It wasn’t long ago that Gleyber Torres seemed the last player the Yankees would ever trade away.
Think back to when he first arrived from the Chicago Cubs in the Aroldis Chapman trade in 2016. The then-19-year-old Torres was all but certain to be one of baseball’s next great hitters. His soft hands fueled elite contact hitting and there was power potential too.
The contact made its grand entrance in 2018 en route to Torres finishing third in AL Rookie of the Year voting. The power kicked in the door to the 2019 season with an almost uncharacteristic 38 home runs and 90 RBI.