10:57AM: The Rays may not be too deep in the Gallo hunt, as Kristie Ackert of the New York Daily News hears that the “Yankees wanted too much back” in return.
7:56AM: Joey Gallo’s time in the Bronx is widely expected to be up by Tuesday’s trade deadline, and the Yankees have been exploring trade possibilities for the struggling outfielder. The Brewers, Padres, and Rays are among the clubs who have shown interest in the former All-Star, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale writes.
San Diego discussed a Gallo deal during Spring Training, and has been linked to the slugger’s market multiple times in the past, dating back to Gallo’s time with the Rangers. The Rays and Brewers also had interest in Gallo at last year’s deadline, and seem to be again revisiting a trade 12 months later.
Of course, quite a lot has happened to Gallo’s trade value in the past year, none of it good. After posting only a .707 OPS in 228 plate appearances as a Yankees in 2021, Gallo’s slump has only deepened this season. Gallo has hit only .159/.282/.339 with 12 homers over 273 PA, with a wRC+ of 81 (the league average is 100) and strikeout and whiff rates that rank near the bottom of the league.
On the flip side, Gallo is still posting outstanding hard-contact numbers and his 14.7% walk rate is one of the best of any player in baseball. A .217 BABIP only deepens the frustration, yet Gallo is so rarely making contact in the first place that his scuffles can’t be chalked up to just bad batted-ball luck. This lack of production in the pinstripes is “something I’m gonna have to really live with for the rest of my life,” Gallo told The Athletic’s Lindsey Adler earlier this week. “It’s going to be tough. I didn’t play well, I didn’t live up to expectations. And that’s a tough pill to swallow.”
The Yankees’ acquisition of Andrew Benintendi has all but confirmed that Gallo will be dealt, though what New York can expect back in return is an open question. The 28-year-old outfielder is a free agent after the season and is owed roughly $3.4MM for the remainder of the year, making it quite possible that the Yankees will have to eat most or all of that money unless another unwanted contract is swapped in return. While interested teams surely view Gallo as a change-of-scenery candidate, the Yankees don’t have much leverage in trying to market him as such, since it is so widely known that the club wishes to part ways with the outfielder.
In Tampa Bay’s case, the Yankees are surely wary of the idea of Gallo reviving himself on an AL East rival, and it is fair to wonder if New York would want more in order to move Gallo within the division. The Rays may have the more glaring need for outfield help given that Manuel Margot, Harold Ramirez, and Kevin Kiermaier are all injured, with Kiermaier being out for the season in the wake of hip surgery.
However, the Rays already made a left-handed hitting outfield upgrade yesterday, landing David Peralta in a trade with the Diamondbacks. It is possible this move could take the Rays out of the Gallo market, though the club is still looking for more outfield depth, as Nightengale also reports that Tampa is interested in former Ray and current Red Tommy Pham.
Christian Yelich, Andrew McCutchen, Hunter Renfroe, and Tyrone Taylor have comprised Milwaukee’s outfield mix for much of the season, with McCutchen also getting the majority of DH time. Yelich is the only left-handed bat of the quartet, and Gallo could become a platoon partner with Taylor in center field. 2019 was the only season Gallo played a sizeable amount of center field, but he acquitted himself quite well defensively up the middle, even if right field is his ideal position — Gallo has won the last two American League right field Gold Gloves.
Gallo? Nooooooo! Sincerely, Brewer fan
Yeah unless we’re time traveling and they take Matt Garza from us in 2014, then no thanks. Gallo has absolutely no value. Like bringing in Rob Deer or Jose Hernandez. K or HR and it’s usually K.
afsooner02 – Ah, good old Rob Deer. I haven’t thought about him in decades. Thanks for the memories, also known as the Three True Outcomes, Mr. Deer.
Other than Easter Sunday 1987, which earned him 5ish more years with the brewers, Deer was not a good player.
Rob Deer had an above average OPS+ every season he played for Milwaukee. Dude was good. Numbers don’t lie.
Rob Deer had value, but was considered a marginal player. Someone with those same stats today gets treated as an all star. Raise your standards people.
Numbers don’t lie. The hard hit rate lies. According to hard hit rate, Gallo is doing well.
When you cherry pick your stats, everyone is “good”
Gallo is .01 WAR. He literally is the “R” in WAR.
Maybe we can trade Gallo to the Sting Rays, for cash? All of a sudden they have so much money now.
Him and adames would be best pals. They can compete for the most k’s
Gallo and Volpe for a lottery ticket. NYY must throw in a sweetener for someone to take him off their hands.
You think they’d give up volpe to save 3.4 million?
Right, because he’s got five more years left on his deal. Oh wait, he’s a free agent after this one. Never mind.
Explain why this would be a good idea for the Yankees.
Noooooo!
Sincerely,
A Rays Fan
Looks like it was just reported the Yankees are asking a lot for Gallo and the Rays have dipped out. My guess is they get 1 low level prospect or just cash considerations from a desperate team.
My guess is its just click bait news article. Why would any team give up players for a guy batting .150 ?? A guy who makes a lot of money. Seriously I don’t get how he is valuable?
They want the Yanks to pay his freight. Division rival wants him for free. That’s actually funny.
Brewers, Padres, Rays will regret trading for Gallo. Any prospect(s) they give up is way too much.
You guys don’t understand that a change of scenery can work wonders. I’m not saying Gallo is an all-star but why not give it a shot for a mediocre prospect or two.
If he’s the only player available, maybe. But why even hope he can turn it around when a) there are..albeit limited..other options to potentially trade for, and b) whoever is looking to acquire someone actually needs an upgrade somewhere.
In Milwaukee’s case, they gave Cain 2 years to try and turn it around and it didn’t work. Yelich is actually hitting (still no power though) after 2 years of struggles. They got nothing from JBJ for a full year and got lucky Boston was willing to take him back. They don’t need a ‘change of scenery will make all the difference in the world’ guy, they need a proven hitter, or just stick with who they have now.
Simple, because he has the ability to hit homers in bunches and you’re probably giving up nothing.
Can we just assume the Padres or in on anyone taking a breath and move on from posting them in every article.
Gallo will turn it around with a different lineup and a manager that knows how to construct one. Boone routinely bats Gallo 9th between IKF and DJL. He has a 14% walk rate because pitchers are pitching around him. He rarely sees anything he can hit. Sandwiching contact hitters around a huge power threat is dumb. If Boone had a lineup of Rizzo, Judge, Gallo, Stanton in that order Joey would hit like his old self. Whichever team gives up the lottery ticket OF or lefty pitcher for him is going to look like a genius. There is a reason the Padres, Brewers and Rays are all looking at him. All of those teams are well known for superior talent evaluating GMs. Plus his defense alone is worth acquiring.
Im not a Gallo basher, but in no way can you blame his placement in the lineup for his troubles.
He was moved down in the lineup … after he couldn’t hit.
You can’t say that a guy who strikes out so much doesnt see anything to hit.
He’s not being “pitched around” – he’s getting 49.9% of pitches inside the zone this year, up from career average of 48.1%. He’s literally getting more pitches in the zone than normal
Problem is, he’s not making good quality contact – career low exit velocity average, by a long way (removing his 30 PA season in 2016)
Why bring up facts like this when you can say something dumb and think nobody will fact check you. Gallo can’t hit because of Boone what a insane take.
I’d trade Joey to the Brew Crew not sure what they got to give up though
Its not like his value is high. A mid tier prospect and a lotto ticket would be enough
The best the Yanks are going to get for Gallo is a AA-AAA RP.
Nobody is giving New York a mid tier prospect. Even if they pay his remaining salary. A lotto ticket is the current ceiling for a trade.
I’m not sure Gallo is worth a slice of NY cheese pizza
He’s definitely worth a 99 cent slice on the corner.
You’re clearly not from NY if you refer to it as “cheese” pizza
“Future considerations.”
Conditional 3rd rd pick, that could become a 2nd if he hits over .300 in the postseason, and a pair 4th rd pick swaps between 2025 and 2028, which becomes a 6th rounder in 2029 if NY doesn’t utilize the swaps.
Whoever gets him will use their early Bird, full mid-level exception to sign him to a 3 year extension, with player options for years 2 and 3…
Way too much! $1.00 from the brewers to the Yankees!
The Yankees would be gaining a roster spot without having to eat the contract, which is about the most they can hope for.
The Yankees are eating the contract. The most they can hope for is a middling prospect.
Exactly. (I’m a Yankees fan.) If they can get somebody to eat most of his remaining 3.4 million, they’ll be happy. The other team’s prospect won’t be in their top thirty.
The Yankees love overlooked pitching prospects. Could be someone who is aging out of the system. I’m thinking a late round college guy at low A, with two years in, who has only shown middling performance, but is close to Rule 5 eligible. Teach him a cutter in 2023, all of a sudden he’s sporting sub-2.50 ERAs in relief, and gets promoted to AA.
Applachian,
Exactly. They can pay the 3.4 million salary and maybe get some some sort very young long shot or perhaps get the receiving team to pay part of his salary and get nothing. They really get 2 things – a roster spot and importantly they get to decide where he goes. As the article points out the Yankees would hate if he resurrected his career with Tampa or Toronto.
He doesn’t more the needle in Toronto. Not even as a 4th outfielder. Tapia is better base runner and better bat to ball skills.
I guess the obvious hope for a team trading for Gallo is that he can magically turn it back on out of New York as fast as it turned off going there. That’s a hell of a risk for a contending team. If I ran the Jays he would replace Zimmer with the opportunity for more ab’s. Guy can play good defense, although replacing Zimmer is a pretty low bar.
A dozen baseballs- note: not required to be new
Your close!
He has fewer hits than Judge has HRs. You’d trade him for a sack of potatoes if it cleared his salary from your ledger.
The Yankees would send Gallo and cash to a NL team for a rookie league lottery ticket. And not a good lottery ticket either- more like a crumpled scratch ticket. Whatever can be done to get the problem as far away as possible and move on. If there are no NL takers, I also wouldn’t be surprised if they just released him this week at the trade deadline when reinforcements arrive, Bury the news of his release with the news of trade day acquisitions.
Nah. It will be a mediocre 24 year old pitcher stuck at low A. The Yankees will teach him a cutter, and in 2024 he will be one of the leagues top set-up men.
I would probably think if the Yankees trade Gallo they lower-tier prospect. Not really in level, more as in ability/ceiling.
Surprised that comments haven’t been closed for this post.
Yeah, Steve Adams is a giant tool
You know they base closing comments on the poll that was done last year, right? Seems weird to blame the writer and not the readers who voted for it to be that way.
The comments are way better than the ridiculous flame wars they used to be. They must be doing something right.
Unless the story mentions COVID then look out.
It gets a little fiery when we discuss the discrimination of the Blue jays allowed by Canada!
Considering that he’s one of the principle writers here at MLBTR, if you think he’s a giant tool, there’s the door. You won’t be missed.
“[Gallo] is owed roughly $3.4MM for the remainder of the year, making it quite possible that the Yankees will have to eat most or all of that money unless another unwanted contract is swapped in return.”
Really!? That’s not THAT much. There are teams out there that will take it on.
I think it was Steve who said it in a chat, but they basically said if there were a team that would’ve taken on the contract, he’d of been gone by now. It’s not necessarily the amount owed, it’s the amount owed to someone who hasn’t produced near enough to justify paying that amount to.
Most teams can find an unproductive hitter struggling to turn it around near anywhere. Pretty sure Jonathan villar elected free agency just to be available for that reason.
The Brewers being interested is surprising to me considering they already let go of Lorenzo Cain for that reason. But I’m pretty sure they’re only interested with the Yankees paying the bill.
Even though 3.4 million doesn’t sound like a lot, it’s 3.4 million for the final 2 months of the season. So compared to the amount of games left and the production you’re getting, it’s quite a bit. Most teams have an upper minor league player they could take a chance on for a very small fraction of that amount. But again, there’s also people like villar floating around who will cost pennies compared to that.
I agree, our brewers already wasted too much money on no production this season!
Hard to say. I’m not sure what the going rate is for guys hitting .159
Obviously you haven’t read the article above.
White Sox needs a left handed bat and outfielders with the ongoing hamstring issues of Jimenez and pulling Roberts from his rehab assignment.
Pretty sure where the white Sox are in the standings, they’d be better off going for someone with better results that’ll give them more hope. Getting Gallo, if he still stinks upon getting there, will just likely drop them out. Getting a person having a down year to add to a roster of injuries and other down years, likely wouldn’t wield any results.
White Sox fans remember Adam Done (Dunn) No to Gallo.
I understand that Atlanta has had a player go down who has similar numbers to Gallo including the strike outs so it seems that Atlanta could be the perfect spot to trade Gallo. If the Yankees eat his salary then they may get a better prospect in return.
The hope was Duvall’s numbers wouldn’t have have resembled Gallo’s. I think/hope AA has more than enough sense about him to stay far, far away from Gallo.
They already have Gallo and his name is Adam Duvall and he just got hurt. No thanks. Braves could do better.
Isn’t that…just what OP was saying?
The only way I do this is Gallo and Andujar with money for Severino.
Gallo wont cost much, but Severino isn’t getting it done. Yankees have no need for him and he isn’t eligible for the postseason
Yankees won’t care they just want him gone
@stubby66- when he’s finally gone could Florial come up and stay on the team permanently? Smh
Captain, No room at the Inn (roster) with Benintendi there, although it’s possible if they find a taker for Hicks that would open up a spot. I actually think Hicks is acceptable as a 4 th outfielder. Still Florial would be fine as a 4th outfielder as well, and he’s younger and much better defensively…. hm
San Diego would seem like a good change of scenery location. It’s SoCal and laidback plus there’s not nearly as much pressure to win (relatively speaking) as in NY. I like the guy and wish him the best. He’s only 28 and has way too much talent to go to waste.
Dumpster divers drink Gallo
Is that what makes them Gallop?
@pinstripeblue- the Friars are under the impression that their landing Juan Soto.
I’ve yet to see anything singling out one front runner to land Soto.
Why would there be any interest at all? Lol!!! What a joke! He’s always been bad. Had like 1 year where he hit a bunch of bombs but did absolutely nothing else. He’s a joke and shouldn’t be in the league. If you can translate the power as a dead pull lefty at yankee stadium, then there is no hope for you.
Gallo will be fine if he gets away from the Yankees. Terrible place and terrible fans to play for.
The Padres would be OK. But the environment with both the Rays and Brewers would be just what the man needs.
Not a star or even a regular player. But he’ll be productive being in a quality baseball organization with a FO and manager that will spot him into advantageous situations.
As a longtime Yankees fan, I really resent that comment. Yankees fans are very knowledgeable and forgiving, but if you don’t perform, you get booed, and deservedly so.
Case in point- I was at a Yankees-Bosox game a couple of weeks ago & Gallo was in left field. Runner on third, one out. Fly ball to Gallo. He catches it and makes a great throw that held the runner on third. He got a great ovation from the fans. Then, later in a close game, he strikes out, swinging wildly on three pitches – got booed mercilessly. Both were well deserved.
He needs to leave NY, not because of the fans, but because most of his at-bats last 4 or 5 pitches and end in no contact, hard swings. Just terrible to watch.
Fans from most other teams tend to disagree with your line of thinking. Yankee fans can be pompous and display that at the ballpark with exactly what you have stated. I honestly have a hard time imagining when I would ever boo my team, even more so, an individual player. If there’s any game in which you can get in your own head, its baseball. Now play the game when a whole city would rather boo your mistake than build you back up. The Bronx isn’t for everyone. Not all players thrive in an environment like that. As a Milwaukee fan, you keep keep Gallo, but a change of scenery almost certainly benefits him by removing him from the additional pressure of being a Yankee.
The fact that some fans generalize another fan by what team he roots for is as asinine as it gets.
Why? New York and Philadelphia fans are notorious for creating difficult environments for players, regardless of if they are their own players. Teams have different types of fans, they can be generalized. The Yankee environment is not easily matched, but they do get on their own players. Booing a slumping player on your own team and thinking its acceptable is not a mindset that exists from most franchises fan bases, that’s fact. Fan bases are very different.
As a fan of a small market team, there is a big difference in how we embrace players and support them. Corbin Burnes was dreadful in his 2nd year in the big leagues. Every time out he was blasted. 8.82 ERA, 17 home runs and 20 walks given up in 49 innings. That performance would have been ripped apart in New York. Small markets connect with players in a different way. They find players they relate to, moments they connect with. Big City personalities fit in New York. If you can’t play in that environment, you’re not wanted.
I’m not stating fan BASES aren’t different , I’m stating that it’s ridiculous to assume every single fan of that fan base is the same, which is what many people on here do.
You’re simply generalizing, which is a waste of time.
It’s not always the fans, it’s sometimes the media in those cities that add fire to a passionate fan base also.
To add to the above….
Do I think the Yankee fans booing a Joey Gallo- type player when he’s struggling is beneficial? No
But on the other hand, I’ll take a passionate fan base who isnt afraid to call out a player for lack-of-effort also.
There are positives and negatives to both.
Generalize and stereotype much? Yeah, Smalltown, USA good and Big Cities bad. How’s that for a timesaver?
Painting with such a wide brush accomplishes nothing.
That’s not at all what was said. It’s simple, only a handful of fans bases find it acceptable to boo one of their players after a strikeout too end the game. It’s that simple. It may not be every fan, but it’s something the Yankee fan base does in numbers. No need to get offended. A quick Google search will quickly find a number of articles and videos of this happening. It’s not commonplace in most fan bases.. I stated the simple fact that not everybody is built to play in that environment. Gallo has been trash, but a change of scenery I undoubtedly can’t hurt. Listen to the comments he’s made, dudes felt the pressure.
Also, it’s not a small city vs big city thing at all. It’s an environment thing. Only a few franchises have that environment.
Let me clarify my earlier comment–
The NY fanbase is very passionate as well as knowledgeable. They don’t boo a ballplayer simply because he’s slumping. If that were the case every ballplayer would get booed at one time or another, every season. Ballplayers get booed when the perception is that he’s not giving 100%, and that description fits Gallo. He was bad after the Yankees acquired him last year. Made no adjustments, swinging from the heels every time. Then in the offseason, he gives an interview where he insists that this is his style and he’s sticking with it. This season, he’s been even worse than last year – many of his at bats are 3 or 4 pitches, and he is missing them by a mile. He gives another interview in late spring, same as the first one. I’ve heard from no less than 4 former ballplayers who can’t understand why he can’t make small adjustments during the season to increase his chances of success at the plate.
So in the minds of Yankees fans, he’s not giving 100%. He’s killing rallies, and honestly in my mind he’s really not even a major league hitter at all. If a prospect handled his at bats like Gallo, he’d be sent back to AAA.
Hey look- some ballplayers just aren’t cut out for NYC. The rewards playing here can be great, but the dark side can be very dark. Let him go elsewhere and perhaps succeed there.
Nobody is denying that with a personality like Gallo’s, he might not be better off elsewhere.
I’m a Yankee fan and I respectfully, completely disagree.
He’s hustling/ playing good defense. It is no way an effort- thing. He simply isn’t handling the pressure and spotlight very well. The look on his face after every strike out says it all.
I mean when Stanton was flailing away at first, some Yankee fans killed him too. Was that an effort thing?
Oh another player that can’t hit his weight… Of course the Brewers are in.
What is the obsession with Joey Gallo? How can this guy, with his production warrant anything in return? This is what happens when you have the worlds best agent handling your affairs…simply amazing!!! Boras has no limits.
Potential 5 tool player, still 28, has shown some extended success at the major league level. I feel like Gallo is a 4A player. The same way Nelson Cruz didn’t break out until about that age, and I think that’s what teams see.
Definitely has all the tools. Appears to be a standup guy, never makes excuses and doesn’t take his bat to the field. Hope he figures it out.
Hauver back? We keep Smith, duran, Otto? Hauver is a player you kinda dream on, think that’s what Joey is in 2022
Let me Hauver over it, and then I’ll get back to you.
Don’t do it! He’s a garbage time player who can’t make proper adjustments to his game. Let the Yankees eat that investment.
The only way the Brewers should do this trade is Gallo, Andujar and cash for Severino. Then turn around and trade Gallo to San Diego for Lamet.
Why wouldn’t they just trade gallo for lamet?
Because Yankees don’t need Lamet they just need Gallo roster spot for probably Montas when they trade for him because Yankees won’t be sending any MLB player back to the As just prospects
NY needs roster spots for Stanton and Rortvedt when they come off the IL. That’s why Gallo and Andujar need to go one way another.
Why do you want to get Lamet on Milwaukee so much? He’s an underwater contract, probably non-tendered by SD unless they can dump him this deadline.
Some guys just can’t handle playing in New York. He is worth the risk for buying low.
He had an OPS of .869 last year before NYY acquired him. What’s changed?
K rate is up and BB rate is down a little. Maybe it’s chasing and he’s just pressing too hard in NY? His comments kind of imply there’s a mental aspect to it.
Betting some NYY hitting coach tried to “improve” his approach.
Long line of players who were much better before and after their Yankee tenure.
A year ago Yankee fans on here were ecstatic when the team acquired Gallo. Now they can’t kick him enough to get him out the door.
Crummy organization. The most classless, lost, front running fans in all of professional sports. They have one position player that came though their farm system and I believe 4 pitchers on their staff that did the same. The only guys they keep around are those with such bloated contacts they gave out that they can’t off them to someone else. They use up players. Next year Yankee fans will be on here writing the same insults about Trevino, Kiner-Falefa, and Carpenter.
Wow, talk about bias lol.
Some people can’t help themselves.
Wow, talk about bias lol. Cashman will ask the Rays for too much to take him.
SD seems like a much better environment for Joey.
This app is so glitchy…
Judge and Higashioka make two, so suck it.
itsmeheyhi;
Got me there.
2 out of 13 position players.
LOL
Buy me a river, huh?
My nephew is a big Yankee fan who used to be so arrogant, so I keep rubbing 4 World Series wins in his face. He has finally become more humble as one WS appearance in 19 years puts them in some rather low company. I do not hate the Yankees, but I love seeing them choke in the playoffs year after year after year after year………
Boohoo…bad Yankees…wah wah wah
Posting here must save you thousands on therapy bills. Or does it…?
It’s good for me. Out of the thousands that post here, I find about 2 dozen that know a lot about baseball; help keep me abreast of what’s going on with teams I haven’t seen much of (so I watch more of them); and are enjoyable to read.
None of them are Yankee fans though.
Please quit pretending you know anything about modern baseball and acknowledge being the laughing stock of this site.
Careful Samuel, looks like you struck a nerve with some Yankee fanboys.. Next thing they’ll be telling you how good their farm system is and how “they’re hearing” every GM wants their prospects all while trying to get some more hot dogs out for sale in the to-go case at the Go Mart
Don’t agree with everything you say (in particular this post), but that you now live rent-free in the heads of half of thw commenters here is hilarious to me.
The term “living rent free” doesn’t allude to people ridiculing his dumb observations and then forgetting about him until they read the next one days later…
I can’t imagine why.
Gallo does not strike me as a Rays guy.
I don’t think the Rays will be getting Gallo but they don’t shy away from three true outcome players. They do shy away from players making a lot of money though.
Samuel really has a way with words. That’s what makes him so popular with the ladies.
His hatred of the Yankees is comical.
I said Joey Callo…C a l l o.
Trade him to a team that is going with a Yoots movement.
No thanks – Rick Hahn
Cashman will ask the Rays for too much to take him.
SD seems like a much better environment for Joey.
@Jonthunder- A cheeseburger and some French fries are too much to ask for? Everyone knows the Sting Rays ain’t go no $. The Yankees pay all their bills as it is.
Looks like I was right lol.
have you seen the prices of burgers recently … i cant imagine the prices at stadiums now for the same food.
I cannot imagine a team taking on the rest of Joey Gallo’s salary without getting at least one prospect in return, and I can’t imagine the Yankees including a prospect just to get rid of two months (three months if you want to count October) of Gallo. If they’re that desprate to get rid of him, they need to chalk it up as a sunk cost and DFA/release him.
Yanks are not looking to save $’s this year, not at the cost of talent like last season. Losing 10 spots in the draft isn’t that huge of a deal for one year.
The Yankees would more than likely eat the contract and take a single a guy. They just need him gone. Any team that picks him up will just waive him, if he stinks. Which he does.
Everyone has value no matter how much the wanna be GM’s on this site crow about what they think they know as far as team approaches to players…….I’d be surprised if the Yankees would include anyone from their farm along with Joey Gallo in a trade….no Gallo alone may dilute the return, but Cashman isn’t going to eliminate him from the Yankee roster and include anybody else just to make that happen……bottom line is we know NOTHING about what these GM”s really value when composing a trade offer either way….going or coming to a roster……we just like to bullsh_t like we do know!
I know everything about what these gms value.
Unless Joey can be an effective RP Pads should lay off
The Rockies should trade for gallo. See if he can’t hit a lot of homers in that park. Plus he’s friends with Kris bryant having grown up together
Rockies should sign in off season!
I realize the return in a Soto or Gallo trade would be VERY different, but I hope Preller & Co’s interest in Gallo again doesn’t mean they are out on Soto. Gallo could be an upgrade in San Diego’s OF, Soto would be such a game changer in terms of production and in attitude it would be amazing.
For San Diego, here’s a thought; Instead of trading more prospects away, maybe just develop and promote. For some reason, Preller is better at trading veterans for prospects than the other way around. ,
AJ Preller’s obsession with acquiring former Rangers continues. It’s comical that ownership keeps letting him do this.
it’s like they witnessed him committing a crime and the only way for him to cover it up is signing them to better and better contracts.
He must have pee pics of the owner.
It is quite odd given those guys on the rangers never had that much success, I mean if preller left the 98 Yankees and tried to get that entire team down the line.
With that said, if he gets Gallo for virtually nothing, he certainly adds a power threat that probably isn’t found on the scrap heap very often.
Tatis LF/Gallo CF/Soto RF
I can live with that down the stretch
But but the statcast numbers!
Padres missing out on Soto only to end up with Gallo and a season finale in September is very on brand
What are they offering for Gallo? A new set of hot dog stand? We’ll take it.
Gallo: This year’s Adam Frazier, minus 250 points on his batting average.
If the Padres acquire him and they don’t win the WS, consider AJ Preller public enemy number one in San Diego.
Preller Logic.
It’s so convenient to blame GM’s
No risk move by the brewers as they are only days away from locking up the division and eliminating the cardinals.
So Brewers hitting is struggling and they want to trade for a bat that’s even worse what they have? Yeah makes sense.
Apparently he’s a lefty (I honestly didn’t know this til a minute ago..) and he either hits HR’s or strikes out.
3 things the Brewers covet.
Why is this a picture of him making contact?
Probably only National league teams, in case he gets hot, he might hurt them in the playoffs. San Diego or the Phillies
Why would any team would want Gallo is mind boggling. You can get the same production out of a cheaper player
The same production for someone like Gallo is equivalent to no production at all lol
IMO: Remember that Joey Gallo can play OF, 1B and 3B. As the articles says, the best place for Joey Gallo would be SDP and MIL. SDP needs a CF but RF Nomar Mazara is a hack. MIL also needs a CF but he could also play 1B and DH and back up 3B. Gallo in COL or CHC might be lethal.
The best place for Miguel Andujar is COL followed by CHC and TEX as well as OAK and SFG who have had success converting projects.
Maybe NYY can swap both contracts with CHC or COL.
Gallo has not played 3B since 2017 and 1B since 2018. so, I doubt that any team would put him there except in an absolute emergency. Putting a struggling player at a position that he hasn’t played in years would likely mess him up even further.
The best the Yankees can hope for is a lottery ticket or someone taking on his contract. He has little to no value..
Gallo is so messed up, he will need the offseason to undo the problems in his swing. Any team acquiring him now will be getting him with his current problems. So what’s the point?
Gallo will be traded for some random middle reliever that Matt Blake will turn into Clay Holmes, Michael King, or Chad Greem.
Well that would be ideal even if the Yankees would need to eat Gallo’s entire remaining salary. I think they’ll need to include a low prospect with him.
The Orioles are misspelled several times in this article!!!
Also, I would take a flier on Gallo, if anything, he can play defense at a very high level and has a cannon for an arm
So,, yes I would roll the dice on him and if I could convince the Yankees to pay for his salary or some of it
That’s absolutely ridiculous. So you would sit Mullins, Hays or Santander for Gallo? All baseball sense has escaped your mind.
In return for a Single-A reliever with control problems, he can be yours!
Yankee fans will demand your teams 1st 2nd and 3rd ranked prospects. Plus an MLB ready player.
If Gallo is the prize get for MKE, why not just roll with Hiura?
Or..and I can’t believe I’m even saying this..ask the Padres for Wil Meyers.
If the Yankees thinks he sucks, why would they even think about hesitating trading him within the division? I would think if they don’t think he is a good enough player, they would WANT to play against him more often.
If the Brewers front office trades for Gallo and calls it a deadline I’m going to sit in a corner and cry for 4 days
dude, central division teams never advance in the postseason anyway. Save your tears for October and the customary end to your season.
Worry about beating Houston bud. Not looking good for y’all again
maybe, but that won’t happen until the league championship.
Brewers on the other, well there is a reason why Heimlich maneuver posters always use a person in a Brewer uniform choking up another first-round postseason exit.
Been to two NLCSs in the 5 playoff appearances. NYY in that same time frame: 3 ALCSs in 8 Appearances
Good luck to your brewers.
I was just having some fun.
The Astros are a good team but not sure why it isn’t looking good for the Yankees.
please, do trade Gallo to a rival, we could use the sure-outs in the post-season.
If Gallo learned how to bunt he’d win a batting title, I love that new strategy of the 4 outfielder formation on him. It’s priceless. If he knew how to bunt to the left, it would be a double every time.
Why would anyone trade for Gallo knowing that he is going to be DFA’d within 48 hours?
because then there is a pecking order to acquire him and you may get burnt if another team in front of you picks him up.
I know that but is Gallo worth it? Considering he is the longest of long shots to add any value at all I’d take my chances post dfa.
well that’s not what you asked.
If someone actually wants Gallo for whatever reason, they risk not getting him because some other team in front of them, may just take a flyer on him hoping for something.
Gallo sucks as a Yankee, but that doesn’t mean he cant recapture his homerun stroke from his Texas days by going somewhere else.
“Get Burnt”?? Really?? With regards to Not Getting Gallo? Lmao.. Best thing I’ll read all day
that breeze you felt was my point going right over your head.
The question was why trade and not wait for him to be DFA instead?
which infers someone wanting him in the first place
So I gave the answer why.
Now back to your ABC mouse program.
Since you have resorted to insulting people, I should point out that my question might “imply” something but it most certainly does not “infer” anything. Where, one wonders, do people get the idea that Yankee fans are obnoxious?
geez and then you wonder why Yankee fans talk down to other fan bases.
The clown LMAO my post which, for some reason, you don’t consider insulting to what was a simple explanation to your question and now you come in with this response.
Infer and imply are two sides of the same coin…..holy cow.
If you cant understand your own question, you are in a lot of trouble.
Gallo is the kind of guy who goes to a team trying to make the playoffs and suddenly catches fire, hitting a few big homers. That might be all he has left in the tank but it wouldn’t surprise me. Always someone like this
I disagree, Gallo sucks and will waste a roster spot on whichever team gets him. Assuming any team actually thinks he has any value
This lack of production in the pinstripes is “something I’m gonna have to really live with for the rest of my life,” Gallo told The Athletic’s Lindsey Adler earlier this week.
Dude. Dramatic much? Move on, get over it.
Joey Gallo reminds me of the move signs and the minor league slugger who felt the absolute need to swing away every time he was at bat.
Joey made a comment just like that at the beginning of the season and literally told everyone he was never going to stop overswinging because the occasional home run was the only thing that matters to him.
Occasional home runs of course have almost zero value in baseball and it’s weird that the front office didn’t view that as a red flag.
Pull power hitters stating not changing their approach is nothing new. Mark Texeira said years ago that he wasn’t paid to hit singles when extreme shifts began gaining popularity. His job was to hit homeruns. A run scored is a run scored and so solo HRs doe hold value.
It always amazes me the people that think a walk,for example, is more valuable than a solo HR. ‘With a leadoff walk, the chances of scoring a run are about 1 in 3 at best. With a solo HR, even with two outs, the chances of scoring a run are 100%.
Until they decide to change how games are decided, scoring runs is still the most important part of baseball.
trade Gallo to the national league, where pitchers have never seen him.
He might have a comeback in the last two months of the season
You do realize that interleague play has existed for about 25 years now. I think even NL teams, on their planet, will have seen Gallo before.
Gallo has played over 100 interleague games and has over 400 PAs against NL teams. They’ve seen him plenty.
He’s cheap , padres have enough strikeout guys. Hope this isn’t the deadline deal been waiting for
I’d take Gallo for a PTBNL and a bag of peanuts.
Dave Kingmanesque
Dave Kingman did have a 16 year big league career even with his faults. That might not be the insult you believe it is.
Could have just been making a comp. If you look at their career lines they are very similar.
Kingman: .206/.302/.478
Gallo: .201/.328/.473
Only player with 400 career home runs who has not eventually gotten into the Baseball HOF!
The only thing worse than Joey Gallo as a hitter is Brian Cashman as a talent evaluator and the damage he does waiting for obviously bad decisions to look good. If only he was as committed to winning as he is to finding hidden value no one else noticed.
Teams want to know what the Yankees will offer them to take Gallo off their hands, word is nothing less than a top 25 prospect. Nobody wants Joey Gallo unless it’s free!! He’s not helping anyone get over the hump for a playoff run. Why put nonsense speculation out there when everyone knows it just ain’t gonna happen!’
It’s Bob Nightengale so of course it’s made up
He’s a life time 200 avg hitter, Ks 35% of time .don’t do it
what moron GM would even entertain Joey Gallo? Which one would cough up any player/prospect or payroll space for him? Who is going to help the Yankees? Stay tuned for another episode of Yankees getting what they want.
You can have Tommy Pham for just about anything. Thanks.
I’d rather have Pham than Gallo. Gallo was a Giant killer with the Rangers but has REALLY regressed
Return on him should be no more than a tier 3 prospect, if that, although Gallo is ONLY 28…hmm
I think I would rather have a Giant killer than a Giant slapper.
Why would you say that about Pham ?? He seems like such a team-oriented guy!!
Yankees “want too much.” Well, of course they do now. Come late Monday, they’ll settle for the dollar menu.
“Yankees wanted too much back in return”
Classic Yankees front office delusion. Imagine being picky about a trade to unload the worst hitter in baseball.
They don’t want to trade him within the division, guy. Too much for you to ascertain?
Why not? He’ll be an automatic out when they face him.
Because there is no upside to trading him to Tampa. Tampa has automatic outs all over the lineup already. If Gallo continues to be an automatic out, he’ll just replace another automatic out. If he starts to turn it around, then you’ll have strengthened a division rival for nothing. And we all know cheap Tampa isn’t absorbing Gallo’s remaining money. So, why bother?
Milwaukee 2208 is the guy that buys a car and pays the sticker price.
It’s called negotiations.
Haha “the Yankees wanted too much back”
I guess I’ll give the Yankees credit for at least trying to get Anything back for a guy everyone knows they wish they didn’t have
Nobody wants Gallo lol. Including the Yanks. This is just an attempt to drum up interest.
Gallo is basically Heyward with more power at this point. Useless at the plate and only useful as a late inning fielding replacement. That being said not much money is left owed to gallo unlike Heyward so some playoff team should want him as a bench player
Gallo is way more useless than Heyward
Not when you factor in contract lol
Gallo hits more homers and strikes out more. Heyward has more hits but grounds out to second sooooooo often. Add in Heywards massive contract and Gallo is not more useless
Anybody Know when Mr Hayward is coming back?
This has White Sox written all over it.
Hahn will overpay to get him…..publicly praise himself for getting the fix for the Sox left handed outfielder need and ignore the elephant in the room. The manager …..and the complete meltdown of their training staff. The Sox are done this year. No need to bring in a shiny new trinket to try to impress the fans.
What is the big hold up about $3.4M? It seems like an insignificant amount of money yet is being talked about like a roadblock and something the Yankees would have to “eat.” If a team wants to give Gallo a flier to rediscover himself, that amount of money seems like an odd thing to allow to stand in the way.
It’s about the return that Cashman wants for eating some/most of Gallo’s remaining salary and waiting for the best offer from multiple teams.
Thinking more likely the mid level prospect actually is attached by thr yankees to take gallo and some money. Might be best for Gallo to.go to a non centender. Get out of ny, get 2 months of abs w no pressure and see if anything improves.
“Yankees wanted too much back for him.”? Doesn’t that just mean they wanted anything back for him? They should be paying someone to take him off their hands.
Not worth the ML minimum. Better luck next year!
I’m enjoying all of this Gallo’s humor!!
Ugh. Is this Preller’s way of bowing out of the Soto pursuit & settling for another ex-Ranger? Sure hope not
Why would someone give up assets for Gallo?
As a brewers fan I hope we don’t get Gallo. Last thing we need is yet another free swinger who’ll strike out 50% of the time with a crappy on base percentage.
Too much in return?! Take two fungo bats and call it a day, for crying out loud!
I can’t imagine any team giving up a bucket of baseballs to acquire this player. Yankees stadium is a hitter friendly ballpark.
I really like the idea of him tying up a roster spot on the Yankees as well. They will certainly DFA him if not traded.
Gallo to the Brewers would be a FANTASTIC move!
Sincerely,
Cubs fan
This thread is a reminder that most fans simply evaluate players based only on what they’ve done lately.
“The Brewers, Padres, and Rays are among the clubs who have shown interest in the former All-Star, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale writes.”
PADRES: With $3.4 million due on his contract, if you give us $4M, we’ll send you an A Ball reliever who just told us his elbow hurts.
BREWERS: If you ship us Gallo and $5M, we’ll send you an A Ball utility infielder who may or may not have tested positive for an illegal substance.
RAYS: We’ll take Gallo and $6 million dollars and you can have your pick of our LH middle relievers in Rookie Ball who were signed as free agents.
They’re asking for someone of consequence in return for a rental that’s having a titanically bad season. LOL.
Watch Gallo see the light once he gets traded . The dude have so much potential but unfortunately he couldn’t handle the NY pressure cooker market. Let him go somewhere else and tear it up.
Is there a single trade prospect that hasn’t in someway been mentioned without the Padres name being dropped? If the padres want to play every team in baseball that literally has no players to put on the field so they can win by default, they should just say that.
‘The Rays may not be too deep in the Gallo hunt, as Kristie Ackert of the New York Daily News hears that the “Yankees wanted too much back” in return.’
Wait . . . what?
NYY is probably offering to pay the rest of Gallo’s salary to try to get something back for him.
How about a 24 pack of whatever beverage the drink in NYC!
Pads should be trading for 3 or 4 relievers, not a worse version of Luke voit.
What would anyone want a guy hitting 159 who strikes out almost every a bat
The Brewers don’t make sense, the Crew’s main problem is that they can’t hit LHP; Gallo has been bad across the board, but even worse against LHP
Pirates should take on entire salary and get a prospect back in return. I mean, they’re unwilling to spend money on free agents and are still trying to get more young talent, why not? Can’t say they don’t have the money because they’re spending under 40m.
Brewers Superfan: NO JOEY NO! The only humor in Joey is if the Yankees are forced to DFA him. I would not spend the MLB minimum to pick him up. I would consider taking him for one dollar to Yankees in return for them paying his whole salary. Kind of like an independent league trade for a case of diet soda or cheap beer!
Joey to the Mets, Dom (I know he’s on the DL) to the Yanks. Why not? See if change of scenery is of help.
There salaries this late in the season are chump change to these 2 organizations. DFA if one of the other or both do not catch fire?
Joey Gallo has the stats Brewers David Stearns LOVES. He loves those big K and HR guys. He would fit that roller coaster offense perfectly.
The Rays know better then to give one cent for Gallo or I would hope they do. They have much bigger needs before the end of the deadline like Catcher and reliever.
Gallo is SUCH a Brewer type player. For those who miss Chris Carter and Russell Branyan
Yankees offering gallo + 3m for a bucket if balls. Rival executives saying the Yankees are asking for too much.
To me, Gallo makes a lot of sense for the Tigers.
Detroit’s crop of outfield prospects is pretty thin and Gallo is only 28 years old, meaning he could have a spot for the next couple of seasons if he produces.
Gallo traded for pitching prospects is only way. Yanks don’t need more OF. Pitching will help in them package / bundle something to go after a Star player & cash – like Soto or player out of California !
NOOOOOOO to Gallo they have enough under 240 hitters all or nothing performer’s. Time to use some of top performer’s in the farm system instead of somebody’s else under performer’s.
Dodgers got Gallo, Padres got Soto…