"I’ll f*****g drive Gallo to the airport and pick up Benintendi" "Anyone with a brain knows this makes sense" - New York Yankees fans react to potential trade rumors for 2022 MLB All-Star Andrew Benintendi

Andrew Benintendi was recently chosen to the 2022 MLB All-Star team for the American League. The Kansas City Royals outfielder has batted .317/.389/.790 with 35 RBIs this season.

The former Red Sox man has been one of the brighter spots in an otherwise rebuilding Kansas City squad. With nothing to play for this season, it seems like they are trying to find suitors for the outfielder.

Benintendi has been involved in trade talks with the New York Yankees ever since the first month of the season.

Fans have been clamoring for the 28-year-old to play for the Bombers even though he made a name for himself in Boston.

One of the biggest factors to the talks has been the underwhelming performance of Joey Gallo. The two-time All-Star landed in New York on trade deadline day last season and has looked iffy ever since.

The Yankees don't necessarily have problems in the outfield given the depth of their squad. Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, both of whom will start the All-Star Game, have been superb for the Yankees this year.

New York Yankees fans anticipate the arrival of Andrew Benintendi

One thing that has been made clear by several New York Yankees fans is that they want Andrew Benintendi in and Joey Gallo out.

With the Yankees' high standards of play this year, fans' frustrations regarding Gallo's play have been understandable.

It's already settled that Benintendi won't be a slugger-type bat but will instead be a contact hitter for the Bombers.

Benintendi's 14.2% strikeout rate is far better than the league's 22.2% strikeout rate average.

The Yankees won't lose much from this deal, especially at the moment. Both players will be free agents at season's end, and Benintendi has an even cheaper contract than Gallo.

Gallo has also struggled this year. He is batting just .166 with an OPS of .629 with 10 homers and 21 RBIs. He has been wildly inconsistent and made some blunders in the outfield, considering he was a two-time Gold Glover.

It seems that this won't be a direct trade, however. The Royals want some prospects for Andrew Benintendi. Meanwhile, the Yankees will look for other contending teams who are willing to gamble on Joey Gallo.

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Daniel Santiago is a journalist who has been reporting on baseball at Sportskeeda since 2022. He was drawn towards the sport after the underlying statistics and the analysis surrounding it grabbed his attention.

Daniel particularly enjoys furnishing reports about historic events in baseball and analyzing the game through a statistic-based outlook, based on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. This is in line with how he enjoyed watching baseball as a pastime. As a writer, he is very particular about cross-checking from reputable sources and doing his due diligence.

He became a lifelong Hideki Matsui fan after his exploits in the 2009 World Series for the New York Yankees. Among the current generation, Daniel's favorites include Shohei Ohtani and Jung Hoo Lee. Daniel is a huge follower of Asian baseball and both Ohtani and Lee have been in the top echelon of their respective leagues during their time with the NPB and KBO.

His favorite moment as a baseball fan was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. He believes there aren't many words to fittingly describe the intensity of the moment.

As an avid sports fan, Daniel watches other sports and Esports when not writing about baseball.

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