If not for the fluke injury — the fluke but serious injury, I should say — suffered sliding into home plate last June, chances are Gleyber Torres would’ve already been in the big leagues. The Yankees probably would’ve called him up in the second half last year and who knows, maybe they never trade for Todd Frazier. Instead, Gleyber got hurt, and the Yankees had to shift gears.
Torres completed his rehab and was a full participant in Spring Training, but it didn’t go well. He went 7-for-32 (.219) with ten strikeouts and a few defensive miscues in 13 Grapefruit League games.