Torres went 2-for-3 with a solo homer and an additional run scored in Thursday's 10-3 loss to the Tigers.
Torres reached 25 home runs for the first time since 2019, when he tallied 38 long balls. The 26-year-old infielder has been swinging a hot bat lately, posting a robust .429/.529/1.071 slash line over his last nine games with three doubles, five home runs, nine RBI, 10 runs and a steal across 34 plate appearances during the torrid stretch.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Swats 24th homer
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Torres went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Astros.
Torres missed two games with lower-back tightness. He was the only Yankee with multiple hits in this contest. After batting .327 with seven homers over 28 games in August, the second baseman is in a position to end 2023 on a high note. He's at a .272/.340/.465 slash line, 24 long balls, 58 RBI, 75 runs scored and 13 stolen bases through 134 contests this year.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Back in action Sunday
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Torres (back) will start at second base and bat cleanup in Sunday's game against the Astros.
Torres had missed the previous two games with lower-back tightness, but the Yankees gave him the green light to return to the lineup for the series finale after he completed a pregame workout without issue. Before sitting out Friday and Saturday, Torres closed August with a .355/.444/.839 slash line to go with four home runs and a stolen base over his final eight games of the month.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Still out Saturday with back issue
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Torres (back) is not in Saturday's lineup against the Astros.
Torres was a late scratch from Friday's lineup with a back issue and he'll miss another game Saturday. Oswald Peraza starts at the keystone while Oswaldo Cabrera starts at the hot corner.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Scratched with back injury
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Torres (back) was a late scratch from the Yankees' lineup Friday versus the Astros, Erik Boland of Newsday reports.
Torres was originally set to start at second base against Houston, but he will be forced to sit out and should be considered day-to-day until more information is released about the nature of his back issue. Oswald Peraza will take over at second base while Isiah Kiner-Falefa enters the lineup at third base and bats sixth in the series opener.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Keeps rolling Wednesday
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Torres went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double, a walk, two total runs and a stolen base in Wednesday's 6-2 victory versus Detroit.
Torres slammed his 23rd homer of the campaign in the fourth inning, driving a solo shot to right-center field. He's now gone deep in three straight contests, going 6-for-10 with five extra-base hits, three walks, four RBI and four runs over that span. Torres has added 13 thefts on the campaign, one shy of his career-high mark, which he established in 2021.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Homers again in multi-hit effort
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Torres went 2-for-2 with a solo home run, a walk and a hit-by-pitch in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers.
The second baseman turned around Tarik Skubal's 97-mph offering, sending it 454 feet for a solo homer thanks to a 108.6 mph exit velocity and 29 degree launch angle. Torres has six multi-hit efforts in his last 11 games, going 14-for-42 (.333) with three doubles, four home runs, seven RBI and six runs scored during that stretch.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Blasts 21st homer
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Torres went 2-for-4 with an RBI double and a solo home run in Monday's victory over the Tigers.
The 26-year-old infielder put New York on the board with a run-scoring double that chased Tigers' starter Reese Olson from the game with one out in the fifth inning. Torres then extended the lead to 3-0 with his seventh-inning solo shot, the second of back-to-back homers for the Yankees. He has been swinging a hot bat in the month of August, posting a .320 average with five home runs, seven doubles, 11 RBI, 13 runs and four steals across 97 at-bats.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Swipes three bags
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Torres went 0-for-3 with one run scored and three steals in Sunday's loss to the Marlins.
Torres saw his 11-game hitting streak come to an end, but managing three stolen bases in an 0-for-3 performance is an impressive and rare feat. Torres stole two bags following a fielder's choice in the fifth, then a third bag following a walk in the seventh. He is up to 12 steals on the year, which is two shy of a career-high 14 set in 2021.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Three more hits Sunday
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Torres went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, a double, two RBI and two additional runs scored in Sunday's 9-7 loss to the Astros.
Torres has hits in six straight games, including four multi-hit efforts, going 12-for-22 (.545 average) with two long balls and five extra-base hits in that span. The 26-year-old second-baseman opened the scoring Sunday with an opposite-field homer off Jose Urquidy in the opening inning before driving in another run with a double in the sixth. Torres is now slashing .270/.335/.450 with 18 home runs, 64 runs scored, 48 RBI and nine stolen bases across 468 plate appearances this season.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Stays hot with solo homer
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Torres went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Saturday's victory over the Astros.
Torres got on base in two of his first three trips to the plate but was left stranded on both occasions. He then jumped on a hanging sinker to open the bottom of the eighth, sending it into the stands to put the Yankees up 3-1. The second baseman has now recorded multiple hits in three of his last four contests and is batting .500 through five games in August.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Swipes ninth bag
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Torres went 3-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 7-2 win over the Rays.
It's the second baseman's first multi-hit performance since July 17, but Torres has been a steady contributor during that time. Over 27 games since the beginning of July, he's slashing .291/.319/.464 with four of his 16 homers and three of his nine steals on the season.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Will be in Tuesday's lineup
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Yankees manager Aaron Boone said on the Talkin' Yanks podcast that Torres (hip) will be back in the lineup Tuesday versus the Mets.
Torres had to depart Sunday's contest against the Royals due to hip tightness, but it sounds like he's made a full recovery following Monday's off day. The 26-year-old is off to a fantastic start at the plate in the second half, going 14-for-37 with three home runs in his first nine games.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Managing hip issue
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Manager Aaron Boone said Torres was removed from Sunday's win over the Royals due to hip tightness, Chris Kirschner of The Athletic reports.
Torres' departure initially appeared to have been due to head injury, but he actually tweaked his hip. The 26-year-old went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer before exiting the contest, and he'll have Monday's team off day to rest up before Tuesday's series opener versus the Mets.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Could be nursing head injury
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Torres was removed in the bottom of the seventh inning of Sunday's game against the Royals with a possible head injury, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports. He went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run prior to departing.
Hoch notes that Torres appeared to hurt his head while attempting to make a play in the field in the top of the third inning, but he proceeded to stay in the game and didn't exit until his fourth turn through the batting order came up four innings later. Expect the Yankees to provide an update on Torres' status following the game.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Slugs solo homer
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Torres went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in the Yankees' win over the Royals on Friday.
Torres belted a 383-foot shot to right-center off Royals starter Alec Marsh in the bottom of the fifth inning to give the Yankees a 5-3 lead. Torres has been in a groove at the plate since late June and is currently working on an 11-game hitting streak.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Provides only offense in loss
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Torres went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Angels.
Torres' streak of six straight multi-hit games came to an end, but he's hit safely in nine straight contests. During that span, he's gone 16-for-38 (.421). The second baseman had half of the Yankees' hits in this contest. He's up to a .264/.333/.430 slash line with 14 homers, 39 RBI, 55 runs scored and eight stolen bases over 95 games this season. He continues to routinely bat in the top third of the Yankees' lineup.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Racks up three hits
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Torres went 3-for-4 with a run scored in Friday's 7-2 loss to the Rockies.
Torres has gone 14-for-44 (.318) in July with four multi-hit efforts. This was his second straight game atop the lineup after regularly hitting second for much of the three weeks before the All-Star break. The second baseman is slashing .257/.330/.417 with 13 home runs, 36 RBI, 51 runs scored and eight stolen bases with a 9.8 percent walk rate, but it remains to be seen if his time atop the order is temporary. Anthony Volpe, Anthony Rizzo and DJ LeMahieu all batted leadoff in the week before the break.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Smacks 13th homer
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Torres went 2-for-4 with a double, a two-run homer and two additional runs scored in Tuesday's win over the Orioles.
Torres opened the scoring in the first inning Sunday with a two-run, 436-foot homer off Kyle Gibson before adding a two-out double in the seventh. The homer was Torres' first since June 18, as he's now up to 13 long balls on the year. Overall, the 26-year-old second baseman is now slashing .248/.325/.420 with 47 runs scored and 36 RBI across 354 plate appearances on the campaign.
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Yankees' Gleyber Torres: Not starting Tuesday
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Torres isn't in the Yankees' lineup Tuesday against Oakland.
After slashing just .111/.200/.167 across his last five games, Torres will get a breather Tuesday. DJ LeMahieu will fill in for Torres at second base and bat in the leadoff spot.
