DETROIT — When it was late July and the Yankees still were hoping they’d catch fire and make a playoff run, the Marlins called about Gleyber Torres. They wanted him badly for their own expected postseason push, a source in Miami told NJ Advance Media and a Marlins scout late confirmed.
They were times the last few seasons when Yankees GM Brian Cashman was shopping Torres, who didn’t hit many homers for two seasons after his 37 in 2018 and occasionally can drive you crazy with bonehead plays manning second base and running the bases.
The Yankees, 6-2 winners over the Tigers on Wednesday night, held onto Torres in past seasons because Cashman always set the price high for a young player who was an All-Star in each of his first two seasons, and he did the same thing at this year’s trade deadline.
By then, the Yankees were anything but desperate to move Torres even though he’s making $9.95 million this year and he’s sure to get a big raise in 2024, his walk year to free agency.
So here the Yankees are now hopelessly out of the chase with their season winding down and Baby Bombers coming up left and right in a look ahead to 2024. Last week, outfielder Everson Pereira arrived for the first time and infielder Oswald Peraza returned for a real audition. By Friday, September call-up day, fellow top prospects outfielder Jasson Dominquez and catcher Austin Wells are expected to be in Houston debuting.
And Torres figures to be at second base.
Torres was 2-for-4 with a double and another homer Wednesday night, his third in three nights this week at Comerica Park. The night before he hit the longest of his career to start the starting in a 4-2 win, a 454 footer, and has five in his last 10 games. His 23 for the year are second most of the team. Also, he’s batting .340 in August, raising his season average to .272, which ranks first on his runs-challenged ballclub.
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