Since Joey Gallo has became a New York Yankee, it was not meant to be. The Yankees knew exactly who they were getting. A guy who would half of the time strikeout and another half of the time he would hit long balls. But, they never imagined that it would be so lopsided towards the negative category.
It wasn't like the Yanks got Joey Gallo for free or signed him for nothing, they gave up a haul for him in return and obviously nowadays it looked like they were totally ripped off, which they were. They gave up 4 prospects which some have already made their marks in the majors and some are at the top of the Rangers farm system.
The Yankees obviously are trying to move on from Gallo as he has less total hits than Aaron Judge does have home runs and is on pace to have the worst batting average of all time. They have already traded for his replacement Andrew Benintendi, but it begs the question, who would want to trade for this guy anyway after how bad he has been?
A guy who is batting now under .160 is not appealing to any major league team and a former gold glover in the outfield has not made any jaw-dropping plays in the outfield yet this season. There are plenty of other better outfielders on the market right now ahead of Gallo such as superstar Juan Soto, so Gallo is really not anywhere close to the top of some other teams lists that are looking for outfielders.
One potential answer for his struggles is that he just cannot handle the bright lights and big stage of New York City. But on the other hand, there have been dozens of players who could never handle the bright lights of New York City, but none of them have struggled this bad over this long of a period. If this is the case he needs to find a lower market team like the Texas Rangers, where he thrived, so he can get his groove back which he has been missing since he landed in New York last summer.
When the Yankees added Benintendi, they decided to send down Locastro and not DFA Gallo or even think about sending him down. And its not like Locastro doesn't bring anything to the team, he is the fastest and best pinch runner on the team and his bat has not been that bad this season either. He has been much more effective than Gallo has been at any point this season.
Another question is why haven't the Yanks sent Gallo down to Scranton Wilkes-Barre at any point this season so he can focus on getting his groove back in the minors before returning to the majors. Its not like the Yanks don't have anyone who could fill his shoes for that time being, you have Tim Locastro or even Estevan Florial who has been in the Yanks system for awhile now and has shown some promise in the minors. Now that you have Benintendi there is really no room left for Gallo anymore and it is clear that the Yanks want to move on, but it's not that easy.
So, as the boos get louder and louder every time Joey Gallo strikes out at Yankee Stadium each and every game, Yankee fans including myself wonder when will Joey Gallo finally be off this Yankee ball club.
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