Replacing Gleyber Torres seems to be getting tougher by the day for the New York Yankees. Lowe would be a logical player to replace him with, but if the Tampa Bay Rays aren’t willing to move him to the Yankees, New York will have to look elsewhere.

In recent days, the New York Yankees discussed trades for two second base options: Gavin Lux of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Luis Arraez of the San Diego Padres. With Lux now headed to Cincinnati, Arraez remains their sole current infield target – and that may be great for the Yankees.

Torres said his focus moved beyond the Yankees immediately after the World Series when he began hearing from other teams.

Gleyber Torres manned the second base position for the New York Yankees from 2018 through 2024, helping to solidify the middle infield well enough to help the Bronx Bombers get to the postseason in six of his seven years there.

Gleyber Torres received multi-year offers in free agency before signing with the Tigers, but did not hear from the Yankees. Read more at MLBTR.

A return to the Yankees was not in the cards for Gleyber Torres. The second baseman said the Yankees were not particularly aggressive during his free agency before he signed a one-year, $15 million contract with the Detroit Tigers late last week. “I didn’t really have any offer from them,” Torres said during an introductory Zoom call.

The New York Yankees need to fill a Gleyber Torres-sized hole at second base. Could Ha-Seong Kim be a realistic option to replace him in the Bronx?

While it always seemed unlikely that Gleyber Torres would return to the Bronx, the New York Yankees will now officially need a new second baseman in 2025. On Fr

Gleyber Torres, the New York Yankees’ star second baseman since 2018, elected to leave the Bronx as a free agent over the Christmas holidays, signing a one-year, $15 million deal with the Detroit Tigers.