Dodgers' Joey Gallo happy for 'fresh start' after trade from Yankees

One didn't need to be a games clinician or a hitting master to understand that the New York Yankees exchanging,

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with the Texas Rangers for double-cross All-Star slugger Joey Gallo in July 2021 simply didn't turn out for the player or his new club.

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As verified by ESPN details, Gallo completed last season with an association high 213 strikeouts,

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and things got much worse for him at the dish over the main portion of the continuous mission.

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The 28-year-old regularly connected with an exit from the Bronx was batting a pitiful .

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159 with 106 strikeouts in 233 at-bats when the Yankees kindly delivered him to the Los Angeles Dodgers in front of this past Tuesday's MLB exchange cutoff time.

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The Dodgers started Thursday holding a telling 11.5-game lead over the course of the second-place San Diego Padres in the National League,

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West standings and are generally seen as top choices to essentially seek the World Series title this fall.

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Los Angeles director Dave Roberts added he trusts a difference in view permits Gallo to assist with pushing his club to its definitive objective of winning everything.

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