Joey Gallo had another rough series this past weekend, finishing 2-for-15 with no walks and seven strikeouts in the four-game set against the Rays, and his rough stretch slipped him even farther down the big-league ranks since being traded to the Yankees.
The struggling lefty slugger has been dreadful at the plate since coming to New York last July, when it was hoped that his big lefty bat would balance out a righty-heavy lineup. Instead, Gallo has been one of the worst hitters in all of baseball in that time, as Joel Sherman of the New York Post pointed out that Gallo’s .162 batting average since being traded to the Yanks is the lowest in all of baseball among players who have logged at least 300 plate appearances in that time.
Gallo is known for his low batting average, but his other numbers are nearly just as bad since becoming a Yankee. The 2021 All-Star who led the league in walks last season and was known for his ability to get on base has an OBP of just .290 since the trade, the 12th lowest mark among hitters with at least 300 plate appearances. His strikeout percentage is second highest in the league, and among the 164 qualified players, Gallo has the 16th fewest RBI in that time, just 29.
The advanced stats don’t favor Gallo at all either, as his 86 wRC+ since the trade is the 14th lowest mark in the league, and his 0.2 WAR is 11th worst among those qualified hitters.
Things haven’t worked out for Gallo at all in New York, and after being dropped to ninth in the order this past weekend, the next phase would be being bumped out of the lineup completely. With numbers like the ones he has posted since arriving in the Bronx, leaving him in the lineup is becoming more and more difficult to justify.
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