Don LaGreca unleashes epic rant on caller over Joey Gallo

[@robertszekely8686]

Don took the comment about Michael Kay not being there with him personally. Even more than the disagreement about Gallo.

[@Malcolm.Y]

Yes.

[@BlueshirtFan4Ever]

He (Don) took that with a grain of salt.

[@spencerwilliams8443]

Don is such a salty Mets fan he can't even comprehend how the Yankees are doing so well. The idea of them doing even better without the black hole Gallo makes his head explode

[@xancypillosi9497]

Exactly

[@BMoniz]

That caller was rude to Don. Don had some good points.

[@jdm33333]

The redder Don’s face gets, the better the rant

[@cliffpadilla5871]

Definitely.

[@Chasstful]

He's way off on this one. Te caller is exactly right, Gallo makes them a worse team

[@demonkingbadger6689]

I mean it was impressive, but since he is completely wrong about Gallo, he just looks like an idiot in the end.

[@kennethschwartz9351]

Fake---contrived

[@erwinjones9869]

"I know my name is Don" should be an automatic drop😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@zachrizzo6525]

“But you couldn’t carry a radio show without Michael Kay”. Sick burn

[@a_coleman11]

ironically this rant led to a couple drops and Don winning drop madness...again

[@yankeesplyr23]

This is moronic. According to Don, the Yankees are not allowed to make themselves better because they are already good.

[@brandonbatts2012]

He agreed that Gallo was trash hitting wise, we are basically using him for his outfield defense. If we are being honest pitching has hurt us more than hitting. Recently

[@e2go]

Not only that he's pretty much saying they shouldn't bother even caring about making themselves better😂

[@FDKNJ]

I'll never understand how a guaranteed out isn't hurting a lineup.

[@hillaryilinsky1009]

a walk isn't a guaranteed out. can you understand that ?

[@JoseMiranda-ev7qf]

This is the simplest way I can put this ok so listen brother the only way Gallo would be hurting the line up would be if in a fantasy world Gallo was the last!!!! Out IN EVERY critical situation at the end of the game bottom nine top nine 2 outs if he struck out then every time! He would be hurting us… but that’s not the case.. cuz he isn’t always the last out!!! And people like shit talking Gallo but never mention the clutch stolen bases the athletic plays he makes! All the runners !!!! He keeps from advancing cuz he has a mouuuufuckin CAAAANNONNN for a limb that’s how bro that’s how now y’all get off Gallo before he gets phat Tony and whispers, the first whispers not the other whispers on yah

[@FDKNJ]

@@hillaryilinsky1009 going 0 for 5 with 4 strike outs on a consistent basis hurts the team. Can you understand that?

[@infoosed]

@@hillaryilinsky1009 But he doesnt walk at a high enough clip to justify his batting

[@infoosed]

@@JoseMiranda-ev7qf We are only 3 games over the astros now Just because we are in the lead and winning it doesnt mean hes not crippling the yankees chances he is hurting the yankees they are winning but its like running a marathon with a knife in your belly

[@RobiYorkMusic]

Imagine saying Joey Gallo’s stats are terrible but they don’t hurt the Yanks lol

[@SupaNatural28]

They don't hurt my Yankees because he doesn't play. He stinks on the bench.

[@uncasunga1800]

@@SupaNatural28 he plays dopey lol

[@SupaNatural28]

@@uncasunga1800 he plays in situations. He's not an everyday player.

[@KMJRoche11]

@@SupaNatural28 he's in the starting line up most games

[@who4804]

“He’s an automatic out, I agree but how does he hurt the Yankees” Lmaoo uhh huh ?

[@gerardoleary7239]

The caller made excellent points.

[@zachrizzo6525]

Balls too for roasting them being the sidekicks for Michael Kay

[@pauljeffers6719]

Not really. All he brought up was his batting average and strikeout rate. I do agree that gallo sucks, but Don does have a point. It isn’t hurting the team. The team is still winning and on pace to shatter records despite all of gallo’s struggles and failures. Honestly Gallo is hurting his own stats and personal image more than he is hurting the team as a whole.

[@TheDanrox110]

Who could the Yankees put in his place right now that would be a massive improvement

[@chrisbartolini1508]

The fact that 38 people liked this is why voting shouldn’t be a right.

[@lagosfury5142]

No not really,he isnt good but he is not hurting the TEAM

[@buckwheat5715]

The caller ended up being right.

[@elianherrera6644]

But they traded him away before the post season. So Don was right

[@cs51532]

@@elianherrera6644he still hurt them in the playoffs. The team fell off hard partly because of him

[@LoudFlimzz]

@@cs51532 he literally wasn't even there.

[@brianb7423]

Don ended up being right. What are you on about

[@brandonmodlesky5309]

Is he hurting them? Not in terms of wins and losses. But he takes away at bats from other players who are more deserving. Give the at bats to Andujar. When it comes to the post season, Andujar with more at bats would be significantly more valuable than what Gallo is providing.

[@doublem718]

Unfortunately, it's not just about at-bats. Andujar is NOT an OF. He may catch a few balls, but he can't shake a stick at Gallo's defensive prowess.

[@brandonmodlesky5309]

@@doublem718 I don't disagree but I was just using him as the easiest reference, you could probably find a ton of guys in the farm system who would help out with more at bats. At the end of the day, if Gallo was on a rookie contract, he would have been sent down a looooong while ago.

[@benfellows7469]

andujar is batting .300+ and slugging like .600-.700 this year in AAA with like 15 homers i think last i checked yesterday. But if Gallo is a problem then what is IKF? He gots 0 homeruns and only like 26 RBI's with a .250-.260 BA. i like him but we should trade him away with Gallo and bring up Andujar along with Peraza. They cant do any worse

[@KJF-ny]

The Yanks had a massive issue with defensive quality and saving runs in that aspect of the game. Keeping Gallo and IKF is fine because it aids the run suppression which has been equally important this year.

[@xancypillosi9497]

Carpenter deserves more time - IKF is hurting them bad. And makes blunders in the field. They need LeMahieu at 2nd. IKF is terrible at SS but time will tell

[@kervinrodriguez1833]

I love Don, his meltdowns are the best 😂😂

[@ccdogpark]

You must be closely related to him to care about that.

[@ledzep9943]

@@ccdogparkhuh?

[@kennethschwartz9351]

So Corny!!

[@Doopersteen]

One of the best moments in TMKS history. Listen every single day. Don is forever my spirit animal. What a f***ing legend

[@Rick-bi9fw]

He bats 160 for Christ's sake. Yankees lost and Don looks like a donk now.

[@danny_karate]

​@@Rick-bi9fw hey ya fucking yo yo ... when the yankees lost joey gallo wasnt even on the fucking team ... r u the dumbass that called in ??? HOW IS HE HURTING EM???

[@jbdetto]

Love Don but come on.. Gallo IS hurting the yanks. Clearly. Just because they’re a winning team doesn’t mean we can sweep the shortcomings under a rug.

[@Sizorhandz]

nobody was saying to trade Gardner last year batting 230, Everyone is worried about Gallo, when we have the best team in baseball, I bet if Gallo goes on a run these same idiots will shut up.

[@Stacey_-bf2mb]

It wasn’t about that, it was about Michael. It’s always been only about Michael

[@kylemorse346]

@stash bro I think what he means is that gallo isn’t hurting them cause his poor performance isn’t going to effect them when it comes time to the postseason. The Yankees most likely will still be a top 2 seed and get a playoff bye 1st round and he won’t be playing in the playoff games to hurt them. Obviously he knows he stinks but Don knows gallo will be gone before playoffs start

[@shockwavez3208]

@@yasinhalife89 If he's not producing the same way everyone else is producing than he is hurting the team. He's a walking out, and his at bats should be given to someone else who can produce. It doesn't matter if he can field, Don literally said it himself that he won't make the postseason roster, so then why is he still playing?

[@codgod772]

I agree. But don will just say we are whiny yankees fans for saying so. Having gallo is like having the pitcher bat ninth. Doesnt matter how good or bad their record is, gallo is hurting the team, and there is alway room for improvement. But trades always seem to happen right on the trade deadline, which makes sense why he is still on the team.

[@tberrardy]

The question shouldn’t be “how has he hurt the team?”, it should be “how has he helped the team offensively?”!

[@cmkilcullen8176]

right - which was the reason was brought along. The team doing better in spite of him. Geeze....wake up.

[@HouseDaddyHouse]

I was so lucky and privileged to be watching this live when it happened. Watching this unfold was amazing. When Le Greca goes on a rant it’s MUST see/listen. Love it!

[@cliffpadilla5871]

I was listening to it live.

[@elmayimbe_the_amateur_mechanic]

The Jose Reyes one I watched live BAHAHAHA!!

[@IamJdTrent]

Why does seeing it live matter? I'm just now seeing it and still it has the same effect, no?

[@daviddurnin3542]

He’s a fabulous driver.

[@techguygamer2023]

🤣🤣🤣

[@cmkilcullen8176]

and he has hair... wonderful accomplishment

[@rancidcrawfish]

Let's say Don went to a casino to play Black Jack and within an hour, he's down $100k. But he stays there for hours losing his ass off hoping for a different outcome. That's basically a Gallo at bat.

[@beckmanchilds756]

more like he's saying it's okay because they have a bank roll of 43 million. 100k won't hurt them in the long run considering this is another day and not a world series poker tournament

[@kennethschwartz9351]

But at least Dominic is a gifted singer!

[@pacificreefer4495]

I love you Don, but damn, you have to calm down before you have a heart attack.

[@isabelbeckerman9226]

Not to mention he has children, the poor things👶👶. Because Don has a temper as ferocious as Satan's backside👿, he'd better have his sizeable life insurance ready for his wife and kids in case he croaks💀 live on the Michael Kay Show. The last time he was this nutsy was the Ed Kranepool rant🤬, in which he almost crushed his computer screen. COOL IT, DON🙅‍♀ !!!!!!

[@freudgv]

I was scared

[@Chasstful]

He must have a secret crush on Joey Gallo

[@isabelbeckerman9226]

@@Chasstful Probably. They're paisans🍝, and the way Don carried on with his epic rant yesterday, it appeared he would risk his life walking among crocodiles to defend the honor of Gallo. Don LaGreca. My man !!!!😘🤟

[@isabelbeckerman9226]

@@freudgv Same here😲I've never seen Don this pissy before in all the years I've watched the Michael Kay Show. If he doesn't drop a peg or two with his catastrophic temper, it won't be long before he ends up in a pine box⚰and his youngins👶👶are without their white-haired daddy. Don, be warned😠.

[@jakenewman2604]

Apparently the Yankees can’t improve because they have a good record. Any team with that mindset deserves a first round exit

[@shaneberthoud4299]

He’s not saying they can’t improve. He’s saying Gallo doesn’t hurt them. which he’s right. he doesn’t. Gallo has not been a reason as to why we have won or lost games. He hardly comes up in big spots and when he does, it’s normally in games we are either winning, or end up winning. If you can point to any one game and tell me that Joey Gallo is the reason why we lost the game then fine. I’m not defending him btw, i think his days with the team should be long over, but he’s not hurting the team. He’s just not helping. He’s a non-factor.

[@Malcolm.Y]

And anyone who cannot differentiate Don's mindset from the Yankeess mindset doesn't deserve to post.

[@cambonious23]

They will make moves around the trade deadline. I’m pretty sure Gallo will be gone by then.

[@e2go]

@Jake Newman Spot on😂

[@Malcolm.Y]

@@e2go If lying about what Don said is the goal. he is definitely spot on

[@nickyr12]

Don… you’re wrong. I’m a Yankees fan btw

[@ayftb6558]

don was right they got worse when he left and he got no postseason at bats

[@e2go]

@@ayftb6558 He didn't say they would get worse when he left, he said he wasn't losing them games and wouldn't be in the lineup in the postseason if he kept playing shitty, which he clearly did for the Yankees.

[@adamvitka89]

This is what I live for. A Don La Greca rant 🤣

[@billysummers1616]

Mike was right, he's hurting the team. If someone else was contributing in that spot, they'd be even better. There's no point to keep him in the lineup when someone else who is gonna be in the postseason lineup could be getting AB's. Don just yelling and talking over the caller doesn't make him right

[@kennethschwartz9351]

So contrived!

[@timmystool3349]

How is he hurting the team? By wasting at bats that could be giving to other players allowing whoever it is to become comfortable as an everyday player and therefore ready for the playoffs

[@quaakes]

This makes no sense 🤣. This guy is agreeing with the caller saying Gallo is an automatic out but somehow that isn’t hurting the team? What a FOOL.

[@whatintheFUCKbubbs]

Half of a baseball game the guy is literally on the other side of the diamond fielding. If he is an excellent fielder, wouldn't that at least be negating his terrible hitting statistics?

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

​​@@whatintheFUCKbubbsIt depends on how good of a defender one is, how bad of a hitter they are, and how valuable their position is. Gallo is a LF/RF which are not valuable positions.

[@username-zj9id]

​@whatintheFUCKbubbs unless he's making at least 3 above average defensive plays per game, no.

[@terrrymaitland6869]

Love don but what a horrible take. How does he hurt you? He has a negative WAR and is an automatic out. Are the Yankees great even with him? Duh, but he’s most certainly hurting you. And his defense is way overblown. He was a good fielder, but this year the Yankees are afraid to play him in left field

[@Rotti1313]

Totally agree with you!!!!!!!

[@EasyBreezy24]

Agree with everything you said. He doesn't bring anything to the Yankees. Replace him with Andujar and we get slightly better output. I hate seeing Gallo strike out with RISP with less than 2 outs. All you have to do is put the ball in play, sac fly, maybe even an RBI groundout if there's not a DP opportunity. Maybe a hit. These things, Andujar can do. He puts the bat on the ball. I'm tired of seeing Gallo strike out over and over again. Sometimes you just need to make contact to score a run and Gallo can't do that. So frustrating watching him.

[@cambonious23]

How many more wins or less losses would they have without him? Give me a number

[@Rotti1313]

@@cambonious23 6…. Is that a good number. And you are looking at it all wrong. He is taking the spot of someone who could be 50% better with runners in scoring position or just having the ability to hit the ball to short when the entrie defence is to the right of second base. The dude is a waste of a roster spot and will continue to be a rally killer due to his own admission that he doesn’t have the ability to hit the ball the other way. He’s a joke!!!!

[@EasyBreezy24]

​@@jmzags6922 He's not hurting them? Well is he helping them then? If you replaced him with an average hitter, what would that do for the team? More than what Gallo is doing. Which is the point. You take Gallo out, replace him with the average player, and you get better. He's not hurting the team because the rest of the team is so good. He's not helping at all.

[@allyoopdan991]

Ooh dude is gonna bust a blood vessel! And he’s got great hair😂😂😂😂

[@jamesjoshua3288]

Don cutting an old school wwf promo!

[@Singertime637]

Imagine being a minor league player and Joey Gallo is batting .160 with like 20 rbi's in half a season. It's a dumb arguement Gallo is hurting the Yankees.

[@cagwald_grymor]

Yup. Dumb argument. Gallo is dead weight.

[@Williamlongsword-l2c]

Not according to statistics. The only way he could be hurting the team is if he had negative WAR, which he doesn’t.

[@Singertime637]

The only way he could be hurting the team is if he had a negative WAR. I don't wanna argue you I just wanna laugh a bit.

[@rayonensb]

@@Singertime637 he sucks 😂😂

[@lagosfury5142]

How??he a bad player but the yankees are running away and hiding ,how is he hurting them??

[@chrisdudley2077]

caller was right tbh

[@Mrtechguru15]

How is he hurting the Yankees? In every conceivable way! He is completely incompetent and is actively ruining any chance the Yankees have left of salvaging their relationship with Andujar

[@mechanicaljohnson2557]

Andujar is not good. Better than Gallo, but not good.

[@Malcolm.Y]

Are those all the ways that you can conceive? They may have hurt their relationship with Andujar. Oh, no. The mighty Andujar has an emotional boo-boo? One thing Gallo definitely adds to the mix is he gives stupid people a chance to trip over their own dicks trying so hard to hate him. lol Post some more.

[@MMAALL]

Andujar is insurance in case Judge walks.

[@cambonious23]

Does he write the lineup card everyday?

[@atb_hotsauce]

Yeah, Don makes no sense. “If we are in first, no player can hurt us”. Huh? It’s called being carried.

[@Soto24]

Don seriously embarrassed himself

[@jasonrodriguez4863]

how lmao the dude calling was a clown 😂😂😂😂

[@Minidunkathon93]

@@jasonrodriguez4863 How? Gallo has a negative WAR, he’s pretty obviously hurting the Yankees

[@jasonrodriguez4863]

@@Minidunkathon93 so his plus defense means nothing?

[@Minidunkathon93]

@@jasonrodriguez4863 WAR takes defense into account. And this year he’s actually had below average defense. -3 OAA

[@crl122486]

Don sounds like an angry black woman 😂

[@kevinatenine9797]

This aged beautifully. Everything the caller said was spot on. The Yankees were never a good team. Even when healthy they were beating up on bad teams. The AL was very weak this year aside from the Astros.

[@Surfer041]

Yankees haven't been good since 2011. (I'm a Yankee fan)

[@BernardGrimm-j4k]

I would like to speak to the caller from Manalapan but his his neighbors have likely beat him to death with baseball bats. For a guy he didn't know a thing about baseball metrics and how standings work, he was extremely judgemental.

[@thabullishbulldog5040]

how u feelin today? @@Surfer041

[@mikeybones7]

Yes the Yankees are in first place with Joey Gallo batting what he’s batting. That doesn’t mean he isn’t hurting them every time he steps to the plate. He is a rally killer and him being a great outfielder doesn’t trump his offensive woes. The Michael Kay thing aside, this caller was absolutely right about Joey Gallo.

[@gradyjones7017]

I’m pretty sure the reason why he keeps saying “Don” is to get his attention so he stops yelling at him

[@Superman_305]

Is there a video of angry santa getting pissed off that the Yankees traded Joey Gallo if there is I'd really like to see it 😂😂😂 Joey Gallo sucks and was bringing the team down just like Aroldis Chapman sucks and he's bringing the team down. Which I'm surprised the Yankees didn't trade Aroldis Chapman because his best days are way behind him.

[@DannyYankou]

I stopped taking him seriously when he said "they don't beat any good teams".

[@DannyYankou]

@The Pope Of Sports and Entertainment The Truth But they have the best record against .500 teams. Also best run differential in baseball, which is a great stat to separate the really good teams in a weak division.

[@DannyYankou]

@The Pope Of Sports and Entertainment The Truth We’ll find out this current year

[@RogerBates7]

The Angels owned the Yankees in the postseason for most of the 00s, the Yankees beat them and won the World Series in 2009. Every year is a new year and people need to realize that.

[@DannyYankou]

@@RogerBates7 And also, the west coast slump is a real thing that a lot of teams on the east go through.

[@TheLockdownKidNYC]

@@RogerBates7 ...I count one series.

[@nickfiscella9267]

Don was incorrect btw. If I was the caller I would've said, "Don, I can't answer your question because i've already given you an answer and I don't know how to make it any clearer. He hurts the team by being a bad hitter. He hurts the team's overall batting avg, slug%, obp, ops+" Don's use of the team's record as his only defense is very weak. That's like defending a pitcher based on their W-L record, one of the least indicative stats of a pitcher's actual skill. Yes, the yankees have the best record right now, but the Braves and Red Sox, for example, started the season with shameful records and have since risen to become serious playoff contenders.

[@lorenzohiguera4155]

NONSENSE! Don was winning the argument, until the Manalapn Numbskull interjected with the Michel Kay comparative...which then let loose of the angry Cracken. But let's be honest, if you refer to name calling and not answering questions. You shouldn't be calling in...on a Yankee platform with bogus opinions.

[@avibarzilai7814]

@@lorenzohiguera4155 Lol no he wasn't, screaming louder does not equal winning. "Does fielding matter?!" 5x as if he's not ignoring that hitting matters, and more than defense at that. And fielding is the only way to defend Gallo this season, that is if you don't bring up that the Yankees moved him out of LF because he was a slightly negative fielder there in the end

[@pedrofalu9425]

Ummm W's are what counts no?... You can eat all the Alphabet soup you want... and if Gallo is making it worse, all the metrics jazz and they win a Chip anyway... What Then?... So Many Great Championship Squads had a Gallo. Only this day an age, complain.

[@robertlosasso4222]

Boston is now 16 and 1/2 games behind.

[@josephdelessio2332]

A-Rod said on a national televised broadcast that Yankees shouldn't have traded for Joey Gallo. That they needed more hitters who are able to spread the ball around the diamond and not just go for the home run. A-Rod hit the nail on the head. Cashman is stuck with him .

[@jmzags6922]

not really. he is a free agent after this season and will be traded before then. so I don't see how cashman is "stuck with him"

[@ctcards2636]

@@jmzags6922 Yeah im not worried about Gallo. He will be playing else where soon enough. We need to be worrying about SP if anything. But I agree with Don, we have the best record in baseball and some how fans are still bitching ! ? WTF. Makes some of us Yankee fans feel embarrassed with some of the shenanigans being said by others. Could the team be doing better ? Yes ! but I cant complain right now. I didnt think the Yanks were gonna do jack this year and i am pleasantly surprised and enjoying it. If you had told me in spring training that the Yanks would be doing this well... I would of called you crazy. Instead of bitching about the best team in baseball not doing what you think they should be doing etc, enjoy this ! Damn ! . Pathetic.

[@kobekwong8479]

yeah not go for home runs and people want to remove ikf that is a base hitter and great defense

[@NYC_Goody]

And people called A rod an old head who doesn't know modern baseball and is stuck in the past lmao

[@jmzags6922]

@@NYC_Goody let's be real. The only reason arod said those things is because he was salty that they gave gallo 13. Arod is an egotistical maniac.

[@arkhamknight6371]

Sorry Don u were wrong n he answered u a few times

[@blacjackdaniels200]

Final score: Met caller-10 Dom-0 Sincerely, Yankee fan

[@kellyldavis100]

Hey Don, he’s hurting the team. Get over yourself. Why do you think everyone except you and your yes man think Gallo is terrible?

[@joyjordan24]

6:36 the last part that Don said tho😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@MM-or4kp]

This is right up there as maybe the best Don rant of all time.

[@MrJ1S]

I take nothing for granted. Andujar in place of gallo makes us 5 games better. We win the series vs Astros and Sox I just wanna know why a .160 hitter is allowed to hit 160 for this long. Yankees don't believe they have a better option?

[@Rotti1313]

Don is dead wrong !!!!!!!!! Gallo is horrible and he hurts us every time he is at the plate.

[@shaun6477]

Did he ever say Gallo wasn’t horrible? He’s not hurting a team when a team is 61-25

[@Rotti1313]

@@shaun6477 every time he has failed with runners in scoring position he has hurt the team. In their 25 losses, I would venture to guess he was part of the problem, not the only problem but he hurt the team. The guy has TWO career sacrifice flies. He has hurt the team even in their wins by underperfroming.

[@shaun6477]

@@Rotti1313 lol okay I could do that with every player on the team if this guy did this if this guy did that it’s almost impossible to be better than 61-25 u don’t know baseball

[@Rotti1313]

@@shaun6477 I have watched every yankee game this year and you are a complete moron if you think Gallo hasn't hurt them just because they have a good record. They won in spite of his failures. He has hurt this team with runners in scoring position all year.

[@uninformedopinion1668]

@@shaun6477 gallo is absolutely hurting this team. You don't think a guy who doesn't hit doesn't hurt you? Imagine the bases are loaded, your trailing by a couple runs, and Gallo's up. He's not hitting shit. Any game where the Yankees barely lost, could conceivably been won or tied if he wasn't hitting. This is basic logic man. This team could be 5 games better without gallo in the lineup

[@TeeDeeTD]

I’m not a Yankees fan, I understand what he was saying, but Gallo is without a doubt, 1000% hurting the team… I understand they’re winning… I understand they’re a good team… but they could be a BETTER team by exploring other options and not wasting that at-bat. How is he hurting the team? By wasting at-bats knowing he won’t be around in the postseason and thus taking away a spot in the lineup from a better player that has a chance to be in the postseason lineup.

[@DevilxBoogeyman]

How is he hurting the team tho.

[@beboprichie]

Nothing better than a Don Lagreca rant Absolute classic!!

[@raulreyesjesus63]

5 times lol on the fith time 5 time lmaoo 🤣 I can't done is a national treasure 🤣..every aswer is don 🤣

[@joejaroslaw527]

Anyone remember mariano duncan? Not everyone on WS winning team is gonna be a superstar

[@dreambrother80]

Mariano Duncan was hitting .340 for us though lol

[@brandonbatts2012]

Bingo Joe!!!

[@joejaroslaw527]

Dude hit under .100 in the WS 1 for 19

[@matthewbrown7729]

@@joejaroslaw527 Mariano Duncan contributed during the season and hit over .300 for us though smh, Gallo is just a waste of a roster spot, I mean when you see Gallo come up to bat what do you thinks gonna happen?, strikeout or walk, Thats it, But mostly strikeout..For christ sake Gallo has 21 rbi's in 70 game 🤔 smh..

[@Chasstful]

Mariano Duncan was 10 times teh ball player Gallo is

[@dynaguy3]

Is he saying the team wouldn’t be better if Mike Trout was in Gallo’s spot?

[@yankeesfanforlife506]

Wow Don was about to have a heart attack 😂

[@jonn3041]

The caller was right

[@tommahaffey9041]

DeGreco is in Gallo's pocket. Joey Gallo is hurting the Yankees by taking a roster spot from and preventing another player from getting major League experience that would make the Yankees stronger for the playoffs. We've seen the progress Andujar is continuing to make as a left fielder. DeGreco is a bozo.

[@xancypillosi9497]

Carpenter should be starting over Gallo

[@Chasstful]

Yes, this is correct. Gallo is one of the very lowest rated players in all of MLB. God knows why they keep running him out there.

[@JamesEvans2023]

I don't get why we aren't all on the same page about this and why Don actually gets paid for having these stupid person thoughts.

[@Chasstful]

@@JamesEvans2023 Having a boob who will say insane things on air is seen as a way to get ratings. The most insane thing he said was Gallo is an A+ outfield defender. That's preposterous

[@jamesw5353]

Hey Don, legit answer to your question. How is Gallo hurting this team...easy, forcing our better RP's to have to pitch high innings as opposed to a Luetge or Abreu. Gallo is a rally/run killer. Tie game or Yanks up 1 in the 6th inning. Man on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out ...Gallo is going to K on 3 pitches(last one chest high fastball) and we end up not scoring any runs forcing Boone to go to King instead of having breathing room. Happens every night he plays.

[@TheLockdownKidNYC]

I am noticing lately that there are way too many save situations the bullpen is being forced into after squandering opportunities from lack of sac flies or timely hits. They can't keep playing this "come back from behind" card. Yankees have taxed their bullpen for the better part of a decade and everyone's in denial about it until September and the play offs when once "lights-out" guys fold and Yankees fans are scratching their heads. You think Chapman just forgot how to pitch? The guy's been used for 50+ games pretty much every season. Chad Green was another one who was basically pitching in every game. And lest we forget, Dellin Betances probably epitomizes "worked down to the bone." Career cut short for sure.

[@ChickenOfMajesty]

I like Don, but man I hope he’s careful with his blood pressure lmao

[@edwardcricchio6106]

Sports talk radio. Where the hosts who never played the game beyond High School criticize professional athletes. However, do not I repeat, do not ever criticize them because they will show you just how thin skinned they are. LaGreca needs to lose some weight and shut up. All he does all day is criticize athletes. What has this guy ever done in his life that should make him immune from somebody criticizing him?

[@nestorlopez3349]

Damn. I been waiting on don to flip the eff out! 🤣🤣🤣

[@JimDaGem]

FUCKING CLASSIC🤣😅😂 OMG HILARIOUS 🤣😅😂

[@TheWatcher818]

Dodger fan here. I’m so glad the Yankees don’t have to worry about Gallo anymore

[@justinmaloney8735]

You sure about that?

[@CarlosCruz-ll5ez]

Man the Michael Kay comment really got to Don!

[@anadraham2995]

"That's what Q-bert was sayin' when i was trippin' on mesc in '84‼️‼️‼️" ©® Perhaps the most original line to be uttered on any sports radio program anywhere EVER 💯%🔥🕶️🕶️🕶️

[@baseball7309]

how is being a terrible player not hurting the team

[@adamwood7911]

Thanks for Gallo btw 👍🏼

[@wz454]

"The American league stinks." That's why the Mets got swept by the Astro's. Get this clown out of here.

[@b-rad3681]

Exactly !!!! Astros swept the Mets 4-0 lol

[@df5295]

AL east is one of the best divisions in baseball. All the teams besides the Orioles are good and can make the playoffs. The Orioles are even starting to win games.

[@ItsGamingFancy]

@The Pope Of Sports and Entertainment The Truth NL has the Dodgers, Mets, and Braves. Maybe Padres and Brewers if they're hot. How's that much better than the AL? Yankees and Astros are just that good but I'd put the Red Sox, Rays, and Blue Jays up against anyone in the NL except the top 2

[@bobbleheadbob]

@@df5295 Boston is flirting, Toronto has been watching Hunt for Red October for 2 years straight and cant seem to get off the couch, and Tampa is the East Coast Oakland A's, they're not serious contenders with an $88m payroll, their record just goes to show how weak the AL is. The orioles are over .500 in the toughest division in the AL and that should be the only argument necessary to show just how bad the AL is.

[@benl9775]

Yankees aren’t as good as there record. Pitching gets better in the playoffs and they will choke once again.

[@MontaEllisSupremacy]

Why the fuck would u want someone who isn’t getting playoff ABs on the roster lmao

[@redzebra16]

Caller was right… and when you are losing the argument just scream loud so you can’t hear the other side

[@jh648662]

Whoever gets angry first loses. Most New Yorkers fail to realize this.

[@spencerwilliams8443]

I can't believe Yesnetwork actually posted this lol. I agree with the caller Don was making absolutely no sense. "Gallo gets out every time how is he hurting them!!!!" lmao do you hear yourself

[@Pango5697]

You’re not making sense either. So, by your argument, Yankees record should be 70-5. Gallo sucks but the Yankees are still dominating the season. Just enjoy the season. It’s a team game. Gallo will not be in the payoff roster. Geez

[@lkay398]

@@Pango5697 How can we guarantee that?

[@Pango5697]

@@lkay398 That’s what the trade deadline is for. Have some patience. They will make appropriate playoff roster changes. Enjoy the moment, we are in July. Some Yankees fans just can’t do that, unfortunately.

[@stillmidwestrapz7820]

Man, his ego couldn't take the hit, he made a complete ass of himself. So he clearly thinks it's true or it wouldn't have gotten to him like that.

[@e2go]

Absolutely. What an embarrassing clip.

[@keefriff99]

Yeah, I like Don but that was just a horrible look.

[@mikethomas8020]

All the caller had to say was.. "if gallo doesn't hurt them, then why wont he be on the playoff roster"? Oh... because he HURTS them.

[@MossadJShilling]

So according to Greca you can't get rid of a guy who sucks if he's on a winning team. lol

[@Malcolm.Y]

He didn't say you can't get rid of him.

[@keithkimmeysr953]

lol

[@michaelvasquez5553]

He literally said he’s expecting him to not be on the roster by playoffs so I mean if that’s saying you can’t get rid of a guy I mean then sure

[@uninformedopinion1668]

@@michaelvasquez5553 I think dons defending keeping him in the lineup FOR NOW. In hopes he turns it around. But he has literally never shown he is any better than this.

[@macshredder1048]

“I hate you.” 🤣🤣

[@MateMagyar88]

A little tribute to Ray from North Carolina!

[@Soto24]

You interrupted the caller multiple times with your big mouth and all you worried about is your ego. It's a very sad day

[@JohnBaumer-ug2ow]

Gallo .160 stinks! The caller is right

[@wabio]

Play Carpenter in the OF. I don't even care if he only catches half the balls. Gallo has the 2nd worst strikeout % in the MLB for players with 200 PA min.......second only to Franmil Reyes (CLE). It's right around 40%.

[@DJ-dl2qv]

This might be the worst take in Sports radio history by Don

[@danmarsh6448]

This isn’t an “epic rant” it’s a host making a fool of himself. How he can’t see that Gallo hurts the Yanks makes him seem like an idiot.

[@kedronmarsh1773]

Could any team get better? Sure. But he is not actually hurting them. An out has to happen in every inning no matter who makes them. And his defense is not terrible. Should he be gone? Sure. The dude honestly came on somebody’s show insulting them.

[@GenerationalDisappointment]

Just because 3 outs are going to happen at some point doesn't mean you should just get them over with. Getting on base and scoring runs before those outs is essential. If you're not getting on base, you're giving the rest of the team a much lower chance to score runs which means a lower chance at winning the game. Look at any stat breakdown that shows that happens when there's 0 outs and a man on base compared to one out and no one on base. What about when he gets up to bat with 2 outs and people in scoring position?

[@KD_SWAGGER]

Don LaGreca's rants never disappoints. 👏🏻😆

[@robmeldahl]

The only thing worse than Gallo's play is Don's attempt at rational thought. Playoffs have nothing to do with what Gallo is doing. How is Gallo hurting the Yankees? By hitting 160, that is how.

[@MikeHart72]

Joey Gallo is hurting the team by taking playing time away from someone who deserves it more. Gallo is and has always been a bum, an offensive liability for a team that wants to contend

[@xancypillosi9497]

He’s liable to get 40 hrs tho. During mop up time

[@edwinr.6494]

LMFAOO GALLOS GONE, DON WAS RIGHT!

[@mando7500]

My question is why does a Met fan care this much?

[@markfrascinella8707]

Omg right!? Both of em Mets fans and they got the braves breathing down their necks with half the lineup from triple A and this is what they lose sleep over!??

[@a_coleman11]

5:30 the 2023 Drop Madness Winner

[@thomasjtesi5473]

The Yankee management has been reducing Gallo's AB's, for good reason. He has been non-productive as a hitter. Gallo is a Plus defensive player, has a plus arm, and runs bases well, but he can not put bat on ball. He obviously has a decent eye for the strike zone because he walks, or at least used to walk quite frequently, but he is unable to make contact when he does swing. The Yankees have won despite him in the line-up, not because of him, and lets face it Donaldson, Higgie, and Hicks have not hit a ton either. The Yankee record was more a product of their excellent combined pitching rather than their offense. Judge was the major offensive contributor, and he is beginning to drop-off offensively. Trevino had been having a break-out season offensively, but he is beginning to come back to earth, and his BA is dropping with each game now. Stanton has had his share of big hits, but he is a very stray hitter. At least Hicks is hitting better recently. Donaldson K's a lot also, and Hicks is a dead red hitter, struggling mightily with breaking pitches. Andujar is a better contact hitter than Gallo, but he is not a great hitter by any stretch, his OBP is not great either, and his defense although improved, is not comparable to Gallo's. Gallo's BA and OBP have dropped versus his career stats since coming to the Yankees, perhaps he psychologically is better suited for a lower stress environment, where his flaws as a hitter are not scrutinized and put under the microscope. Probably the two worst landing spots for Gallo are NY and Boston. Consider this with Gallo across his career, even during his best seasons, when he managed to hit 38, 40, and 41 HR's, his RBI totals were relatively low, never exceeding 92 RBI's. So, assuming that not all of his HR's were solo shots, he must produce on average of 1.4 - 1.5 runs per home run, meaning that absent the occasional HR, he drives in very few runs for the remainder of his at bats. In 2021, he had 616 plate appearances, hit 38 HR's had 77 rbi's, walked an impressive 111 times, batted .160, meaning that in 616-111-38 AB's (467 AB's), which are his AB's excluding those AB's in which he hit a HR or walked, he managed to drive in only 23 runs in like 3/4 of season of AB's. The same holds true for his most productive seasons where hit hit 41 HR in 2017, with only 80 rbi, and 40 Hr in 2018 with 92 HR. He had between 20-30 RBI for the remainder of his at bats the entire season. So if Gallo does not hit a HR, you get very little production out of him. His HR rate has dropped significantly since joining the Yankees, from 7.7% of his plate appearances in 2017 to 4.16% currently, Therefore, in a high leverage situation with men on base in a close game, with a good opposing pitcher on the mound, the best one could possibly hope for with Gallo at the the plate is a walk, leaving it up to the next batter to succeed or fail. I said it at the time of the trade and repeat myself now. In Stanton and Judge the Yankees have to much redundancy as hitters with high strike-out rates, with judge being the better hitter than Stanton. But both have glaring holes in their swings that quality pitchers routinely exploit. Adding Gallo to a line-up already way to predisposed to striking out, not putting the ball in play, made very little sense and was a terrible move by Cashman.

[@Luke_Groundwalker]

You should hit up Jomboy and see if they need any more Yankees guys on the crew. 10/10/10/10 comment.

[@robmeldahl]

Don't use the playoffs as a misdirection. The Yanks have lost 23 games. If they did not have an outfielder hitting .160, they would have a better record. LaGreca needs professional help.

[@e2go]

Exactly. One of the stupidest arguments I've ever heard.

[@adriang1727]

Why are ppl still defending Gallo ? 🤦‍♂️

[@danielfoster3642]

MICHHHHHHAELLLLLLLLLL KAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!! Wonder what Michael Kay would have thought if he was there listening to Don rant about him?

[@yankeeland1]

I DO NOT AGREE WITH DON’S RANT

[@LookingForBucho]

The caller is right. It doesn’t matter if the Yankees are 14 games above .500. The guy is batting sub .200. They’re winning IN SPITE of Gallo at that point. The fact that he didn’t drag their record down just proves that. Gallo isn’t contributing to the wins.

[@corymateo15]

He called him a yoyo 💀💀

[@JoeRodBx]

The caller was right and I LOVE Don

[@nelsonmontero3163]

Notice how he says the AL sucks when his team got swept by the astros lol

[@alanconnelly3921]

They split the 4 game series

[@StevenBertuglia]

Yes we all know the Astros swept the Mets to be fair. Missing two all stars all 4 games and no Scherzer. If they played next week it probably wouldn’t be the same results. Any team can be any team on any given night. And the Astros had the Mets number. It happens. It’s just the regular season though. Yet the Astros got whooped on by the Angels last night and the Mets handled the Angels pretty well.

[@cejannuzi]

None of this aged well. Gallo got to play in the playoffs--with LAD. And the NYY collapsed in the second half of the season and have basically stunk since June 2022.

[@srickevicius69]

He's an automatic out, and unless he's in right field, he's not getting to balls that gardener did!!! You're a maniac Don

[@michaeljessica9150]

Idiotic take.. I'm a big gardner fan but gallos arm alone sets him apart from gardner, ppl stay at 3rd or get thrown out with gallo.. with gardner, they scored.. you know I'm right.. gallo just threw someone out at home just the other day.. his bat SUCKS BALLS however his fielding and arm are great!

[@nyterpfan]

ROTFLMAO!! Don LaGreca literally throwing a temper tantrum that is similar to a 2 year old screaming because he can't stay up late. And all because the caller got under his skin saying he's a moron and would be nothing without Michael Kay! LaGreca played right into that caller's hands--he did that to provoke him and it worked like a charm!!

[@spencercorey7046]

As a Dodger's fan I've seen players stats drop (Muncy/Belli) and still not exactly "hurt" the team overall. Hope Gallo can refresh himself in LA.

[@nessh7589]

Gallo seems fine to me..lol GO DODGERS

[@TheRamosn20]

Don took the L here. The caller is 100% right

[@hwagner89]

*5:18* Don La Greca at his finest and guess what? NO MICHAEL KAY!!! 😂🤣

[@atb_hotsauce]

Caller absolutely correct. Don gets mad at callers for perfectly valid positions all the time. Has chapman not hurt us? Just because we are in first doesn’t mean we don’t have weak links. Gallo has hurt us. Every time he strikes out with runners in scoring positions, it hurts us.

[@MrJ1S]

Don is a Mets fan. Being 1 game over .500 or just making the WC is enough for him Unless you're undefeated u can get better no matter how great our record is. We have 1 glaring offensive hole but 61 wins is reason enough not to fix it? Astros are right behind us.

[@lkay398]

I pray to god that Gallo is in the playoff lineup and actively costs the yankees games just so Don can realize how fucking stupid he is on this subject

[@matthewbrown7729]

@@MrJ1S yup Don in his takes also seems to be jealous of the Yankees smh

[@wa2k99]

@@matthewbrown7729 that's comical

[@Soto24]

Michael Kay's your daddy

[@coreybrainard3939]

How is he hurting them? With miggy in gallos spot even if the Yankees won one more game this season, that means he is hurting them. Negative WAR. That hurts. Point blank. He definitely isn't helping them and his defense is mediocre.