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The rookie torch is passed, and another Yankees star is born

In the wake of the Core Four, are the Yankees giving us the Rookie Rollout?

If you can’t duplicate the introduction of four legends in one season, after all, then why not unleash one legend per season, annually?

Gleyber Torres seems OK with that.

From the makers of Gary Sanchez and Aaron Judge, here comes Torres, who kept this remarkable Yankees run going Sunday by topping his already phenomenal start. When the second baseman crushed a ninth-inning Dan Otero sinker into the Yankees’ bullpen, giving his team a 7-4 victory to cap a crazy comeback, Torres became the youngest player in the franchise’s storied history to hit a walk-off homer.