The New York Yankees and Texas Rangers reportedly agreed to the biggest trade (in scope and size) of deadline week on Wednesday, swapping six players in a deal headlined by slugger Joey Gallo.

The long story made short is that Gallo provides the Yankees with another fearsome middle-of-the-order bat who can be controlled through next season.

The Yankees entered Wednesday ranked 24th in the majors in runs scored and 12th in wRC+, a FanGraphs catch-all measure that adjusts for ballpark (among other variables).

It's fair to write the Yankees expected better, much better, from their offense coming into the season.

His protean nature is a bonus for a Yankees team that can't seem to rely on any given player's availability.

But those are risks the Yankees have to take right now in order to overcome a 2 ½ game deficit in the wild card race -- especially given that they didn't have to deal from their handful of top prospects to get a deal done.

Add Rodríguez to Clay Holmes, another recent trade acquisition, and it appears the Yankees are prioritizing groundballers in their bullpen right now.

At minimum, he should help replace Justin Wilson, a vet lefty the Yankees dealt (alongside right-hander Luis Cessa) to the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday evening.

You can make the argument the Rangers deserve an A grade, but they didn't get one of the Yankees' four or five best prospects.

Duran and Otto will both require protection from this winter's Rule 5 Draft; the Rangers, a rebuilding team, can make those arrangements a lot easier than the Yankees.

Prior to his move, he led the Yankees' A-ball affiliate in sweet-spot percentage -- or, the percentage of balls hit between 10 and 30 degrees -- which is notable since he was teammates there with Hauver, Austin Wells, and Anthony Volpe

(Even that could get worse if/when the Rangers trade Kyle Gibson.) Texas just isn't a fun watch right now, and that doesn't seem likely to change anytime soon

You can understand if the Rangers were reluctant to commit to Gallo long term because of how his offensive game might deteriorate, but that doesn't make the present reality any easier to stomach for fans who haven't experienced a winning season since 2016