From Shanthi Sepe-Chepuru
Former Yankees infielder Gleyber Torres has agreed to a deal with the Tigers, a source told MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. The club has not confirmed. ESPN’s Jesse Rogers reported it’s a one-year contract for $15 million.
Torres’ 2024 was a tale of two very different baseball seasons. He had a rough start at the plate, and his defense and baserunning suffered as his offensive woes persisted. But after a pair of benchings, the tide seemed to turn for Torres.
From Aug. 3 on, serving mainly as a leadoff man ahead of the Yankees’ big boppers, he hit .302 down the stretch and became a driving force behind the club’s AL pennant run and subsequent trip to the World Series. Of the Yankees’ 14 postseason games, Torres reached safely in each of the first 13.
He obviously wasn’t coming back here, so I’m pleased that he’s at least on A. a decent team for his sake but also B. not on AL East team so we don’t have to see him a lot in case he has a good season.
Anyhow, good for him. The Tigers have a pretty good defensive team, so he won’t hurt them too much.
Good riddance, I wish the Tigers well but I’m glad to see the back of him
I was just thinking about how I hope the Yankees sign Ha-Seong Kim, but the Tigers seemed like they were going to. Now it seems more likely the Yankees get him. Who is left to fill either 2B or 3B if they are really out on Arenado and Bregman?
What’s Bubba Crosby doing?
Gleyber is a career 112 OPS hitter. If Cash is not willing to go after Bregman, his replacement will be much worse. Volpe has never shown he’s an MLB hitter. Stanton will be hurt or suck fo most of the year. Wells is a question mark.Goldschmidt is trending way down. The Martian is an unknown and has yet to show he can hit right handed. Gleyber will be missed.
he had 1.8 war and a 101 ops+ last year. he led the league in errors and sank the must-win game 1 of the ws. he should have been gone years ago when his value was high but cash waited too long.
i’ll miss what he could have been if he hit the gas from 2019 but I don’t think they’ll miss him in uniform next year. oswaldo gave 1.3 war in half of the at bats and costs 14M less.
“we’re gonna be ok” – giancarlo stanton
Cash TRIED to trade Gleyber in 2022 when he was having a 4 WAR season, but no one valued him like a 4 WAR player because of his awful 2021, and the lack of the juiced bat (the juiced bat was what made Gleyber look like a superstar in 2019).
Yeah, the pitchers on the Yankees will sure miss him. Or not.
I’d probably give Gleyber 1/15 but I’m ok with letting him walk. The bigger problem is the 6 years Cash gave DJ.
Teoscar back to LA 3/66 with 23 deferred (of course) and a 15 option for a fourth year.
He clearly wanted to return, so good for him, honestly.
The Dodgers are gonna win 120 games
The mutts will win 121.
Anyone watching a Hundred Years of Solitude which is not about the Yankees future.
I loved the book as everyone did, am suspicious that an adaptation would just be a soap
I didn’t expect to like it, I don’t usually like those highbrow literary adaptations, but I thought they did an outstanding job. I just finished the next to last episode. And now I want to read the book.
Burnes to the Diamondbacks. Wow, crazy.