Do the Yankees have the best infield in baseball?
Gleyber Torres
Torres didn’t break Spring Training as the Yankees starter at second base, but he’s made the position his own since getting his chance. He’s made the transition from prospect to borderline All-Star at an alarming rate for Yankee opponents.
Torres is currently hitting .285 with 14 home runs and 36 RBIs on the campaign. Most scouts thought he’d be able to hit for a high average coming out of the minors, but the power has been a legitimate surprise. Almost no one saw his home run total coming.
Watching the way he handles the bat it’s pretty easy to understand how he hits the ball with such authority. Torres has a short, compact swing that allows him to spray the ball all over the park. Even more impressive is the way he swings the same way no matter what the count happens to be. His ability to produce hits with two strikes makes him look like an established All-Star.
The scary thing for the opposition is that Torres can get even better. He tries to pull the ball too much upon occasion. Once he really commits to hitting the ball the other way his average should creep up over .300.
The only knock on Torres is that his focus disappears at times. That can plague him with costly errors in the field or foolish mistakes on the basepaths. Those are very correctable errors, but they are errors nonetheless. They serve to drag down his grade ever so slightly.