DETROIT — Gleyber Torres is the odd man out once more. He went 0-for-4 Wednesday evening in opposition to the Tigers, extending his hitless streak to 0-for-17. Thursday, he was additionally out of the beginning lineup for the collection finale in opposition to the Tigers at Comerica Park. It was the second time in three video games as his struggles and the crowded infield are resulting in irregular taking part in time.
“Just a little off I thought yesterday, his first at-bat against [Eduardo] Rodriguez was good. Almost clipped him to left center there,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated. “Just a little bit off the last few games … I actually felt like the first week I thought he was swinging the bat pretty good, but not getting a ton of results. So I don’t feel that he’s far off. … His BPs have been really strong, so confident he’ll get it going.”
The downside is that Torres hasn’t gotten it going over the previous two seasons. After a stellar rookie 12 months, Torres had a breakout season in 2019, hitting a career-high 38 dwelling runs and slashing .278/.337/.535 with a .871 OPS. That energy was sufficient for the Yankees to miss his defensive woes and transfer forward with Torres as their shortstop.
Torres hit 12 dwelling runs during the last two seasons.
In 2020, the Yankees — and to be truthful, different groups’ expertise evaluators — felt that Torres was simply hindered by the very fact he confirmed up after the COVID-19 spring coaching shutdown out of practice and that resulted in a leg damage. Last 12 months, in 127 video games, Torres had 9 homers and 51 RBI. He is slashed .259/.331/.366 with a .697 OPS. He additionally had a career-high 14 stolen bases.
But his protection was so unhealthy that the Yankees needed to transfer him again to second base and exit and get Isiah Kiner-Falefa this spring. And now the Yankees have a wholesome DJ LeMahieu, with 5 years left on his $90 million deal, who’s a greater hitter and second baseman. LeMahieu is on a seven-game hitting streak and hitting .306.
In Wednesday’s collection finale in opposition to the Tigers at Comerica Park, Boone felt he wanted to play utility infielder Marwin Gonzalez, who final performed Friday evening, and couldn’t preserve LeMahieu out of the lineup.
“I’ve been wanting to get Marwin in there and get him a day,” Boone stated. “So, and obviously DJ’s on a pretty good stretch right now. So yeah, I mean just mix and match a little bit. But I wouldn’t read too much into it.”
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