They believed they had dealt with the matter approximately this time last year, when they sent reliever Joely Rodriguez.
and player Joey Gallo to the Rangers in exchange for four minor league prospects.
The Yankees anticipated that Gallo’s left-handed power would be a wonderful fit for Yankee Stadium since he was an All-Star with Texas that season.
Rather, Gallo’s tenure in The Bronx was terrible, serving as a lesson in players who are not fit to play in New York.
He still can’t get over his terrible year-long experience living in The Bronx.
Gallo recently said, “I look back, and I’m sad about it,” regarding his time in New York, which came to an end in July of last year when he was traded to the Dodgers for minor league pitcher Clayton Beeter, who is currently 24 years old and was just sent to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
This week, Beeter attended the Futures Game in Seattle.
A number of things conspired against Gallo during his time with the Yankees. The infield shift, which is now prohibited, was one of the things that hurt him the most. Despite his deep-seated desire to flourish in the Stadium’s spotlight, the glare was obviously detrimental to him.
Gallo remarked, “That’s the nature of the beast, and you know it going in.”
Guys from other leagues aren’t just hanging around the clubhouse speculating about what it would be like to be a Yankee player.
Everyone knows things are different there. Because you play in New York, your life will be much more difficult if you don’t perform well.
There will be a lot more questions for you to respond to, along with more scrutiny and monitoring.
