How's that Gallo trade lookin'?
The guy is a human wind turbine. 51 K's and 15 hits in 129 PA's as a Yankee. Remarkable numbers.
He does bat left, though.
Theo Epstein later said it was the most nervous he was that whole postseason. Foulke was absolutely on fumes, and the short porch was beckoning.
Frankly I couldn't even watch that inning live, just kept nervously checking.
In that particular game, the second and third hitters due up were lefty hitters. One thing Perez has is consistently good numbers against lefties.
It was a perfectly logical move.
It's crazy, really. Not only did they ditch Snell and Morton, they traded Hill and lost Glasnow and Archer to injury.
As the saying goes, it's like they're playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers.