The Yankees’ offense has been too thin to ignore, and that’s why any hint of help at the deadline deserves attention. Even with Aaron Judge potentially returning in the next few months, the lineup still looks like it needs a serious boost if New York wants to keep pace.
That’s what makes the latest note on Gleyber Torres worth watching. A CBS Sports writer floated the idea that the Detroit Tigers second baseman could be available, and that immediately puts the Yankees in the conversation. Torres is a name plenty of Yankees fans know well, and while not everyone would welcome a reunion, he would still give this lineup another bat to consider.
Mike Axisa of CBS Sports pointed to Detroit’s broader deadline position and then brought Torres into the picture: “The last rental with a plausible claim to the "best pitcher in baseball" moniker to get traded at the deadline was David Price back in 2015. It's rare that guys this good get moved in-season. Mize has quietly been terrific around a groin injury that required two injured list stints.
“With these two, Detroit will be in position to control the starting pitching market at the deadline. Second baseman Gleyber Torres, also a rental, could be moved, though he's battled oblique trouble most of the year,” Mike Axisa of CBS Sports wrote.”
For New York, the priority has to be offense. Fit matters, sure, and Torres wouldn’t solve every issue by himself. But if the Yankees are going to make a real push at the deadline, adding a player with some offensive upside is the kind of swing they need to be willing to take.
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