Gleyber on Yankees Saying he’s better moving from SS: I’ll second that!
TAMPA — All winter, Gleyber Torres has heard the rumors.
The Yankees are going to go get Carlos Correa to play shortstop. The Bombers can trade for Isiah Kiner-Falefa. The Yankees already have the shortstop of the future in their system in Oswald Peraza of Anthony Volpe. Torres, who lost the Yankees’ shortstop job over the last two seasons, has just one thought about those rumors.
“Whatever guy comes into the team, an awesome minor-league guy or a guy from another organization or from free agency, I hope that guy can come to the team and help us to win the World Series,” Torres said last week. “That is the only thing that matters to me. I just want to win. Whatever people come into the team, I want them to do well and help us win a World Series.”
Torres, who was demoted from shortstop in September of last season, accepted that his future is not at the position he grew up playing. Whenever MLB and the Players Association is able to reach a deal on a collective bargaining agreement and end the lockout, Torres wants to show that he can be the Bombers’ second baseman of the future. He’d like that chance, though there are rumors he may be on the trading block himself and