In glancing on the Blue Jays-Yankees field rating (an 8-5 Blue Jays win), one would possibly see that Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres went 1 for 1 after which was faraway from the sport and marvel if he acquired damage. No, he did not. He was benched by supervisor Aaron Boone in what Boone referred to as after the sport a “studying second.”
This is what occurred:
Within the second inning, Torres hit a rocket to left subject off of Kevin Gausman and loitered within the batter’s field admiring it. The ball hit off the wall and Torres solely managed to get to first base for an extended single. This is a glance:
“For one second, I assumed it was a homer,” Torres advised reporters, together with MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch, after the sport. “Sadly, it is only a single. I’ve to get higher. I really feel actually sorry for no matter I [did] tonight, particularly for the followers and in addition for my teammates.”
Two batters after the only, Anthony Volpe doubled and Torres was minimize down at house plate.
Of word: That is the fifth time this season Torres has been thrown out on the plate and that leads the majors (by way of Stathead’s Katie Sharp).
After which, Boone eliminated Torres from the sport.
“I simply felt like in that second, I felt like I wanted to do this,” Boone advised reporters after the sport (by way of YES). “Easy as that. It’s what it’s, it is over with, we gotta transfer on, he and I’ve spoken, and hopefully it is a nice studying second for all of us.”
Torres, 27, was an All-Star in his first two seasons however has been a little bit of a disappointment since. In 105 video games this season, he is hitting .236/.311/.363 with 18 doubles, 10 homers, 42 RBI and 0.4 WAR. He is set to hit free company after the season and now that the Yankees have traded for Jazz Chisholm Jr. — who’s beneath group management by way of 2026 — it looks like possibly Torres will simply be let out.
With the loss on Friday, the Yankees fall to 65-46 on the season. The excellent news for the Bombers is the Orioles additionally misplaced, so the 2 ballclubs stay tied atop the AL East with the Crimson Sox trailing by 5 1/2 video games.
