After an extremely disappointing season split between the East and West Coasts, Joey Gallo is now officially a free agent. The 28-year-old outfielder was traded from the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees on July 29, 2021, where he struggled to find his feet before being traded again, this time to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Aug. 2, 2022.
During the 2022 regular season, Gallo batted an underwhelming .160 – .159 in 82 games with the Yankees and .162 in 44 games with the Dodgers. This came after hitting .160 in 58 games with the Yankees in 2021, so when he left New York at the 2022 trade deadline, Gallo was far from the most popular guy in Manhattan.
JOEY GALLO OBLITERATED THIS BALL. pic.twitter.com/zZTQYhq0Pp
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 20, 2022