ARLINGTON, TEXAS - JULY 07: Joey Gallo #13 of the Texas Rangers fails to make the catch on a RBI single hit by Jonathan Schoop #7 of the Detroit Tigers in the top of the seventh inning at Globe Life Field on July 07, 2021 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
The Yankees secured good — no, great — value when they reportedly finalized their acquisition of Joey Gallo (and reliever Joely Rodriguez) on Wednesday night. They were able to finesse the Rangers into paying all of their two players’ remaining salaries in order to facilitate further deadline movement, and they weren’t forced to surrender any of their top-13 prospects in a “quantity over quality” package.