The New York Yankees season has been marked by the number of injuries and the low offensive level shown, being the second team in all of Major League Baseball with the lowest batting average. This performance keeps them in the last box of the East Division of the American League.
However, if there is a small glow among so much darkness, that has been the Venezuelan Gleyber Torres. Who in the Bombers’ offense has been the most consistent and the one who leads in various departments of the team.
The young second baseman has played 115 and his team’s 116 games so far this season, practically 100%. He is also the team leader in hits with 118. Well above the 91 of Anthony Rizzo, who follows him in that department.
And not only in hits, in power it also stands out, well he is the third-highest home run hitter for the Yankees with 18 homers. Only 4 less than Aaron Judge leader in that seat. In terms of RBIs, Gleyber also leads the list with 49, as well as in total bases with 194.
As for defense, the 26-year-old has played in 102 games this year as a second baseman and Accumulates a .975 fielding percentage with 10 errors. A statistic that does not favor the Venezuelan.
In total, Torres accumulates an average of .275, also the highest on the team, he and Anthony Volpe are the ones who have played the most games this year. The rookie shortstop has yet to miss a game in a Yankees uniform.
These numbers show not only the regularity of the Venezuelan, but he has been the best player for the Yankees this seasonand established itself as one of the key pieces of the team despite this very bad season collectively.
Gleyber on his way to being a franchise player?
By mid-2016, the Chicago Cubs sent Gleyber Torres, along with 3 other players, to the Yankees in exchange for closer Aroldis Chapman. Two years later the Venezuelan waiter made his Major League debut with the Bombers and that same year he came third in the Rookie of the Year voting.
Since then he has been one of the franchise’s most consistent players, and this year he reached an agreement to extend his contract for another year and $9.9 million dollars to avoid salary arbitrage. This ties Gleyber to the Yankees until the end of the 2024 season.
The good actions that the man from Caracas had in this harvest could help him obtain a great contract with the Yankees, and become one of their franchise players in the style of Aaron Judge. Although in the first instance we would have to wait for the plans of the Bronx board of directors for the next season.
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