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Could Yankees Replace Gleyber Torres With Former Rookie of the Year in Trade?

One of the National League's best second baseman could be headed to the Bronx if Gleyber Torres leaves in free agency.

Grant Young

Oct 19, 2024; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; New York Yankees second base Gleyber Torres (25) throws to first base for an out during the third inning against the Cleveland Guardians during game five of the ALCS for the 2024 MLB playoffs at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: David Dermer-Imagn Images
Oct 19, 2024; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; New York Yankees second base Gleyber Torres (25) throws to first base for an out during the third inning against the Cleveland Guardians during game five of the ALCS for the 2024 MLB playoffs at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: David Dermer-Imagn Images / David Dermer-Imagn Images
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If New York Yankees fans were content to part ways with second baseman Gleyber Torres at the start of this season, their sentiment has likely shifted since.

Torres' elite production since becoming the Yankees' leadoff hitter in mid-August has been a pivotal part of their World Series run. However, this success has also upped his value in the free agency market.

Therefore, even if Yankees fans wanted to keep the 27-year-old around, Torres could decide to seek greener pastures (in the form of a bigger payday) elsewhere this offseason.

If Torres does leave, the Yankees could either move Jazz Chisholm to second base or keep him at third and acquire a new second baseman. And an October 18 article from Bleacher Report's Zachary D. Rymer suggested that Cincinnati Reds second baseman Jonathan India could be one of New York's top targets to potentially replace Torres.

"Jonathan India was a hot trade chip even last winter, when he was coming off back-to-back down seasons after winning the NL Rookie of the Year in 2021," Rymer wrote.

"It's therefore only natural that the 27-year-old's value was said to be increasing as the trade chatter was ramping back up during the summer. The Reds kept him and got a .750 OPS out of the decision, but it's still easy to imagine them changing course this winter.

"There will likely be a market for India, and the Reds can see him as part of a surplus," Rymer added before noting the Yankees as one of three potential trade candidates for India.

While they'd likely have to trade some solid prospects away to acquire India, New York could certainly do worse than him to replace Torres.

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Grant Young
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Grant Young covers the New York Yankees, the New York Mets, and Women’s Basketball for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco, where he also played Division 1 baseball for five years. He believes Mark Teixeira should have been a first ballot MLB Hall of Fame inductee.

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