Torres is not in Sunday's lineup against the White Sox.
Torres isn't a true everyday player, but he has still logged 41 at-bats this month, hitting .220 with three home runs and zero steals over that span. DJ LeMahieu will start at second base while Giancarlo Stanton starts at designated hitter.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Idle Thursday
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Torres is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the White Sox, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
DJ LeMahieu and Marwin Gonzalez will serve as the Yankees' middle infielders in the series opener while both Torres and Isiah Kiner-Falefa get the evening off. Torres manned the keystone for each of the past five games, going 4-for-18 with a pair of home runs and six RBI over that stretch.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Powers offense with five RBI
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Torres went 2-for-4 with a home run and five RBI during Wednesday's 5-3 win against Toronto.
The Yankees managed eight hits in the contest, but Torres was the lone run producer with a three-run home run in the fourth and two-run single in the sixth. The 25-year-old also went 2-for-4 with a walkoff solo homer during Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Rangers, but he was otherwise 0-for-15 over his previous five contests prior to Wednesday's multi-hit effort.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Swats walkoff homer Sunday
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Torres went 2-for-4 with a walkoff solo home run in Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against Texas.
The contest was a pitchers' duel throughout, and the score was knotted 1-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth. Torres took matters into his own hands with a blast to the short porch in right field leading off the frame from the Yankees. The infielder went 0-for-3 with a walk in the nightcap and is slashing .228/.267/.443 overall this season. Three of Torres' four home runs this season have come in his last eight games.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Sitting Wednesday
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Torres is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game in Toronto, Pete Caldera of The Bergen Record reports.
With DJ LeMahieu reclaiming duties at second base following a one-day respite, Torres will bow out of the starting nine in the series finale. Torres started in each of the Yankees' previous five games, going 5-for-19 with two home runs, an additional run and six RBI during that stretch.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Swats third homer
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Torres went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in Monday's 3-2 win over the Blue Jays.
Starting at second base and hitting seventh, Torres supplied the Yankees with all their offense on the night via a two-run shot in the fourth inning off Ross Stripling and an RBI single in the ninth. Torres may be re-discovering something close to his 2019 form -- over his last 10 games, he's slashing .344/.353/.625 with a double, a triple, two of his three homers on the year and 10 RBI.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Pops second homer
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Torres went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Friday's 12-2 rout of the Royals.
He launched the Yankees' fourth and final homer of the night by taking Jake Brentz deep in the eighth inning. Torres is showing signs of life at the plate, and while Friday's long ball was only his second of the season, the 25-year-old is slashing .333/.364/.619 over his last seven games.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Resting Thursday
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Torres is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Orioles.
He'll retreat to the bench after going 3-for-11 with a double, triple, walk and three RBI while starting each of the past three games. With both Torres and Isiah Kiner-Falefa receiving days off, Marwin Gonzalez will be included in the Yankees' starting infield for just the third time this season.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Plates three runs Tuesday
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Torres went 1-for-4 with a triple and three RBI in Tuesday's 12-8 victory over Baltimore.
Torres started at DH and got plenty of value out of his lone hit of the game, stroking a bases-clearing triple in the seventh inning. It was the infielder's first triple since his rookie 2018 campaign. Torres has gotten at least one hit in each of his past five games and is slashing .462/.500/.692 with four RBI over that span.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: On bench Thursday
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Torres is on the bench for Thursday's game against Detroit.
Torres was on the bench for Opening Day before starting nine straight games, though he's now returned to the bench for two of the last three contests. He certainly hasn't hit as though he deserves an everyday role, as he's slashing .143/.205/.286 through 40 plate appearances. DJ LeMahieu starts at second base Thursday.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Sits after nine straight starts
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Torres is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Tigers.
For the first time since Opening Day, Torres will move to the bench, ending a streak of nine consecutive starts. Though Torres has essentially served as the Yankees' everyday second baseman while DJ LeMahieu has moved about the infield, the former hasn't been able to take advantage of the consistent playing time. Over his nine starts, Torres went 5-for-31 (.161 average) with one home run and two RBI.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Launches first homer
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Torres went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and two strikeouts during Wednesday's 6-4 loss to the Blue Jays.
With two outs in the eighth inning, Torres took the first pitch he saw -- a 93 mph fastball -- from Trevor Richards deep to center field, cutting Toronto's lead to 6-4. The home run was the lone bright spot for the middle infielder after he failed to get the ball out of the infield in his first three at-bats. Torres is currently in the midst of a four-game hitting streak, but he's also struck out four times over his last three games.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Starting at 2B
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Torres is starting at second base and hitting seventh Saturday against the Red Sox, Kristie Ackert of the New York Daily News reports.
Aaron Hicks is the odd man out Saturday, with Aaron Judge starting in center field. The Yankees have nine everyday-caliber players for eight spots, so when they are at full health, Torres, who sat on Opening Day, will sit more often than his fantasy managers may have anticipated. The Yankees seem intent on getting Isiah Kiner-Falefa in the lineup at shortstop for his defense.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Odd man out Opening Day
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Torres isn't in the starting lineup for Friday's Opening Day matchup against the Red Sox.
It's not a major surprise, but the 25-year-old is nonetheless the odd man out in the Yankees infield after a significant reshuffling during the offseason. Isiah Kiner-Falefa will start at shortstop with DJ LeMahieu at second base and Josh Donaldson at the hot corner, leaving Torres to come off the bench against right-hander Nathan Eovaldi. It remains to be seen exactly how much playing time Torres will receive after posting a .697 OPS last year, but for now he'll be starting the 2022 campaign on the bench.
Torres and the Yankees agreed Tuesday on a one-year, $6.25 million contract to avoid arbitration, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports.
He'll be getting a $2.25 million raise after a 2021 season in which he submitted a career-low .697 OPS over 516 plate appearances. Though Torres has taken major steps backward in the power department since slugging 38 home runs in 2019, he wasn't a total zero for fantasy managers last season thanks largely to the career-high 14 steals he provided. Even if Torres remains active as a runner during the upcoming season, he may not have as clear of a path to high-volume plate appearances compared to previous years. With the recent re-signing of Anthony Rizzo plus the additions of Josh Donaldson and Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Torres will be battling with those three plus DJ LeMahieu for one of the four spots in the Yankees infield when all five are healthy.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Infield additions muddle role
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Torres' starting role for 2022 is in question following Tuesday's re-signing of Anthony Rizzo and the recent acquisitions of Josh Donaldson and Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Brendan Kuty of The Newark Star-Ledger reports.
Torres had 62 homers and 167 RBI across his first two big-league seasons, but over the past two years he's managed only 12 home runs and 67 RBI in 169 contests. The drop-off was cause for concern heading into 2022, and the Yankees now boast a deeper infield group. Kiner-Falefa has a strong glove and should remain at shortstop, leaving Torres and DJ LeMahieu to potentially split time at the keystone with Donaldson at third base and Rizzo at first. However, Donaldson could see more action as the designated hitter in his age-36 season, which would open up opportunities across the infield. It remains to be seen exactly how the Yankees split up the playing time, but Torres could be the odd man out for the starting infield unless LeMahieu primarily operates as a super-utility player.
