to help us right now.
Cosmo2
Holy crud, are people STILL proposing Hosmer trades? Are you kidding. Nobody. wants. him!
Deleted Userr
Be careful talking about Hosmer that way or @Padres2019ha will cart you off to the guillotine
VegasSDfan
Pass, Hosmer is way better
DarkSide830
the Gallo-Rodriguez trade is going to go down as a disaster for NYY.
Samuel
Same as Voit-Gallegos.
Hal and Cashman are lost.
bfriley76
Gallegos is great, so I get the sentiment, but the Yankees breed high-leverage relievers. I don’t think it hurts them as much as you think.
Joe says...
Don’t pay any attention to Sam. He’s just a salty Royals fan who for some weird reason trolls the Yankees.
Ronk325
Voit was generally very productive in his time with the Yankees and Gallegos would be behind at least three guys in the pecking order of the Yankees bullpen. Your revisionist history is inaccurate once again
Samuel
LOL
My “revisionist history”?
This past offseason this board was full of Yankee fans posts stating they wanted Voit off the team.
So Gallegos would not be of help to the bullpen? Really?
Ronk325
Yes, you’re assessing that trade solely on the current situation, that’s revisionist history. Voit was productive for the Yankees, fans wanted to move on from him because he no longer fit the team. Sure Gallegos would help the Yankees bullpen but he’d also be the fourth or fifth best option. They have a top five bullpen so they’re not exactly hurting without Gallegos
stymeedone
Voit didn’t fit the team as he didn’t cost enough. Gallo can be just as unproductive while costing more.
Nick
Eh.
Gallegos is great but the current Yankees bullpen is an absolute monster. King, Holmes have all been lights out. Green and Chapman have been very good around a minor hiccup each. Peralta and Castro have been solid. Loasiga has underperformed so far, but he’s arguably the best of the bunch.
Would the Yankees make room for a reliever of Gallegos’ caliber if he was still here? Sure. At the same time, they got a ++offensive player for a few years out of it. Win-win.
bucketbrew35
All four players acquired are in the Rangers top 30 now with Duran being 5th and Smith betting 7th. Yikes…
Samuel
Shows you how bad the Rangers farm system is.
They had to lay out hundreds of millions of dollars for FA’s this offseason because of it. And they currently have the worst record in the AL.
Lots of desperate ownerships out there. Today’s discussion of the Yankees, Padres, and Rangers are among the top with the Reds.
oldredgunslinger
The Rangers are ninth according to Baseball America.
Yankee Clipper
You’ll learn that Samuel only think he knows everything…
DogDays2
After reading several of Samuel’s posts over past few months, I’ve come to the obvious conclusion that he knows nothing about baseball.
Joe says...
Last year he said the Orioles would finish ahead of the Yankees.
Bledcam
The Rangers have a Top 10 Farm System, this is a ridiculous statement. Farm systems are ebb and flow. The Rangers farm is trending up and fast. Signing star players in the offseason has nothing to do with your farm.
Samuel
DragBunt;
Upvoted!
CubsWin108
Samuel’s point still stands, the Rangers suck. Even after spending all that money, and now they will be tied down to this money and screwed for years to come.
stymeedone
Forfeiting high draft picks to sign those players can definitely effect the farm.
Captain Judge99
@Darkside830- not really. Gallo was never really in the Yankees long term plans anyway. Gallo getting traded to the Padres or going back to the Rangers at the trade deadline is definitely not out of the question. Texas got a few nice young pieces back with Hauver, Duran, and Josh Smith.
DR2020
Only reason they got him last year at the deadline anyway was Cashman was able to get him for free ,Cashman loves these discounts. Texas paid the remainder of his salary last year
Bledcam
I wouldn’t call trading away a Top 100 prospects plus three “free.”
Mickey777
The Yanks did turn Rodriquez into Castro, who is a more than serviceable reliever.
RonDarlingShouldntBeInTheHallOfFame
In a contract year, Gallo is only worth a couple of AA prospects outside the Pads top 10. Wouldn’t be surprised at all if this deal happens..
whyhayzee
The Yankees are the used car dealer that rolls back the odometer to get more money for their lemons.
CursedRangers
That’s hilarious!
Cashman seemingly has a strategy of snagging as many players as possible from one of the worst teams in baseball – the Rangers. What he saw in Odor is still baffling me.
whyhayzee
Maybe the Cash man has that cross sensory thing where he smells something and sees something at the same time.
Rangers29
Send Gallo back home, he can actually play in Texas
Deleted Userr
He’s from Vegas. Closest MLB team to there is the Angels.
Cat Mando
thelegendaryharambe………..
Ummmmm…I believe Rangers29’s point is he was drafted by the Rangers and played most of his pro career there. Being born and raised in the toilet bowl of the southwest was not what he was referring to. He meant his “baseball home”
johnrealtime
SW > most of the US (I am not from the SW). Weird, random cheap shot
Cat Mando
johnrealtime……..
Nothing random about it. I lived in LV for 9 years. It is the toilet bowl of the SW.
johnrealtime
Oh ok, i misread. I thought you were calling the SW a toilet bowl. I also dislike Las Vegas
Cat Mando
johnrealtime……………………………..
No worries. Truth be told I don’t care for any major city. I was born in South Jersey, not far from where Mike Trout grew up and now lives in the off-season, and later we moved to the outskirts of Wilmington DE. My graduating HS class was only a couple hundred kids, although we did “produce NFL HoF’er Randy White. Because of that I am a strange combination….a Phillies fan since before Dick (at that time known as Richie) Allen was RoY and a die-hard Cowboys fan.
Sorry I rambled….my point was…..I am a small-town sort. I have tried living in big cities (San Diego, Vegas etc) and hated it…especially Vegas.
Joe says...
Rangers29 what would be a fair return?
Rangers29
With his current value and only being under team control for a partial season, not much. I’d say the latter half of the deal that sent him to NY, Glenn Otto and Trevor Hauver.
Joe says...
I’d be happy with that. Just to get him off the books and open a spot for Conforto. Or even bring up Florial.
baseball lifer
Maybe he will agree to return to the mound….
LordD99
Trade Gallo. Sign Conforto in July.
Yankee Clipper
This is actually a very plausible option. Cash isn’t going to get what he wants for Gallo though. He’s so strange. He undervalues players when he doesn’t need to & overvalued those he shouldn’t, especially at times he shouldn’t.
This is Cash’s MO roster construction coming to fruition though. And Boone is A-okay because everybody is in a good place right now and stuff.
It’s only been a few series, but what’s notable is the manner in which the Yankees have been held to 0 multiple games already. It’s indicative of last problems resurfacing in the lineup. Same MO, same problems, same outcome. Wash, rinse, repeat.
kellin
Ah, there it is. I wanted to find a place to talk about the Yankees struggles this season so far.. I saw a tweet that made me stop and think.. even if the team is currently 7-6, three of those losses are goose eggs.. tied with the Twins and D-Backs so far this season.
Btw, the tweet said something to the effect that the Yankees havent been blanked this many times at this point of the season since 1899.
Yankee Clipper
Yes, I saw that after your post, which got me thinking about how long it’s been, which apparently it’s only the second time in Yankees franchise history, with the only other time being when they were the Highlanders.
This is the new Yankees because the only ones who aren’t bothered by this are Hal, Randy, & Cash. Hicks is finally having success, but interviewed & said he’s just preparing for when he starts his “pull.” That’s a recipe for disaster for him & why he would sacrifice success for pull is beyond me (for the HR, obviously).
Boone is lost, but the team doesn’t have a hope or prayer to win the World Series. They simply cannot hit in crucial situational spots. They leave far too many men on base & their GIDP rate is ridiculous.
ws_champs
I could see them signing Conforto and then sending Gallo to the ghost IL.
Mickey777
Suggested Gallo to Padres, weeks ago. Then sign Michael Conforto, who would fit the Yankee needs much better. Conforto much better all round hitter, not as good defensively but the last thing the Yankees needed was a hitter that has very poor contact rate and always swings for the fences. Trade will not happen but some what reassuring to know that it was at least discussed. Not fair to blame one player for their anemic offense but Gallo is the biggest culprit,
Pedro 4 Delino
You make too much sense for it to happen
Yankee Clipper
But, that’s exactly the type of player Cashman gets…every single time.
I’m in the minority because I really like Gallo. He’s painful to watch when he’s striking out, but his defense is excellent & he’s a high OBP-guy with a ton of power. Great 6 or 7 hitter. The problem is we have an entire lineup full of them.
Gleyber should be a contact guy with gap power that takes his HRs when they come, Judge/Stanton/Rizzo are right where they need to be, but DJ (finally coming back around) should be high average, Hicks should be a high-contact, high OBP guy that hits top-of-the-order consistently, & IKF should be a high-contact bottom order bat.
But, almost every single one tries to put the ball in the stands on every swing. Hicks started the season talking about 30HRs. He should’ve just said his goal is to contribute meaningfully.
And Boone, ugh, kee trotting out Gleyber who’s inconsistent on defense & cannot hit the broad side of a barn right now.
Mickey777
Clipper,
I agree that Gallo is miss cast with the Yankees. It’s not that he is terrible, but he is a terrible fit and I think he’s another Sonny Gray. Just doesn’t produce in NYC. He’s batting barely 100 and has NO extra base hits. Unfortunately, we will get very little in return for him, still if it were me I’d move him.
Yankee Clipper
Yes I completely agree with you there. Gallo is not a fit for this lineup and never was. We could’ve used some of those valuable prospects for necessary improvements, like a true CF, SP, SS, or a number of other things.
This is a shining example of Cashman’s weakness. Coincidentally, it also exploits Boone who said of Gallo after Spring Training, “He’s in a really good place right now.” Boone is so detached or dishonest it doesn’t matter – his words mean less than nothing & his evaluations are equally useless.
My question is: with as bad as the Yankees are performing it appears as though they are picking up where they left off, so how have the new hitting coaches helped at all?! They’re still striking out, underperforming with RISP, GIDPs, & all-or-nothing swings. Where’s this “hitting strikes hard” genius that fixes Boone’s team’s offensive problems?
TrillionaireTeamOperator
I feel bad for Gallo. Maybe he’s a head case and New York is too big a market for him and he’d be better off in like Texas or Arizona or Seattle or something. Somewhere he’s relatively irrelevant and unscrutinized.
SteveB
He certainly wouldn’t be the first who couldn’t play in NYC.
Yanks4life22
This is just who Gallo is. He does his damage in spurts riding hot streaks in complete anonymity. Now it is just being watched up close every day. He has had plenty of runs like this in his career.
Yankee Clipper
It’s a valid point, and to a lesser degree IKF is having the same issue, & admitted as much in an interview. I think it has to do with the Yankees being their childhood dream team as well. Between the pressure of performing for their dream team & the pressure of the NY fans/media, some of these guys can’t perform, & understandably so.
SteveB
To paraphrase Henny Youngman–
Take Joey Gallo…… PLEASE!!
jbwithro
Voit = Gallo at the plate right now
Yanks4life22
At his best Gallo will be at the top of the league in HR’s, in the second tier of the league in BB’s and in the bottom of the league in pretty much every other offensive category. He can definitely manufacture runs but he is a lineup stopper. I think of him more as the best guy in a bad lineup that can’t put together a string of good AB’s so you need to generate runs from one swing. So for a lineup that apparently has championship aspirations it doesn’t make sense when the rest of the lineup is like Gallo. Sanchez was actually a better RH version of Gallo so they really just have a worse version of the same player this year which is why they are getting the same result……which is any team with a pitching staff that can bury sliders in the dirt all game absolutely own the Yankees.
RonDarlingShouldntBeInTheHallOfFame
30hrs and a .350 obp is still solid production..even if most comes on walks and bombs..plus, he’s made himself into a pretty good outfielder..Padres would be happy to scoop him up..
Brew88
The Pads do need power but not another low contact high K guy, they already have too many of those. Gallo’s stats are padded by brief power spurts against lower quality opposing pitchers, which wouldn’t help in the playoffs. So I’m not sure why a good team would want to sign him. At this point Profar looks better!
Smelly_Cobb
Profar is on another planet right now. His defense has been shocking to say the least.
Yanks4life22
He honestly would be fine in the Padres lineup. There is nothing wrong with Gallo, he is what he is, he’s just not the type of guy the Yankees should have gotten. I just don’t understand why everyone is shocked by Gallo being Gallo. You take the good with the bad.
Brew88
Not sure what your take is. He’s not fine for the Yanks, but would be fine for Pads?
Joe says...
Brew88 as Camrin Maybin said “The pinstripes are heavy.” Gallo just isn’t the guy for NY. If he went to a market that just allowed him to play and not over scrutinized his every move, he would likely be more productive.
Brew88
@Joe. I get that about NY. SD used to be such a market (where players lay low in the weeds), but today they’re a top 5 spending team in MLB, and expectations from fanbase and ownership are much higher. Ask Hosmer and Myers and Pagan, etc…
Joe says...
Good point about the recent expectations in SD.
Yanks4life22
Yeah….Gallo could be Gallo when the rest of the lineup has guys like Tatis and Cronenworth. Yanks have a Gallo at every spot in the order so it doesn’t work when every player is the same mold. It’s just poor, unimaginative, lazy lineup construction on the Yanks behalf and as a result it is highlighting Gallo’s flaws.
ARC 2
Problem for NYY is their refusal to trade any of their prospects for solid players. So if they only want to trade current players with very little value they will only get back limited value players.
Samuel
They’ve been in a form of a “rebuild on the fly” as they wait for the contracts they gave out that were overpays to expire. Yankee fans can’t figure this out even though it’s been happening for 2-3 years now. But that’s understandable.
What you call “solid players” are costly players that are past their peak production. The total opposite of what they’re doing.
Having a top 3 MLB payroll for 12 years and never getting to the WS cannot go on indefinitely. Making the playoffs may be fine with Yankee fans, but ownership needs the revenue of WS appearance’s to offset the payrolls.
ARC 2
We are not even talking about their top 5 prospects too. They could have obtained a few player with prospects out of their top 10 but still made no trades. They don’t really have that many bad contracts to get out from under.
sox4ever
They will prospect hug only to ruin him. Of all the baby bombers only Judge panned out. To think that team was actually fun to watch in 2017. Cashman and Boone need to be replaced
Y4L
At this point, trading Gallo would be the best thing for both sides. His 40% strike out rate is not going to get that much better. It was easier being in Texas where nothing was expected of him. I would rather have a platoon of LoCastro/Gonzalez at this point, until Conforto can be signed with no restrictions. Florial seems destined to leave in a trade or as a minor league free agent.
Yanks2
Gallo is garbage. Gardner would’ve cost must less and probably produced almost at the same (mediocre) level.
Yankees hired Dillon Lawson as the hitting coach to replace the God awful Marcus Thames but I don’t really see a difference. It’s still homerun or nothing. Donaldson, Judge, Torres, and to a lesser extent, Stanton.
Yanks will be first round exits in the playoffs, if they even make it that far. Cole is garbage and is a cheater and fleeced the Yankees. Severino is their ace and he’ll wind up getting injured like 85% of the rest of the team. Pathetic
Y4L
With that attitude, you should stop being a Yankee fan. You certainly aren’t anyone I would want to talk about baseball with. Just enjoy watching the games
casorgreener
Why? Because he is telling the truth?
Cosmo2
No way Gardener is better than Gallo. No way.
ArianaGrandSlam
Tell me one good reason why Gallo doesn’t suck. Anyone?
Gwynning
His glove. His arm. His OBP. I gave you 3 for free. When you speak of me, speak well.
BaseballClassic1985
Gallo stinks, plain and simple. Anybody who thinks otherwise is just parroting the sabermetrics garbage the media has been spoonfeeding them the past 5 years.
Gallo is a black hole in a lineup full of black holes because Cashman only cares about exit velocity and launch angle, believing it’s going to translate to on-field results. He ignores the glaring fact that Gallo doesn’t touch the ball in close to 40% of his ABs.
Mario93
Facts
Cosmo2
“Parroting sabermetrics garbage”? You mean studying the actual science of the issue in order to get to the truth is garbage? I’m sure you think you know more than experts, but you don’t. You’re relying on long since debunked old school myths. In short, you’re a baseball flat-earther
BaseballClassic1985
Yaaaaasaawwwwwwnnnnnn
Cosmo2
Yes, honest research and learning CAN be boring. But it has its benefits.
THE downvoter
After reading the series of gems in this comment section, Yankees fans, as a whole, might be the dumbest fan base in baseball. Spoiled, entitled, fickle, and love partial facts.
For the few Yankee fans with some common sense, you need to hold your fellow fans in check to improve the brand. Yanks2 and clowns like him just bring you all down.
Yanks2
Yankees have one of the highest payrolls in baseball and can’t even score 1 run against the BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Y4L
Yanks2 is just a disgruntled basher and doesn’t need to have his posts seen. MUTED
Deleted Userr
Who brags about muting people?
Sherm623
I think it was Y4L.
Not long ago. You can see it ^^
Y4L
I do, that’s who. People who live their lives constantly complaining about a team they supposedly support, live a sad life. I enjoy watching and supporting my team. Some years are good, some aren’t as good. Calling Cole a cheater and bashing the rest of the team only shows what kind of person Yanks2 is.
Brew88
They’re the New York Yankees, not the Pleasantville Yankees. Fans pay and hope and bleed and have the right to voice their opinions, you can disagree with how team is playing and still enjoy watching the games just as easily as you can blindly cheerlead for a team and enjoy watching the games.
Cosmo2
Yanks2: every team gets shut out a couple times per season. Are you really judging the payroll based on ONE game? C’mon
kellin
This is where I should have made my “blanked three times” comment. I saw a twitter post earlier that this is the first time since like 1899 the Yankees have been blanked 3 times at this point in the season. Currently tied with the D-Backs and Twins for most times blanked. Sure, they’re 7-6 right now, but its still not a very good look.
Yanks2
And also, the Yankees are the Yankees for a reason and are held to a higher standard than most teams. Yankee fans have a right to be entitled. Yankees are the most recognized team in all of sports and Brian Cashman has not demonstrated the ability to construct a hungry motivated team.
THE downvoter
Look everyone! A typical NYY fan who likely has never left the general NYC area, yet is an expert on OUR fan standards through THEIR myopic rose-colored glasses. All hail the mighty (big payroll) NYY.
Yankee Clipper
The Yankees are held to a higher standard than most teams, if that’s what you’re referring to. But, I don’t think that was as much a statement about “other teams” as it was about the NYY fan base & ownership, who openly acknowledge that anything less than a World Series is a failure…which is a higher standard than most teams.
Poster formerly known as . . .
Which team do you root for, downvoter, if any?
Cosmo2
Mann United would dispute this claim
Rsox
If the Yankees didn’t keep Gallo and re-sign Rizzo their lineup would be even more RH heavy than it is now. They don’t even play to the strengths of their own ballpark.
I was watching “Major League: Back to the Minors” recently and it seems like the entire league has adopted the philosophy of trying to go “Down town” in every AB and like with “Down town” Anderson the results are “Swing and a miss”
stymeedone
The problem is that WAR stats are fantasy league stats. HRs are counted as being worth Way more than a single, more than it actually is. It assumes rbi’s are a product of accident. There just happened to be runners on. None of it applies accurately to people, who have different personalities and mindsets in different situations. Nor does it apply to teams, and chemistry. Much of the old lineup building had merit, with tablesetters, and players batting 2nd who were useful to move runners along, even when making an out. The new school of thought has forgotten everything that was learned by the old school.
Yankee Clipper
Stymee: Very cogently written. It’s such an odd philosophy & I hadn’t thought about the direct connection to fantasy leagues, where the stats have a two-way impact on the game (instead of real game down to fantasy only). It’s a great point, nonetheless, & provides some context to the stat nerds’ having “stat darlings” that are brutal to watch play.
emac22
Home runs are worth way way more than singles.
The new school of thought is not that we should use WAR to analyze players.
Single stats, even when they compilations like WAR are used to sell something. That’s always been the case because there has always been agents trying to sell the value of their clients or fans of their players.
emac22
If the Yankees didn’t sign Rizzo, traded Gallo and didn’t trade for Donaldson they would have had about 40 million dollars to spend.
They could have [picked up a couple of decent lefties and had some change.
It sounds like they could have used a chunk of that and Gallo to really help the Padres and get something really nice in return.
I’d actually prefer a switch hitter to a lefty anyway.
Milwaukee-2208
Anyone see Cole’s stats before and after sticky substance crackdown?
Yikes….
MLB network had them up and it’s very telling
Yanks4life22
If I were to tell you that in the next 7 years Cole would have 3 seasons with a sub 3 era, 3 seasons with a sub 4 era, and a season where he has a clunker and pitches at a close to a 5 era …..would you think that’s a solid performance from Cole?
Deleted Userr
I’m only taking him if they attach Dominguez.
StudWinfield
I don’t mind rolling with Gallo this season. Just don’t sign him to some ridiculous contract.
Mickey777
Winfield,
Can’t imagine the Yankees resigning Gallo, even if he turns his season around. Just the wrong fit for the Yankees and New York.
holecamels35
I’m not a fan of players like this. I get the power and everything, but he represents the new age of “batting average is useless lol” guys and really him drawing walks and whiffing all the time isn’t helping you win.
billy09
One of the craziest statistics in my opinion is that Gallo only has 2 career sac flies. Two in his entire career (one with TX and one last year with NY). For reference, Schwarber and Sano who debuted the same year as Gallo and have similar swing-and-miss profiles both have 10 sac flies in their career. Doesn’t sound like much but it’s a 1000% difference…
Poster formerly known as . . .
First of all, that’s not a 1000% difference.
10 – 2 = 8. Eight is 400% of 2.
Second of all, that’s still only 10 sac flies in an entire career. Not a big deal in terms of a career’s worth of production
I’m not defending Gallo, but that stat is virtually meaningless.
Wisdom shared
Just an FYI, but Rod Carew plus Wade Boggs, the last two MLB players that came close to hitting .400 in a season, both said the same thing.. Baseball is a game of failure where players hitting .300 are now called superstar players. They are an out 7 out of 10 times to the plate and I listened to Boggs talk about modern baseball and he called it a calamity that fans tolerate players hitting .181 or.200 (the Mendoza Line) and in his day those were called bench players or they were in triple A.
Brew88
Don’t forget Tony Gwynn’s attempt at 400. We named a beer .394
Gwynning
The best pale ale I’ve ever had! I love Alesmith. That’s an honest and impartial assessment… must try if you like pale ales!
Poster formerly known as . . .
Right, Wisdom. But my post has nothing to do with that. I just pointed out here the essential meaninglessness between two and 10 sac flies over the course of an entire career. The Gallo acquisition was a blunder, as I said below.
LFGMets (Metsin7)
I remember a year ago I said before the trade that Joey Gallo was one of the reason the Rangers were always in last place. Everyone on this site attacked me. It looks like batting .200 while leading the league in strikeouts isn’t a good thing after all
Poster formerly known as . . .
Gallo wasn’t their problem. They’ve been near the bottom in pitching fWAR every year for the last four years.
CJML
That entire offense was bad and zero pitching. Gallo was at least a productive player in Texas.
Poster formerly known as . . .
The acquisition of Gallo is symptomatic of what’s been wrong with Cashman’s approach for at least the last several years. A truism I’ve heard repeatedly from sabermetric analysts is that you acquire talented players whenever you can, and how they’ll benefit your team will work itself out.
But the pieces need to be complementary. The talent you acquire needs to fill specific needs.
Cashman’s analysts excused Gallo’s high strikeouts by referring to his walks and home runs.
In the first half of 2021, the Yankees were tied with the Dodgers for the top rank in BB%, They didn’t need walks. They were 10th in HR. They were 11th in K%, 22nd in Contact %, and 17th in BA. They were also dead last in stolen bases and second-last in Base Running.
On the year, the Yankees were 6th in strikeouts and 26th in BA with men on.
They didn’t need another high-strikeout long ball hitter. They needed an athletic, high-contact hitter with some speed.
sox4ever
Starling Marte comes to mind. He would’ve fit so perfectly for the Yankees last season
Poster formerly known as . . .
Yup. Vastly better choice than Gallo.
DR2020
Don’t forget though, Cashman targeted players who he could get for free. Gallo fit the bill last year. And Cashman has a love affair with his “big hairy monsters”
Yankee Clipper
Yes, very well said, Fink. Not to mention they led the league in GIDPs as well.
Poster formerly known as . . .
Three players were tied for third in GDP last year: Stanton, Josh Bell and Josh Donaldson each grounded into 22 DP.
On the other hand, Jose Abreu and Juan Soto were first and second in GDP, and I’d happily add Soto to the roster. But then, Juan also hit .313 and had a .999 OPS and 175 OPS+.
Rumors2godsears
What an absolute fluff piece… the Padres?! Who have been hamstrung with payroll not to mention they have been very public about their desire to move Hosmer or Myers.. this just seems they wanted to throw out Gallo’s potential to speculate how the mighty Yankees can shed this player who is under performing.. and if he gets hot? Why would they then move him?
Poster formerly known as . . .
How is this a fluff piece? This site is just a clearinghouse of rumors, and this article just reports what Heyman said in the New York Post.
Brew88
Not just fluff. Preller has been so outwardly hot on Gallo I can imagine that Cashman knows that if and when he needs to move him the first contact will be the Pads. SD has $ and don’t need to move Hos ( who is their 2nd best hitter this year) or Myers
sox4ever
The Yankees are so poorly run, it’s embarrassing. They should have moved on from Gallo and salvaged whatever value he had at the time. With every hitless day that goes by his value drops a little more.
DR2020
Captain I’d take 50 cents for him, addition by subtraction. He’s not comfortable playing in NY
Yankee Clipper
What I don’t understand is that we could get the same (or BETTER) production from our MiLB guys. Why not use them instead, get them the reps, see if they’re for real & actually save some real money in the process. Florial is withering away, we have several others who sat in the minors for years waiting for their chance, only to be relegated back to the minors until they’re out of options & given away. It’s so stupid.
Captain Judge99
At this point I would be happy to get Al Abreu and Trevor Hauver for Gallo. Florial needs a chance to play everyday. He could be a leadoff hitter, and be a 20/20 player, blindfolded. Florial will definitely help some ML club out there. I just hope it’s the Yankees
mike156
It’s too early to tell for sure, but this season looks like last one, with big name players producing at just league average or worse.
Yankee Clipper
Yeah, unfortunately, and Judge seems to be struggling too, although I have more faith in his bat than I do the rest of the lineup. I won’t be surprised if the pressure of FA takes its toll on Judge this year though, knowing what he gave up and *has* to perform to match the offer he turned down. He’s not off to a very good start though.
Hicks has surprised me. He’s accidentally gotten several base hits while trying to go 30/30.
SDFriars
Joey Gallo has never been good. Will never be good. Preller just is stuck on players from the past, whether its his time with the rangers or padres. He runs on his memories from seeing some dude on the backfields from 2012 or 2018. “He was a beast when I saw him in the showcase”….. don’t pay yesterdays value for todays trash.
SportsFan0000
Another “patented” AJ Preller “give away” deal where Preller tosses overboard highly rated young talent in multiples for another team’s garage sale garbage players who should be DFAed. Preller is excessive compulsive” about landing/trading for/signing former Rangers players.
Get rid of Jurickson Profar…one of the most overrated, under producing players ever…but, he is a former Ranger so he has a job until Preller gets fired or quits.
Brew88
“overrated, under producing”. What does that mean? In Profar’s case he was MLB consensus #1 prospect, because of that inflated rating, anything less than superstar is DFAable?
SportsFan0000
Profar is an overpaid utility player whose stats don’t justify the hype…
Brew88
Not much hype remains, and he’s no longer a utility player
SportsFan0000
Profar plays like a utility player, His career stats are below average. No way he starts in LF on any other contending team. His contract extension was a huge “overpay” for what he brings to the table.
Profar is a career .220-23o hitter with below average power
He had maybe 1-2 decent years and the rest of his stats would not even
earn him a place on the bench for most major league teams in contention.
Poster formerly known as . . .
In other news that’ll soon have an impact in the Bronx, the Guardians, whom many hereabouts were disparaging before the season started, are now in first place in the Central.
The Yankees had better figure out how to hit before tomorrow’s game.
64' Yanks
Won’t happen the Yankees are controlled by the Front Office. Boone is only there because someone has to take out the lineup card. The Yankees are a joke because Hal has no clue so he thinks Cash and Randy know what they are doing with the analytic dept. Time to sell Hal.
DR2020
Why would he sell when he raking in the bucks and will continue to do so
TradeAcuna
Gallo for Duvall.
get it done!
Poster formerly known as . . .
I’d do that, but Cashman’s analytics department probably wouldn’t. They’d probably look at their total numbers from last year and ignore how Gallo crashed in the Bronx.
brucenewton
By all accounts he’s a great guy. I feel bad for him. Hopefully he doesn’t follow the local press.
SupremeZeus
Bullet dodged.
deleted account
I should be the GM of the Yankees. I would bring a World Series anywhere I went. I am a walking world series. I am M1
Ha-Seong Kim
Please m1. You’re a chunk. Use that energy towards getting some exercise my guy.
Poster formerly known as . . .
Maybe it’s too early to say, but does anyone else get the impression that Donaldson doesn’t fit in the Yankee clubhouse? There are some players who join the club and seem immediately to gel with the mix, and some who, for whatever reason, don’t.
There’s no stat for clubhouse chemistry, so perhaps the laptop brigade in the front office discount its importance. Certainly there have been winning teams with members who couldn’t stand each other, and volatility doesn’t necessarily crimp competitiveness on the field. Two highly competitive players with a beef might play harder to best each other.
But it can go a different way, too.
In Vegas they have the concept of a “cooler,” a person sent by the casino to a hot table where someone is winning big. The cooler’s job is to throw the winner off his game just by messing with the chemistry, gamblers being a very superstitious lot. The house swears that coolers don’t exist, but some regulars swear they do.
Point being, ballplayers are streaky, superstitious players too. If you bring in, say, a guy who publicly ripped your ace pitcher as a cheater in the previous season, is it possible that his presence amplifies each of that pitcher’s failures and, conversely, that hitter’s failures too, regardless of a publicized meeting that supposedly smoothed over their differences?
I don’t know if it’s happening, but I do think it’s possible.
Dustyslambchops23
I’ve read all your comments in this thread, you seem to know your stuff and the game.
This take is a bit much though. JD is off to a slow start and your expectations for him are leading to an overblown theory. If he was batting .300 with 5 HRs you’d be saying what a great fit. Everywhere he’s gone he’s been considered a fantastic teammate and a fan favourite, but sadly his prime is done and a full season of productivity is probably not in his cards. But he’ll have a hot streak and all will be fine.
Not a Yankees fan, but see and watch them often, in general I don’t see much of a unique culture or strong club house overall. Not saying that really matters in baseball but this version of the team doesn’t feel overly close knit to begin with.
Great pitching staff though, if the starters stay healthy, the pen is elite. Yanks will be fighting for the division.
Poster formerly known as . . .
The Yankees haven’t seemed to have a strong clubhouse bond since 2018, maybe 2019. Didi Gregorious brought a lot of personality and fun that hasn’t been replaced, and back in 2017 and 2018 they had a lot of fun with Ronald Torreyes and the Toe-Night Show. They don’t seem a very animated group anymore. Not much conspicuous humor in the dugout.
Dustyslambchops23
In all honesty, and take this with a grain of because I’m a jays fan. The Yankees always seemed more fun and more a team unit when they were hated. The whole ‘evil empire’ thing, being hated and collectively embarrassing it.
Sadly, for as good as Judge is, he doesn’t really fit the profile, he’s too damn nice and likeable. There’s just no cockiness or flare anymore from any of the stars
Poster formerly known as . . .
One of my favorite baseball quotes is from Bill “Spaceman” Lee:
“You take a team with twenty-five a**holes and I’ll show you a pennant. I’ll show you the New York Yankees.”
billysbballz
Here a trade idea. I know San Diego is gonna want the moon and stars because there fan base is not the smartest. San Diego outfield might be one of the worst in baseball. Gallo has potential to turn this around and hit over 30hr as a left handed bat. He also plays golf glove defense. Obviously playing in NY might not be the best situation for him.
Trade idea includes Gallo and Gleyber Torres. That’s 16m going to Padres in contracts.
In return the Pads send the Yanks 3 roster players. Trent Grisham and Kim Ha-Seong and the notorious Juricson Profar. So now the Yanks are also in return getting 16 m back. Gallo is a free agent at end of season while profar isn’t until 2024. Torres is young but struggling which is the same for both Grisham and Ha-Seong. All around this looks on paper as if San Diego is winning the deal but the Yanks are getting a few young players with potential and high end defense in return. Grisham can play cf and move Hicks to LF.. Grisham also bats lefty. Ha-Seong can take Torres spot and provide better defense and speed but his bat looks like it’s questionable thus far. Profar is an eventual DFA for Yanks when the kids are ready to come up. Thoughts on this amazing trade idea Pad fans?
Ha-Seong Kim
My thoughts—Padres don’t want the Yankees’ trash
DR2020
Exactly.Torres and Gallo not worth much right now.
Brew88
My thoughts: seek a bigger allowance before opening the candy store door. Profar WAR in 22 so far is double Gallo WAR in 21 for Yanks. Grish more likely AS than Gallo
billysbballz
So 12 games is your gauge? Lmao
Gallo worthless snd Profar headed to all star game? If you don’t think Pads would deal Profar contract if they had chance your nuts!
Brew88
read my post before blah blah blahing. I never said Profar was heading to AS game? Grish = Grisham. The point about WAR was more about the 240 unproductive ABs the Yanks got from Gallo than the 40 productive ABs from Profar this year.
Both Profar and Gallo have embarrasing WAR over their careers
Brew88
As for the trade proposal. The Pads have little need to sign Torres to back up the back up at SS (Tatis and Abrams). The trade doesn’t just not address the the Pads need for more depth/talent in the OF, it weakens it. Sure Gallo might be an upgrade to Profar in LF and good on the Yanks if they want to take on his salary, but the loss of Grisham who is a gg-caliber CF with nothing but upside and under control for 4 years (for a 2022 rental of Gallo) is a move no GM would make. Toss in Kim who also has considerable value, and this trade flops flat. But I can see why a Yanks fan would suggest it
AJ the Rastaman
DEAR AJ… HOW ABOUT A HELL NO ON THIS GUY. PLEEEEEASE. I absolutely CAN NOT STAND players who strike out a lot.
BloodySox
Is this a letter to yourself?
3Rivers
More continuous proof….. Third in all of MLB in payroll, and that loaded offense gets you 25th in MLB in runs scored? Smh Sm
I know I know, only 12 games.
These teams that spend over 200 over 250 million in payroll, they can win the WS a few years in a row and spending that much YEARLY will never be worth it.
MLB is a joke. Theses owners are hypocrites. It makes me sick.
I absolutely love it when the top 6 or 7 teams in payroll every year miss the playoffs, or go out in the 1st round.
The only major professional sport not to have a payroll is comical…and these owners are just fine with it based on their votes to end the lockout. Why I continue to watch Major League Baseball is beyond me.
Poster formerly known as . . .
I think you must’ve meant the only sport without a salary cap, no?
BTW, the owners wanted a salary cap. The players didn’t.
bls.gov/opub/mlr/cwc/salary-caps-in-professional-t…
VegasSDfan
Gallo for a no level prospect or a bag of chips plus the Yankees pay all of his salary
rocky7
Yeh, about what kind of comment you’d expect from a Padres fan…..again, how many times has your team made that playoffs and fields a competitive team? Oh yeh, dwell on that 2020 and 2021 record…..when you win something, give us Yankee fans a call here in NY.
bigstein09
Ultimately, the Padres decided the asking price of one bag of baseballs was too high.
waltsneck1
The Yankees would love to unload Gallo. Not sure why anyone offer much of value.
waltsneck1
The Yankees would love to unload Gallo. Don’t think anyone is going offer much. They should wait until the trade deadline when teams are looking for a bat for the stretch and maybe he’ll recoup some his value. On the other hand, he could continue to struggle.
VegasSDfan
A bat? More like a fairy wand?
The guy is done
Poster formerly known as . . .
“Done” is probably overstating your case. He’s 28 years old and hit 38 home runs and scored 90 runs last year.
Brew88
At some point Gallo will get hot (usually mid-summer) and hit 8-9 HRs in 15 games and win a few games. But I don’t see him being a difference-making trade deadline pickup for a playoff bound team. Being able to handle the bat and make meaningful contact is paramount in the playoffs, and Gallo doesn’t hit elite pitching well (look it up), He’s just not the guy I want in my team’s lineup in the stretch run, or against Scherzer or Buehler in October.
DR2020
I wising, but he is an honorary Steinbrenner ,and additionally Hal dislikes change, so Cashman will be here until Hal sells the team unfortunately. And why would he, he’s making boatloads of money
Bigtimeyankeefan
Trade him for a bag of peanuts
DR2020
He’s not worth it, maybe half a bag lol
Yanks4life22
Cashmans days are numbered. Besides for the lackluster teams he has constructed with more resources than other teams combined another court has ruled against the Yankees in the unsealing of a letter between Manfred and Cashman related to sign stealing. Once he gets exposed I imagine he gets the quick axe. So who does Hal hire after that? Theo?
DR2020
I wising, but he is an honorary Steinbrenner ,and additionally Hal dislikes change, so Cashman will be here until Hal sells the team unfortunately. And why would he, he’s making boatloads of money
Yankee Clipper
Who does Hal hire? Good question as it will determine the Yankees identity for the foreseeable future. But first, I don’t believe Cashman will be fired. Next, on the off chance he is, Hal will select whomever will follow his stringent order to fall below the CBT threshold at all costs, so nobody that will impress us, most likely. The most likely candidate will be an internal Cashman clone that has demonstrated family loyalty.
Yanks4life22
I wonder if anyone is cozying up to one of Hal’s kids like Cashman did back in the day with Hal. Gotta give him credit, he played the hell out of the long game by latching onto Hal from a young age.
Mario93
Good, get him the hell out of there. He’s useless. Just goes to show how awful some of the new “advanced metrics” can sometimes judge a player. “Well he’ll hit home runs and play defense”. First off his defense is nothing special at all, far from it. From the eye test he seems average if anything. And who cares about 30 home runs in a 162 game season, where he’ll break records for strikeouts. Which means for the other 132 games he’s basically doing absolutely nothing but walking once in a while and striking out 2-3-4 times a game. But Gallo is a great player to some…. Okay. Good for you.
algionfriddo
Gallo in 22 so far… 43 plate appearances, 0 HR, 0 RBI & 0 runs scored. Still just a small sample size but yeesh.
DR2020
Not if you add it to last years futility. I just don’t think he’s cut out for NY. Seems too anxious and easily flustered. Can’t even answer a question.
Rsox
Contrary to the popular belief that every player wants to be a Yankee not every player is cut out to be a Yankee and handle the media. Texas is night and day from New York
DR2020
Agreed. But it would mean more if he hit sone of those hrs when if counted, but I have not seen that either.
top jimmy
Whatever the Pads offered, they should have taken it. Put Andujar in LF and give him a chance to play every day. If he shows he can’t handle it, then sign Conforto after the draft (so you don’t have to forfeit a draft pick) and make him the new LF.
DR2020
I wanted Conforto before the season.
Poster formerly known as . . .
I dunno. A bidding war with the Long Island Ducks could get pretty ugly.
Indianfan
Just one more meaningless, irrelevent east coast-biased story. Who really cares what the Yankees might have done?
bigstein09
Going off of how many comments this post has generated (including one from yourself), I’d say quite a few. Now run along, child.
emac22
Millions of people on the east coast.
Is that confusing?
Poster formerly known as . . .
“east coast-biased”? The team is on the East Coast, sir or madam.
The Guardians are in the Midwest. Would that make news reports about them “Midwest-biased”?
To answer your question, the social media data say the Yankees have the most followers of any MLB team — 3.5 million on Twitter and 2.8 million on Instagram:
sportskeeda.com/baseball/news-5-mlb-teams-largest-…
The Yankees have a sizeable foreign fan base, too. For instance, they’re the most popular MLB team in Mexico. So maybe you can add a Central American bias to the East Coast bias.
Yankee Clipper
Don’t forget the DR, & Venezuela too, where the Yankees are incredibly popular, hence many top prospects’ strong desire to sign with them.
Let’s just call it what it is – worldly bias. But, other than most baseball fans in the world, who cares? I hear you fella… and a point you made – just not the one you were trying to.
emac22
Wow.
They knew enough to trade him but because of two fatal personality flaws they didn’t.
1. They couldn’t bear to sell for less then they paid. (AKA my ego is too fragile to do what’s beat for the team)
2. They could have used Gallo and some money to buy some valuable stuff at discount prices and were literally too cheap to even do that.
Mind boggling.
SpendNuttinWinNuttin
It’s be hysterical if they extend Gallo
Poster formerly known as . . .
“Man, that’s just mean! That’s mean, man!”
youtube.com/watch?v=BKHoMi-U8g4&t=1s
Yankee Clipper
They won’t. Not because of what he brings, or the lack thereof, but because the money he would net on the market. It’s too rich for the Yankees. I’ve said it before, from this point forward Cashman’s primary directive will be getting under the CBT and never crossing it again. That’s Hal’s primary purpose – a more distinct goal for him than winning, eating, or even breathing.
Poster formerly known as . . .
Choke artist Green does it again. 8th inning two-run home run to give the Guardians the lead, to a light-hitting catcher who came to the plate 3-31. Should’ve traded him two years ago.
Yankee Clipper
The worst part: ALL these games matter significantly. As we close in on the end of the season and all the teams are hovering around 90 wins, the Yankees could’ve been 5 wins ahead just from the close games they lost already.
The Yankees have always been my favorite sports team, bar none. I love the Yankees. That said, I think the only way we may be able to get this Yankees team to the next level is if they lose & don’t make the playoffs.
Poster formerly known as . . .
Did you hear what Cone said? Green blew 13 leads last year. He had seven losses last year. I realize it’s a marathon and all, but just one less loss and the Yankees could’ve avoided that Wild Card game at Fenway. Oh, well. Spilt milk.
I do have to say, I’m loving Kiner-Falefa and his .298 average. Just what this lineup needed.
And incidentally, those jamokes who threw garbage at the Guardians outfielders ought to be identified by the Yankee front office and banned for life. I’ve sat among the Bleacher Creatures and I can testify that they’re a collection of classless degenerate slobs who disgrace the franchise and the city. And those idiots in left field who taunted Kwan after his injury are low-class trash too. Those morons know how to seize defeat from the jaws of victory. A-holes all.
alumofuf
I would be happy if we got a #1 pick or a minor league prospect