Andrew Friedman and the Dodgers have made a lot of trade deadline deals over the years that made waves throughout the league and the fanbase. You had Rich Hill and Josh Reddick in 2016, Yu Darvish in 2017, Manny Machado and Brian Dozier in 2018, and Max Scherzer and Trea Turner last year.
When the Dodgers acquired Joey Gallo from the Yankees at the trade deadline earlier this month … well, let’s just say it didn’t generate quite the excitement those other trades did.
But three weeks into the experiment, Gallo is putting in big work and paying big dividends for the Dodgers.