“I don’t recall him doing that once as a Yankee” “Yankees in shambles” - New York Yankees fans in disbelief following Joey Gallo's first home run as a Dodger

Former New York Yankees flop Joey Gallo seems to have found a new home with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Since being traded to Los Angeles on August 2, Gallo has shown that he still has some life left in him. Just yesterday, Gallo hit his first home run as a Dodger, and it was an opposite field bomb.

Gallo's time as a Yankee was nothing short of horrendous. The Yankees acquired him at last season's trade deadline and sent multiple prospects to the Texas Rangers in return.

He batted just .159, with 194 strikeouts in 140 games for New York. There was even a point where Aaron Judge had more home runs than Joey Gallo had hits.

However, the six games Gallo has played in a Dodgers uniform have been impressive for him. Although it is a small sample size, he is batting .267 with an OPS of .800. He also already has four hits, including a double and the homer he hit last night.

It is safe to say that Joey Gallo's recent performances have ticked off some Yankee fans. It raises the question as to why he could not produce in the pinstripes. Perhaps the pressure of New York got to him, and Los Angeles is a better fit.

His recent success could also be attributed to the support Dodgers fans are giving him. Los Angeles welcomed Gallo with open arms when he was traded there. This is in sharp contrast to how most Yankee fans despised him.

Regardless, since trading for Gallo, the Dodgers have yet to lose a game. On the flip side, the Yankees are 1-7 since the deal. Was Gallo really the glue that held the Yanks together?

Why can't the New York Yankees win without Joey Gallo?

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Since the trade deadline, the Yankees look like a completely different team than they were in the earlier part of the season. As mentioned before, the pinstripes are just one for their past seven, and this includes a six-game losing streak. Although they gained multiple new pieces this trade deadline, they are simply not producing at all.

Since joining the Yankees, Andrew Benintendi has somehow posted worse stats than Joey Gallo did. Through 13 games, Benintendi is batting just .175 with a .595 OPS, which is atrocious.

The Yankees once had the best record in the MLB. However, that is now gone. They still have a lead in the American League East, but it is slowly shrinking as the Blue Jays are now just 10 games behind. The Yanks need to turn it around for these final weeks of the season.