5:18PM: The Yankees have also been scouting Diamondbacks outfielder David Peralta, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale writes, with Nightengale describing Peralta as a “fallback option” if Benintendi isn’t acquired. Peralta is also a free agent after the season, and is hitting .245/.312/.460 with 11 home runs through 263 PA.
9:13AM: The Yankees and Royals have recently held talks around a trade that would send outfielder Andrew Benintendi to the Bronx, according to a report from Jon Heyman and Dan Martin of the New York Post. They add that the Yanks are simultaneously trying to work out a separate trade that would send outfielder Joey Gallo out of town.
Benintendi is one of the more obvious trade candidates, and this isn’t the first time his name has popped up in rumors. Since he’s having a good year on a noncompetitive team and is set to reach free agency at season’s end, everything seems to be lining up for a deal between now and the August 2 deadline. As such, MLBTR recently placed him #2 on our list of trade candidates. Back in June, it was reported that the Royals were actively seeking a buyer for the outfielder, with the Blue Jays reportedly showing interest.
The Yankees have been the best team in baseball this year and are therefore the most obvious of deadline buyers. As a team with a 61-24 record, they don’t have many holes, but one area they seem to be interesting in improving is the outfield, by swapping in Benintendi or some other deadline acquisition for Gallo. Reports from earlier this month indicated the Yankees were looking to upgrade on Gallo in some way.
The fact that Gallo has been a disappointment in the Bronx is well-known to Yankee fans, as his production has cratered since coming over from the Rangers in a deal last year. Prior to the deal, Gallo was well-established as one of baseball’s most fearsome sluggers. In the four full season from 2017 to 2021, Gallo put up 38 home runs or more in three of them. In 2019, he was limited to 70 games but still hit 22 long balls. His wRC+ was between 108 and 144 in each of those four seasons, indicating he was between 8% and 44% better than league average. 2020 was a disappointing campaign but under the strange circumstances of the pandemic season, and he seemed to bounce right back in 2021. In his time with the Rangers last year, he hit 25 home runs in 95 games and was slashing .233/.379/.490 for a wRC+ of 139. After the deal, though, he hit just .160/.303/.404, 95 wRC+. That’s carried over into this season, as he’s hitting .166/.288/.341 on the year, producing a wRC+ of just 84. After almost a year of subpar production, it seems the Yanks are willing to move on. MLBTR placed Gallo at #39 on the aforementioned list of trade candidates.
Benintendi is having a much better season than Gallo, though in a very different style. In contrast to Gallo’s high-powered, high-strikeout approach, Benintendi would bring a more contact-oriented profile. His 14.2% strikeout rate is well below the 22.2% league average and far lower than the 38.3% rate Gallo has on the year. However, he’s hit just three homers on the season, compared to Gallo’s ten. All told, Benintendi is slashing .317/.387/.402 for a wRC+ of 128, a significant upgrade on Gallo’s 84.
Salary wise, swapping in Benintendi for Gallo wouldn’t make a huge difference for the Yanks. Both players are impending free agents, with Benintendi making $8.5MM and Gallo $10.275MM. Jason Martinez of Roster Resource calculates the Yankees’ CBT number to be $262MM at the moment, placing them beyond the $250MM second threshold but shy of the $270MM third threshold.
The Royals will have no interest in Gallo, of course. As a rebuilding team currently sporting a 31-52 record, they will be looking for long-term assets, either prospects or perhaps players recently reaching the majors. That leaves the Yankees to figure out who wants to take a shot on Gallo and hope for a bounceback. If a team wanted to convince themselves that Gallo was due for a turnaround, they could perhaps look at his HR/FB rate. It’s 17.5% this year, well below his career rate of 27% and his single-season career high of 37.3% in 2019. However, his Statcast page is a real mixed bag, with Gallo still capable of hitting the ball very hard, though not with enough frequency. His max exit velocity is in the 90th percentile, but his average exit velocity is just in the 40th. Any team acquiring him would have to hope for a bit more consistency, with that average exit velocity ticking up from this year’s 88.6 mph towards the 93-95 mph range of his better seasons.
The report from Heyman and Martin suggests the Yankees’ best bet would be teams run by his former bosses in Texas. There’s the Rangers themselves, who are within four games of a playoff spot and could consider doing some buying. Seeing them go after a rental like Gallo would be surprising, though, as this is the first year of what the club hopes to be a multi-year competitive window. Players with a bit more control would be more obvious fits, though perhaps the Yankees are motivated enough to move on from Gallo that they package him with someone else or eat part of his salary. In the short-term, there’s certainly room for Gallo, given the club’s roster. The Rangers have been featuring an outfield mix of Adolis Garcia, Kole Calhoun, Brad Miller and Leody Taveras in recent days. Miller is having an even worse year than Gallo, slashing .210/.261/.347 for a wRC+ of 73. The club has also been featuring Mitch Garver at designated hitter most of the time, but he’s going to undergo season-ending surgery tomorrow.
There’s also the Padres, whose president of baseball operations A.J. Preller was in the Rangers’ front office when Gallo was drafted. They have been looking for outfield help for a while and have been snakebit by injuries to Wil Myers and Jurickson Profar. Nomar Mazara has stepped up and filled one spot admirably, but they’re still getting subpar production from Trent Grisham and Jose Azocar. Myers is nearing a return but was having a dismal campaign before landing on the injured list, meaning there’s no guarantee he’ll fix things once healthy. Despite those outfield struggles, the club is 49-37 and currently in possession of an NL Wild Card spot, making them clear deadline buyers.
There’s also the financial situation to consider with the Padres, as they are right up against the luxury tax and seem loath to cross it for a second straight year. Jason Martinez of Roster Resource calculates their CBT number to be $228.9, just shy of the $230MM first threshold. They have been trying to trade Myers and Eric Hosmer to get rid of some salary for quite some time, though without success thus far. They have also reportedly been considering trading a starting pitcher for the same reasons, with Blake Snell standing out as perhaps the most viable option. MLBTR’s Steve Adams recently took a detailed look at the situation. It would be a surprise for the Padres to create that breathing room and then use it on a dice roll like Gallo as opposed to someone currently having success. Though Preller has shown a tendency towards acquiring former Rangers like Profar, Mazara and Yu Darvish, meaning it can’t be completely discounted.
Good. Get him and the ring will be promised.
Lol
Lmfaoooo.
That’s funny !!!
Yeah cause thats all the yankees need. Why is no one seeing whats going on most of our starters were having carrer years but they are regressing and we are overusing our bullpen and its been amazing but we are barely half way there. I think we need a good starter more than any outfielder we have average fragile guys behind Cole Severino hasn’t pitched a lot of innings in years. We need someone to eat innings and give us a boost so we don’t keep using our bullpen like we have. AB is not going to be a yankee period they are going to ask too much and someone desperate out there will overpay for him. I just hope thats not us
Yankee2016:. Mostly every team goes through a lull with pitching at the half way point to one extent or another. Injuries, over-use/burnout and sometimes bad defense that requires the staff to pitch even more is typical Boston made the playoffs last year due to some unexpected contributions the last few months. Reinforcements are the key. Bloom for example is hoping for Sale and Paxton to be such this year. The Yankees seen in part to be hoping for at least German to help
You forget the point that none of these pitchers have really missed a start. How many teams have gone an entire season without any of their starting rotation going on the injured list? Also how long ago if ever have these starting pitchers of cole made it to 150 inning lets alone 200+ not including playoffs? That is the current trend. of the rotation currently. Now if you decide to rest starters are you willing to put guys in there that will put more stress on the bullpen thats already overused?
Cole is probably a bad example here. He threw 181 innings last season and went 200+ each of the 3 seasons prior to covid shortened 2020.
What part of over-use did I “forget”? Burning out a staff is often the reason for a late season collapse.
The Red Sox scored 5 runs off the Yanks two best starters in the first two games, then took the last two games. Sox had 3/4 games were started by AAA pitchers. The Yanks have been great, healthy and lucky. They absolutely could win it all, but they do have some issues that they can’t escape. They looked like they got gut punched this weekend for sure. Judge needs to learn to stop trolling the Sox. He’s no Jeter and can’t seem to back it up. So glad he’s making it impossible for the yanks not to re sign him. Signing Benny would be a way to take a shot at the Sox. He was well loved, although, like Betts, I agreed with the logic of the deal. He was a fan favorite. At least some spice has been added to the season. At the end of the day it was a split and really didn’t cost the Yanks much, other than exposing some things about the team.
Cmon, the Yankees are trying to win a title. I doubt sticking it to the Red Sox is part of their thinking right now…
yankees2016rebuild
Yeah cause thats all the yankees need. Why is no one seeing whats going on most of our starters were having carrer years
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One of the smartest things I’ve heard a BB say was when Schilling was asked whether the NYY or RS would finished 1st (2007?). He said that the team that got the most starts from their regular rotation would win. That’s still largely true.
The NYY have had only three starts from their regulars. The RS have gotten 28. The regulars are 22-13, with a 3.59. The replacements are a 5-10, with a credible 4.87. It’s one of the reasons why I am not overly concerned at this point. When Eovaldi, Sale, and Whitlock return, I expect this team to play much better.
But to your point about regression, while Cole is still Cole, the other four have been pretty mediocre the past month.
He’s not likely coming to the Yankees, unless NY includes Peraza in the trade, which is not likely.
You don’t get that good of a prospect for a 2 month rental, unless he is a superstar and Benny is no superstar. They’d probably receive two prospects in the 20-30 range within the Yankees system.
I would split the difference between the two suggestions. I think it would take something like Pereira and Vasquez (#10 & #15, according to Pipeline) to get Beni. He’s a rental but he’ll be sought after as an impact rental.
Waldichuk and a lower level prospect to start the conversation
@kemark- if the Yankees can land Castillo or Montas, Waldichuk would be heading to Cincy or Oakland. I doubt he goes to KC for Benny.
I doubt the Yankees would trade Waldichuk.
Benni is not a typical impact player in that he doesn’t have blazing speed for not having power. He’s perfect though for the Yankees given his ability to get on base, play all OF positions and ability to get a cheap RF homer or two as a lefty. As a non-pitcher, it will be two mid-level players or youngsters with no track record. Anyone remember who Boston gave up last year for Schwarber or the Yankees traded for Rizzo?
@Fink Ployed- if the Yankees make a big move, I’m definitely thinking Waldichuk will be involved. Sears is another pitcher that teams will have some interest in also.
Maybe for Castillo. I doubt they’d trade him for anyone else.
@Fink Ployed- I definitely think Castillo or Montas is the way to go for the Yankees. At this point they should go for whoever is cheaper, since both have excellent stuff. Pereira, Vargas, Waldichuk, Wesneski, Sears, Vasquez, Warren, and Deivi are all available. A list of 4 or 5 of these prospects should be sent to both teams. lst one to bite for a trade. Especially after last night’s split with the Red Sox. The Yankees have a clear need for another starter.
If Benny ends up with Yankees he will hit 12 to 15 Hr’s in the 2nd half just because he will get some “cheapies” playing in that “little League” park. He will start pulling the ball more and his average will drop in the .270’s.
With that said, he would be a great addition to the Yankees… they need more contact and less strike outs in that line up.
Any GM that trades for Gallo needs to have their Bell rung and head to Taco Bell for a Chalupa.
@Cooperdooper7- wow I really hope your right about everything you said. Nice series with you guys. Alright with the split. We’ll take it. And thanks for the laugh about what you said about Joey Gallo! All true!
The Rangers will take him back if the Yankees kick in one or two very good prospects. The Yankees would probably prefer that than to waive him when added to other moves could get the team beyond the next tax level, where they do not want to go.
Cap,
Castillo ceiling is quite bit higher than Montas, both are gambles since both have had injuries this season. Can’t really see Montas, but for me Castillo is worth the gamble at the right price.
He may not be a superstar, but he is a solid, dependable player. At the very least, he is a lot better than what the Yankees have there now
Agree Dorothy. 2 months of Benintendi and the playoffs would be very nice, but not worth top 100ish prospect. Be interesting to see when the Yankees move Volpe up to Scranton, what they do with Peraza. He could go to the Reds if the Yankees were to acquire Castillo, but that is highly speculative on my part.
So every other team is going to look at a +125 OPS, Gold Glove winner and say “2 prospects in the 20 to 30 range? Too rich for my blood”. Dream on.
No one is giving up a top 5 pick, but its going to cost a bit more than 20 to 30 prospect. Rizzo got the Cubs their 4th ranked prospect, Red Sox got Seabold and Pivetta for Workman and Hembree I’d say Benintendi is somewhere between those two.
Capt Judge99,
I think you have put the price a bit high, although you could make an argument that Peraza is expendable. Volpe is clearly the better prospect and they can only have 1 every day SS. Second base clearly belongs to Torres and they have LeMahieu for utility.
@Mickey777- Peraza isn’t expendable though from what I know. Which means that Luis Castillo or Frankie Montas are probably not coming at the trade deadline. The Yankees are looking at Peraza as the shortstop of the future. Which means Volpe will play 2nd, Sweeney 3rd and Austin Wells will either catch or play lst base, or do both. I love Gleyber but the Reds will likely want him or Peraza in a package for Castillo. Oakland wants Peraza in a Montas package. That’s not happening.
The Yankees keeping Peraza down in AAA despite his current hot streak leads me to think they might be open to moving him after all. The need for another front of the rotation arm is becoming more obvious and Peraza is the key to getting Castillo. A month ago I would have thought the idea was crazy but now I think it’s a strong possibility
@Ronk325- Peraza will not be traded regardless. Expect Oswald to be called from AAA in a month or less and expect IKF to be a utility player playing all over the diamond. I do feel the chances of trading for Castillo instead of Montas are a lot higher for the Yankees. Wouldn’t surprise me to see the Reds to take Alexander Vargas and Everson Pereira in a package that includes Vasquez or Deivi.
That package won’t be enough to get Castillo. The Reds probably hang up the phone if Peraza isn’t included. It would probably look like Peraza, Wesneski, and Warren plus another lower ranked prospect. The Yankees seem to be content with IKF/Marwin at SS so they might be comfortable moving Peraza
@Ronk325- No the Reds aren’t going to hang up the phone if Peraza isn’t included in the trade. They have interest in the lefty starter Waldichuk who will playing in the futures game. The Yankees have plenty of prospects to offer instead of Peraza that can land either Castillo or Vargas. Your right Wesneski and Warren definitely interest the Reds. The Reds love Vargas who is from Cuba. They tried to sign him before the Yankees did. The Yankees just offered him more $.
Capt,
Don’t agree with you, respectfully. Your blog assumes a trade with the Reds for Castillo, certainly possible but not overly likely. Volpe is more /likely a candidate for 3rd base if you want to keep Peraza at short. Very little interest in Devi Garcia.
It will be interesting to see what they do! Always enjoy reading your blogs!
Gleyber isn’t being traded in 2022.
I think the Yankees would be less inclined to deal Waldichuk than Peraza. They have Volpe coming right behind Peraza but they don’t have another stud lefty SP. Also Vargas would be little more than a throw in at this point since he hasn’t shown much offensively yet. A key thing to consider with Castillo’s market is that he’s arguably the top SP available now with Montas’ shoulder issues and he still has another year of control. The Reds aren’t moving him unless they get exactly what they want and there will be other teams aggressively pursuing him
@Mickey777- hey I enjoy reading your blogs also, please keep them coming. The Yankees need to send a list of 4 or 5 prospects to Cincinnati and Oakland for Castillo or Montas. lst team to bite, then make a trade. The Yanks have a clear need for another starter. The starters need some rest to begin the 2nd half of the season. One more starter and a contact hitter with some speed like Benny or Happ. Lmk. Take care.
Captain,
Sign me up for Benny and Castillo.
Peraza isn’t getting traded for three months of Benintendi
just like gleybar wasnt traded for chapman?
I think Gleyber for Chapman was an unusual situation unlikely to be duplicated. Plus, Benintendi isn’t THAT good.
@pinstripes17- you’re 100% correct. Vasquez, Pereira, Deivi, or Warren. Not much more then that for 3 months of Benny.
Gallo sucks
Amen
It’s interesting to note that the expert prognosticators at SNY and Sports Illustrated overwhelmingly picked the Jays to win the NL East this season. And here the Jays are in danger of falling into last place.
The Jays could also be in 2nd place in just 2 games.
The AL east is tight right now. They have a 53% chance of making the playoffs.
53% chance lol.
rod – I woulda bet my house AND my wife that SNY and SI were wrong about the Jays winning the NL East.
Some might day that it’s a guaranteed win.
Realignment come early.
They’re not swapping any salary for Gallo because they’ll have to pay most of it just to move him. If there is a time to bite the bullet and eat 10 spots in the draft it’s this year.
Gallo most obvious fit is CF for Phillies, Yankees eat half of salary and get a low level pitching prospect.
Isn’t Gallo a corner OF?
He’s a gold glove corner. He’s a below average but passable CF. Or, at least he was 3 years ago. He had better range, then, than Judge has, now.
The Yankees are preferring to use Judge in center over Gallo. That speaks on their opinion on Gallo’s ability in center…
I think it’s his hitting, not his defense, that is keeping him out of center. And also, have you seen Judge in center? He runs down everything with those super long strides. It’s crazy!
No, it speaks to the fact that the Yankees are trying to get another productive bat in the lineup. Moving Judge to center means that the can get another more promising bat in the lineup, such as Andujar or Carpenter.
It also speaks to the fact that Judge is pretty a darn good centerfielder.
Oh of course we all agree with your memory of 3 years ago and your estate talent eval of Judge….LOL
The Phillies would really be going all-in on an all-time worst defense with Gallo in center. Hoskins, Schwarber, Castellanos, Gregorius, Bohm, Gallo playing out of position…I’ve seen better beer league slow pitch softball lineups from a defensive perspective.
Gallo won a Gold Glove in right field last year, Mr. Winston. He came in second behind Judge in the Fielding Bible Awards.
Sign me up for that trade!!! Freeing up a spot on the 26 man roster is the key!!! Not really too interested in what the return is. Yanks can use it to bring up Florial, Peraza, or trade for a Peralta or Benintendi!!
Just DFA him already, everybody knows that gallo he’s been one of the worst players in the league for the Yankees the last couple of years, why would they give up any thing for him.
The focus should be on improving that outfield spot, and almost anything will be an improvement honestly.
Benintendi is a rental, he won’t cost more than a pitcher like Wesneski or Medina!
Medina was just named the Yankees’ hottest pitching prospect:
mlb.com/news/hottest-pitching-prospects-july-2022
Would be a great pickup hopefully they dont have to give up too much for him, and to get at least one more arm in bullpen.
LI Ducks seems like the obvious landing spot for Gallo
Send him to Japan
There’s also a type of player who can thrive in a low pressure environment but will cave on the big stage. It’s possible that Gallo and Benintendi are both of that ilk. Hard to predict that sort of thing.
Benintendi is playing in KC at about the same level as he did in Boston, which is a relatively high pressure environment. It seems to me that Boston performance is a pretty good predictor of NY performance.
The press in Boston wasn’t nearly as vicious to him as the press in NY or Philly would be, let alone how bad the fans can be. Benny is a nice Midwestern guy and wouldn’t be able to take it.
If you can play in Boston, you can play in NY.
He didn’t play nearly as well in Boston, is the point.
It would depend on what you attribute his fall off in Boston to.
Have you ever been to Yankee stadium or Citifield? Nolan Ryan couldn’t take NY
Schilling: STFU Yankee fans.
He was such a jerk, but man, he could grind the Yankees balls into dust.
Yankees are NOT winning the WS. They aren’t built for the postseason.
i agree the need two Benintendi type hitter to balance the power and a #1 type starter to argue WS.
In the last 28 days, Hicks has hit .277/.382/.585 and the Yankees still have DJL. They also have 4 of the top 20 starting pitchers in fWAR in the AL.
Too bad that a season isn’t 28 days
Luckily for Hicks, it wasn’t!
Hicks has an OPS+ for 2022 of 110.
I’m sure people said the same thing about the Braves this time last year. A lot of things will change between now and the trade deadline
You aren’t watching the Yankees play baseball. They are not the station to station offense that we have seen stall out in the playoffs when facing elite pitching. This team runs, moves runners over, take extra bases, and plays much better defense. They are nearly 40 games over .500, and I’m sure nobody is “looking forward” to playing them in the postseason.
Based on what? They are absolutely running through the league this year, so keep coping.
I love the anti- Yankee base who thinks if you just speak nonsense about them , then they will stop being successful.
Noooooo on Gallo to padres . Bad enough having Voit and Alfaro striking out 35% of time .
DFA Gallo
Gallo and a decent pitching prospect for Benintendi. Bloated Yankees pay most of Gallo’s salary.
Guaranteed that once he plays in the Royals environment Gallo will outproduce Benintendi for the rest of the 2022 season.
No seller is going to sacrifice prospect value for Gallo. Yanks either get some $ savings and/or 24 y.o. AA reliever or he gets DFA’d.
It’s likely someone is willing to pay something better than a DFA costs to NY. Not much but something.
At this point the NYY are the ones that need to add a prospect to Gallo…no team is adding a prospect FOR Gallo
Look at what OAK just got for Bethancourt. It won’t be a team’s top 30 but it will be more viable than a DFA.
Gallo’s defense, power and history are worth more than a DFA. Maybe not much more but more.
This isn’t the NBA. You can’t trade future draft picks. Any trade has to involve both side giving up SOMETHING. There are always marginal prospects that a team can easily part with. Adding a new player, such as Gallo, generally requires that someone down the line is going to be displaced, anyway.
StudWinfield;
Can you read?
“Gallo and a decent pitching prospect for Benintendi.”
@Samuel, I can read. Can you? IMO Gallo has 0 value to KC. No bad team is taking Gallo, even for free, without leveraging for a better prospect. Including Gallo in any such deal only decreases NY’s leverage in negotiations.
Are you always this fragile when someone disagrees with you?
What would be the benefit for KC to take on Gallo? Lots of benefit for NYY, but that prospect better be enough to compensate for both acquiring Benetendi, and for relieving NYY of Gallo.
“Are you always this fragile when someone disagrees with you?” … StudWinfield, meet Samuel. (Yes, yes he is, I can attest to this and many others will as well).
StudWinfield;
LOL
You and those that liked your post have no reading comprehension at all.
I state the situation, you respond by telling me I’m wrong and state the same thing. Fragile? No, just stunned at the ignorance.
P.S. Hardly the first time this happened to me and others here.
Samuel: you suggest a trade involving gallo for an OF, I suggest that that will specifically not happen. We won’t both be correct so I’d say we are decidedly not saying the same thing.
It might take me a while to recover but I’ll survive being wrong on this and you being correct if that’s how it goes down. Lol
I don’t agree with your assessment of Gallo. As a Red Sox fan, it would be hard to see Benny in Yankee pinstripes, plus, he doesn’t have the right personality for NY
@dph124, someone who played LF on a WS winning BOS team as a 24 y.o. is going to have a hard time for half a season in NY?
For Benny’s price tag the Royals should and will demand, I dont see the need for him. Yankees can platoon Hicks, who has played a lot better lately, and Judge in CF. Mix in Stanton and Carpenter in the OF along with Andujar and Florial and they’re set. Gallo being the odd man out can come off the bench as a pinch -runner and -hitter. To get Benny, I think the Yankees will have to facilitate a three-team trade and also shed Gallo which is a tall order.
No room on the roster for all of them. Getting another OF and losing Gallo still puts Miggy and Florial behind Carpenter and Gonzales.
Not sure why people think Gallo needs to be part of any OF deal. The OF sellers and potential Gallo suitors are totally separate markets.
Well some fans seem to believe that Gallo is dead-weight and don’t recognize that he has versatile defensive value and runs the bases quite well. Then, as you asserted, there are roster construction considerations.
So he is an expensive version of a worse brett gardner and tim locastro?
I’d say an expensive Tyler Wade with more power.
Yes! You got it! If you look at Gallo as Tim Loastro Yankee fans can quit being mad at him. If you don’t expect too much from Gallo then you won’t be let down. And also, he isn’t even that expensive (10 million half of which is already paid)…especially for the Yankees
Travis Jankowski for the Mets lol
This doesn’t solve the centerfield issue.
There isn’t a centerfield issue, Hicks is back.
I wonder if the Mets will step in to grab him as DH. We have Dom Smith, JD Davis and others at the AAA level we could trade for him. Certainly not the worst idea. A DH hitting .317 is exactly what we need, and another left-handed bat which fills Dom Smith’s place on the team. Canha can play 1B when Alonso needs a rest and McNeil can fill the LF spot.
I love that the Rangers won that trade with the Yankers
Texas didn’t just win that trade. They blew out NYY’s backs.
The Yankees stole Trevino AND Albert Abreu from them. The prospects traded for Gallo don’t move anyone.
You’re not very bright
There’s no such thing as “winning” a trade. Texas got promising prospects. None of them were likely to be impact players for the Yankees; they were all trades from areas of high depth. The Yankees would most likely have traded all those players elsewhere at some point.
I guess they made up for it when they traded an All-Star catcher to the Yankees for a pitcher that is back on the Yankees roster!
Hauver has the best upside of the bunch as far as MLB regular. Duran hits the ball hard but there’s a lot of swing and miss with a poor BB%. Otto is a bor SP if he sticks. Smith is a great contact hitter with speed but not a lot of power.
A good haul for TEX but nothing that detrimental to NY that they can’t pay for.
I love that the Rangers are a sub .500 team once again
Since Gallo has nothing but negative value atm… i wonder if NYY would take Myers off our hands (will roughly be owed $9 ) while we take Gallo ..perhaps adding a 40 man spot spec like P Contreras (A+ ball)since we will have a bit of a roster crunch here shortly with a gazillion BP arms coming back from 60IL as well as Tatis…
Gallo could resurrect his career/value in SD as Mazara /Profar/Alfaro and Nick Martinez have (all ex Rangers and AJP guys) this year… having familiar faces and a more mellow atmosphere SoCal vs NYC…could be the cure for Gallo…
Padres could then pursue a more consistent bat like Bell or Cubs Contreras..or send a boat of specs (2 of CJ Abrams/Hassell or Campusano) for controllable CF upgrades like Reynolds/Hays or Laureano
Gallo strikes out to much no avg padres already have enough of those
Two of Abrams/Hassell/Campusano for Reynolds or Hays? With their contract, impact, age, and talent, both the Orioles and Pirates would be asking for all 3, and then some (like Gore+). If the Pirates and O’s were only asking for two top prospects, one would have been dealt already. They’re not trading either for anything less than multiple top 50 prospects, and maybe a proven MLB commodity.
If Gallo has negative value then Myers has double secret negative value. Yanks don’t have room on the 40 either.
I think you’re missing that the Yankees don’t care that much about the remaining $7M or so on Gallo’s salary; what they care about is that every roster spot is productive. They are not going to some offsetting salary trade just to do it.
Gasu,
Agree completely freeing up a spot on the roster is the real return for getting rid of Gallo. By the way, the money owed to Gallo is “only” 5 million making your point even stronger.
Spot on. Addition by subtraction. And then we would not have to be subjected to Boone being forced to ,or deciding to play Gallo in the lineup.
Gallo is a case of someone who is either unable or unwilling to adjust his approach while simultaneously being drowned in analytics and trending data. If he could shorten up his swing and begin going the other way or hitting to the gaps rather than trying to horse it to the right side time and again when the shift has his beaten there could be some real success.
Gallo is the extreme of the extreme. Even with three-true-outcomes hitters becoming much more prevelant in baseball, Gallo is by far and away the most TTO hitter in the sport.
I believe Gallo once said that he tried to adjust his swing early in his big league career and it didn’t really help him. He still had a low average and lost his power in the process
Not sure why the BoSox aren’t trading for him, he’s a future All-Time great according to how they acted when he was on the team
1. Nobody wants Joey Gallo
2. The Yankees aren’t stupid. They’re not trading a worthwhile prospect just to get rid of 2 months of Gallo. They’ll straight up DFA him before that.
I’m not getting all the scenarios either. Guy is well below a major league player but the good defense argument is bad. I am sure there are plenty of AAA players out there who can’t hit but shine in the field. He just does not improve any team. Probably makes them worse.
2022 Gallo is not the same as the Gallo we saw the last few seasons. The low average and high K’s are acceptable, only when he’s hitting 40 bombs a year.
Mlb1225,
Get your point, but if the Yankees pay part or all of the 5 million still owed to Gallo there would be teams interested. Why would the Yankees pay off his contract in a potential “trade” rather than simply release him? If they “trade” him they get to pick where he ends up. If they release him there’s a good chance either Toronto or Tampa Bay would sign him. Imagine if either team straighten him out and he walked into one in a playoff game. So ANY salary relief from the team acquiring Gallo is a real plus.
The Yankees are making the playoffs, so all of their moves need to be designed to improve their chances in the playoffs. Benintendi, David Peralta, or a top flight starter like Castillo make perfect sense for them but only at the right price.
Can’t wait to see what they do.
Maybe, but you tell me if I’m Aj Preller why I should give up anything for a free Joey Gallo when I could go and get Andrew B for more, but much better of a player.
Gallo is an extreme pull hitter who hit home runs when it didn’t matter with the Rangers, and now that it matters the home runs have not come due to the pressure of playing in NY. He’s better off with a non-contender, but I don’t think anyone really wants him other than Preller in San Diego due to his drafting Gallo, and the Rangers who probably think he will play better under less pressure. Benintendi is a nice line-drive hitter and can be a nice complement to Judge and Stanton but will come at a heavy price……I’m sure multiple teams have contacted the Royals on Benintendi.
It wasn’t the pressure of NY. Some coach or analytics guy thought they could change what he was, and they messed with his approach. They succeeded in changing who he was, but they didn’t get what they hoped for. Just like with Sonny Gray. There is a reason for the saying “If its not broke, don’t fix it.”
No need to overpay for a light hitting outfielder. Let Carpenter play left as long as he keeps hitting bombs. Andujar has played well when he has been with the club as well. At almost 40 games over .500, it doesn’t seem like there is a need to get fleeced by the Royals. If a reasonable deal could be made then fine, but otherwise he is marginally better than in house options.
It might be better to do an atypical type of trade that involves Gallo, something like:
Yankees/Marlins trade:
Marlins receive:
Joey Gallo (plus $3M from NYY for salary relief)
Miguel Andujar
Alexander Vargas (20 year old Cuban born SS & Yanks 20th ranked prospect)
Yankees receive:
Richard Bleier (35 year old lefty reliever with $3.75 guaranteed in 2023)
Peyton Burdick (25 year old outfielder & Marlins 9th ranked prospect)
Evan Fitterer (22 year old RHP & Marlins 18th ranked prospect)
Yankees benefit from dumping two players who longer fit, get a couple of potential pieces for future use, and Bleier, though not as productive this season, has had a good career. He can be used this year, or flipped this year or in the off-season. Lots of teams could use a lefty reliever. Or the Yanks could just keep him on a loaded staff.
Marlins benefit from getting Andujar and being able to have him play on a regular basis for the next few seasons. Gallo, though a FA at this season’s end, could provide much needed pop, as they still think they have a chance at the third WC spot. They get a young Cuban SS with strong defensive and running skills, though his bat is a question. Also, though Bleier making $3.75M next season isn’t a big deal for most teams, it could make a big difference for Miami. He’s slipped a step and will be 36 next season. Good time to move on from him.
I doubt the Marlins give up that much for two players the Yankees don’t want.
Trading Gallo opens a roster spot for Andujar in New York. Yankee’s bullpen is already stacked and getting better when Britton and Loaisiga return. Don’t need a 35 year old LH reliever. They just DFA’d Banuelos who was that exactly.
I also don’t see how this trade moves the needle for the Marlins. If they’re trading Marte mid-season, what does having Gallo do for them? Marlins will be giving up two top 20 prospects for Andujar which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
These prospects in this scenario will not become top performers in MLB. They’re future role players. A platoon corner outfielder, a 4th starter, and a Hechevarria type of shortstop. Most prospects aren’t future stars. Point is the Yanks will have to get creative to dump Gallo if they don’t want to DFA him. A fair trade would be straight up for Blake Snell, but Snell makes $16.5M next season; so that ain’t happening. Yanks are in a tough spot with Gallo. No true contender wants him and no rebuilding wants him either, so that leaves the bubble teams taking the chance he’ll heat up. Either way, I doubt you’ll see a normal trade for Gallo, if any at all.
Burder and Fitterer were both high draft picks (3rd and 5th). Burder is playing good, so his preseason ranking is low, while Vargas’s OPS is .526, so his stock is sinking. Andujar is a fading prospect, he’s been in the minor leagues since 2012. This would be a terrible move for Marlins.
Please dont make these suggestions anymore.
Starvin Marvin wants to tell you not to submit trade ideas like this, though he probably couldn’t put together valid trade proposal to save his life. Just wants to crap on your idea, even though yours was well explained, and backed up with reasoning. Please do not offend the great Marvin with these asinine ideas. He’s very fragile.
Yes, I like to crap on trade proposals that no one asked for, are ridiculously lopsided, and reek of homerism. If you got this upset over “Please dont make these suggestions anymore” —- Its you thats the fragile one.
Marlins are trading prospects for crap now? Throw in Greg Bird.
I wonder if the Braves would want Benintendi? If the Mets finally get deGrom back, that race could be one for the ages.
That is the kind of move the Braves make.
The rent is too d*** high. Royals will get a haul for B-tendi in this weak trade market.. Throw in the boat anchor Gallo and the price goes up up up.
Gallo for Corey Dickerson and Drew VerHagen. Pure trash swap for both sides.
I have floated the idea of VerHagen, DeJong, McFarlane, and Nootbaar for Gallo on my teams site but didn’t get much discussion. It is close to salary even, it gets Gallo gone and gets a LH OF replacement with some potential and a great name. Cards get rid of 2 relievers that were bad signings without having to DFA and make Mo look bad. Yanks can just release them, they are there to even salary. Cards empty 40man spots so they can quit having to DFA people like Rondon. Yanks get someone who can actually field on infield if DeJong can turn it around. And Nootbaar is being passed by Burly in Cards prospect pecking order. Having Gallo might finally stop Cardinals from starting Puhols vs. a righty that they have done far too much
Gallo for DeJong plus cash to even up the contracts. DeJong is the only “bad” contract swap I’ve seen that could make sense with Gallo. STL can bet on some Gallo upside and clear the post ’22 DeJong $’s and Yanks can keep DeJong in AAA through his contract because he has all 3 options left.
I don’t understand. The way everyone in this conversation has trashed Gallo yet fashioned potential trades tells me that you would-be GMs think the people running other teams are incompetent idiots or, worse, just plain suckers.
I’m a Cardinals’ fan. I would happily take Gallo for DeJong. It has very little to do with on-field performance. DeJong is owed $9 million for next season and has no obvious path to playing time in St Louis. If Gallo continues to flounder, the Cards just cut him.
If I am the Yankees, I say tack on a ultra good prospect and see if the Royals will bite for Gallo for Benintendi. Even a prospect as highly regarded as Peraza is not that big a loss for the Yankees. If they really want him, they can trade prospects for him again in 4 years when the Royals can’t afford him again.
Absolutely no need for NY to spend prospect capital to save $’s like last season.
Absolutely no need for the Yankees to pretend they are in the same boat as the Rays and hoard prospect capital either. The Yankees have never and will never, until the system changes, need many prospects at all. They are just currency to them.
They traded 10 prospects last year and I predict at least 5 this year. Who’s hoarding?
I wasn’t saying they WERE hoarding. I was telling the other guy there was no need for them to start hoarding. They don’t need prospects to graduate. They buy good players after arbitration. They don’t need to go through the cheap growing pains like other teams.
The only place Gallo wants to be is back home in Texas.
Andujar and Greg Bird should get him.
3 team deal… Gallo to padres.. Snell to 3rd team. 3rd team send a prospect to yanks
I hope you are not seriously suggesting that the Padres would swap Snell for Gallo.
The issue for that the writers need to consider in the merry-go, is that they have the NYY getting Benni, and then trading Gallo to a team that needs an outfielder.
but if these other teams need an outfielder, they can simply go to the Royals directly and cut out the middleman.
No, you miss the point entirely. No contending team is going to trade for Gallo, unless they really want to roll the device. Non-contending teams are not going to give up the prospects required to get Benintendi. Gallo will be close to free.
Roll the dice, GD spell correction.
I kind of like “roll the device.” It sounds classier and far less like a degenerate gambler.
If getting Benintendi is contingent on moving Gallo, good luck. Why would anybody want Gallo.
If the Yankees are truly interested in improving ,they need to just sign Benintendi ,and DFA Gallo if they have to, I wonder if they are willing to do that though.
I’ll just Add,the people who are pointing out that Gallo is a three outcome player. That is not breaking news, we have heard that ad nauseum .The problem is not Gallo as a 3 true outcome Player, that was what cashman was hoping for when he signed him. The problem is that his bat has been missing for most of the past two years, if he progressed to being a three true outcome player again, it would be fine. But I think that that ship has sailed
Totally different skill sets. If a team needs power and has faith that a change of scenery will help, Gallo is a much better answer. The yanks have plenty of power, a lefty contact hitter that plays respectable defense is exactly what they need and would help them in the playoffs.
Gallo to SD for Lament.
I think between Voit, Mayers, and Hosmer, SD has enough Joey Gallos already.
Joey Gallo is one of the best athletes in all of baseball and has as much natural talent as anybody in baseball. He could be the next $300 million player, but he is just too stubborn to listen to his coaches and improve his performance.
If he gets enough ABs this season, he will challenge Chris Davis for the worst BA in single season history. While I agree he would do well to listen to his coaches and learn to be a better overall hitter, he is, always has been, and always will be, a three true outcomes guy. Nothing more. He has almost 1000 career strikeouts, and only 449 career hits. He was never going to be a 300 million dollar guy. While his career .804 OPS shows he’s not completely useless, if you wanna employ him, you’ll have to tolerate a lot of terrible at bats, to be rewarded with a few HRs.
Gallo is garbage he should be playing for the railriders now
He’s not even good enough for them
I wouldn’t trade Gallo. He’s gonna go on a YUGE tear here soon.
This article is meaningless, just Clickbait. The Yankees do their due diligence and talk to everybody about everyone, They’ve probably spoken to the angels about ohtani too. Would the latter ever happen, no. Most of the time it doesn’t amount to a hill of beans, does it mean they are seriously considering this, who knows.
It’s the Yankees so naturally they’ll be buyers and part of every trade rumor.
I’d still chose Peralta over Gallo for the rest of the season but to say I’d be severely disappointed would be an understatement.
They prolly gon give up Dominguez for him
Robinson Cano dealt to Braves for Cash.
Yankees are “in” on everyone for trades.
It does not mean that they will get him.
Exactly, I’m sure most will be too rich for Cashman’s blood or to to his liking
Gallo to Philly for AAA C Sands
The Royals are trying to get as many teams as possible involved get bidding war going if they can bet they get a lot prospect then most people think they are getting for him.
Gallo, Domingo German, and another fringe bullpen prospect to Pads for Blake Smell !
Than send following prospects to the Royals for Ben Nintendo:
SS Alex Vargas
CF Estevan Florial
LF Miggy Andujar
P Deivi Garcia
Ben Nintendo…. Jajaja
Cashman is in a position of strenght here, he really doesn’t have to do anything. Gallo moves to the Padres and they sign either Benintendi or Peralta, both are veteran upgrades at this point.
Just be rid of Hicks and call up Florial. Save the solid secondary prospects for pitching.
Or try to cash in on Florial and trade him now that he’s having a hot season. Pitch recognition is still an issue. High K rate. He’s a AAAA hitter.
Judge has a high K rate too. Florial can play CF. That, and he bats left. In AAA, he’s doing everything well. Since he’s a CF, we can overlook the 29% k-rate.
Heyman and Nightengale reporting Benentendi and Peralta. Ok, so it will be Happ.
Can we just trade for soto giving up entire farm
….. and 3 to 4 players in the roster actually…. Why not?? Anyway, he’s gonna be a Yankee ASAP (put on the bank)
Daz Cameron and Derek Hill are both great defensive CF and both will not be given adequate chance to play full time. These players should be moved so they don’t rot in AAA.
If there were any doubt in my mind before, it’s gone now. After watching umpire Gibson call three balls out of the zone strikes to ring up Stanton, I’m all-in on robot umps. F__ these guys. There’s no accountability. They’ve got the K-Zone to verify their bad calls, and it has no effect on their incompetence.
What are you talking about, those pitches were right down the middle. NOT. As much as I hate the Yankees, that stuff makes me crazy. I agree on the robo calls. Just take that part away from the dumpires. Not coincidentally, the Sox blew the game open right after that. It has a much bigger impact on the game than they want us to believe. And it’s not right.
See. We can agree on things. ; )
The 1997 playoffs between Braves vs Marlins was fixed. I know someone who never watched a single baseball game since that because it was so obvious.
Talk to Tony Tarasco about fixed. Jeffrey Maier’s elbow was resting on the top of the wall. No question it’s a flyout but the dumpires handed the game to the Yankees.
The shame of it is that the Yankees were definitely the better team but the Orioles did win the next game. I think the Yankees still win the series but that play is nothing short of a travesty and embarrassment for baseball.
Then there’s Clemens throwing the broken bat at Piazza. Are you freaking kidding me? That’s an immediate ejection and suspension but NOOOO. Once again the dumpires say, “Oh ha ha that’s just Roger being Roger”.
This is the same knucklehead who got thrown out of a playoff against The A’s when he was on the Red Sox.
In these instances the better team won, but it is irksome that the dumpires feel they need to exert their “power” to assure the proper outcome.
Keep the HP ump, and give each team 5 pitch challenges a game, to be called by the batter. But make it a 5-second challenge. The batter challenges, the ump throws up his hand, and 2 seconds later, the computer makes the decision.
I hate the challenge limit, it’s punishing a team for having a worse umpire. It’s counterintuitive to me.
The limit would only be on challenges you lose. The fun part is that someone will set up a website devoted to nothing but determining which umpires are the worst.
Some umps will be overturned 5-10 times a game. Some of these guys will be overturned 20-30 times a game.
Ah, that’s the ticket.
I predict a trade. That’s as specific as I’ll get. I know I’m going out on a limb here.
Change your user name to Nostradamus.
Montas is the best pitcher available. At this point, Tallion should at least miss his next start.
The Only team in MLB who need baseball players every year to win a WS … is NYY …. even if they have the best record in baseball
Dbacks David Peralta ($8M) and Madison Bumgarner ($22M) plus $4M to the Yankees for Joey Gallo ($10M) and Aroldis Chapman.($16M).
If I’m the Yankees, I bite the bullet and call the cubs on Happ and Robertson and see if they will take back Gallo and/or Chapman.
Maybe the Dodgers would take Chapman? I don’t see anyone else willing to bite on that. I mean the Dodgers dealt with Puig somehow, so maybe they could deal with Chapman. Both physical specimens and immensely talented but mental cases.
I don’t know what happened to Chapman in New York to be honest. I don’t follow the Yankees much at all.
The Cubs are in position to absorb some money, either paying contracts out like they did with Rizzo last year or take some money back from opposing teams. I actually think they would jump at Chapman if the right trade was offered now then hope to pay down his salary and flip him before the deadline.
Brett the Jet Gardner is still available and he bats left. Amazing how little credit he gets. Very unfair.