Ex-Yankees second baseman leads All-Star race while team hunts for infield upgrade
Ex-Yankees second baseman leads All-Star race while team hunts for infield upgrade originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Once overlooked and written off in the Bronx, Gleyber Torres is now dominating the AL at second base, while the New York Yankees are looking for infield help at the trade deadline.
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Torres leads the American League with 1,133,888 votes in All-Star Phase 1, topping Baltimore's Jackson Holliday (806,133) and Houston's José Altuve (795,123)
A starter nod would make him Detroit's only fan-elected second baseman since Placido Polanco in 2007 (Lou Whitaker was the last in the '80s)
Detroit Tigers second baseman Gleyber TorresDavid Reginek-Imagn Images
Torres and the Yankees had a less-than-friendly split.
He's cleared out his old Yankees social media content. He snapped back at GM Brian Cashman's comments on social media and liked posts that suggested he was unwanted in the Bronx.
This spring, Torres said, 'I feel I deserve to be with an organization that wants me. Then when asked if he felt unwanted in New York, Torres added with a hint of snark, 'I don't know. Maybe go ask him,' referring to Cashman.
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After Cashman revealed Torres refused to switch to third base when the team brought in Jazz Chisholm Jr., Torres took to social media to tell the Yankees GM to 'turn the page.'
Heck, even when Torres was wearing pinstripes, Cashman was taking shots at him.
Now, cloaked in a calmer atmosphere, Torres is playing with freedom and fire. He's hitting around .278 with seven home runs and the glove-first polish that made him a two-time All-Star by 24.
Meanwhile, Detroit is getting a blast from a player they actually want.
With voting ending Thursday at noon ET and finalists revealed that night, he's poised to secure his first All-Star start with Detroit—and perhaps the sweetest one yet.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 23, 2025, where it first appeared.
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