 News broke during the game at least the report started with Jeff Passen of ESPN now a variety of reports and Jack you mentioned this as a possibility on our pregame coverage today that the Yankees were interested in Joey Gallo of the Texas Rangers in exchange for a variety of minor league players. These are his numbers courtesy of Toyota this season 25 homers in 95 games and 380 on base percentage a war of 4.1 14 defensive runs saved the Yankees have not confirmed that this is a done deal Jack there's always those T's that need to be crossed eyes that need to be dotted give us the nuts and bolts of what you're hearing. Yeah they're closing in on a deal for this power hitter the lefty Joey Gallo you mentioned the numbers already Bob and the Yankees need lefty hitting they've craved having lefty power he will deliver it they're also going to get a lefty reliever Jolie Rodriguez they'll give back four minor leaguers none who are rated among the top five of their best prospects but Gallo is a force he's 65 250 27 years old he can hit balls into the seats and then guys he's gold glove outfielder he's actually one of three active players who has a 40 homer season on his resume and also has a gold glove the other two are Christian Yellowitch and Cody Bellinger so that's the kind of talent the Yankees are getting does he strike out a lot yes he does that's part of his game but he also has a high on base percentage a high slugging percentage I envision that the Yankees will slot him into left field and that lineup which has been so weak from the left side this season will get a lot more potent yeah there there's so many things to like about this deal if it actually goes through I mean hitting in between judge and Stanton is something that I'd like to see also Jack just detailed how great of an outfielder he is how athletic he is he also has another year of control and the biggest question when anybody ever gets traded to the New York Yankees can you handle the bright lights of New York can you handle the biggest stage in baseball from all reports that I was reading tonight he has the makeup that he wants to be on the biggest stage so that's yet to be determined but from a skill standpoint and a control standpoint you have to love this deal play left field your outfield just got better your lineup just got more balance you just added a huge power bat and somebody who can handle the bright lights of New York you got to love this deal let's just do a comparison of what Joey Gallo brings to the left-handed batter so far for the Yankees this season you see that they're averaging last in terms of batting average 28 than home runs Jack 22 for left-handed batters for the Yankees and Gallo's already at 25 and counting right they have 22 and 700 in 30 ish at bats he has 25 and a little bit over 300 at bats so they have just added someone who makes them so much more imposing and a lot of times you would see Aaron Boone as he would make his lineup he's trying to spread out the lefty hitters that the Yankees have and look at tonight's lineup the the hitters are hitters like Greg Allen and Brett Gardner sometimes it's Tyler Wade well you put Joey Gallo in there and suddenly everything changes and I think John brought up a good point as well this is not just a rental this is a guy that when and if the deal is consummated they will have again next year and you heard Aaron judge talking to Meredith yes he's this big dude who hits a lot of home runs he also plays terrific defense so a complete player again he walks a lot he strikes out a lot he hits home runs about 60% of his plate appearances in his career he's had one of those three results all right