The Baez-Torres middle infield we’ve always dreamed of is complete!
Former Yankees second baseman (and former Cubs top prospect) Gleyber Torres is reportedly signing with the Detroit Tigers.
Gleyber Torres to the Detroit Tigers
According to multiple reports, Gleyber Torres is signing with Detroit, where he’ll play second base. Jesse Rogers has the deal as a one-year, $15M pact, which makes a lot of sense under the circumstances.
Remember, Torres hasn’t ever really lived up to the hype of his prospect pedigree or even his early-career success (123 wRC+ and 62 HRs over his first two big-league seasons), but he’s still only 28 years old. With a change of scenery and one solid season in 2025, he could hit the market next year as one of the better free-agent position players.
Unfortunately, that’s not what the projections believe will happen. Steamer is projecting just a 109 wRC+ with 15 HRs, while ZiPS has Torres at 107 OPS+ with 19 homers. That would still earn him a solid multi-year deal next winter at his age but in a tier beneath what he’s probably aiming to land.
This signing will push 23-year-old infielder (and recent top-20 prospect in MLB) Colt Keith to first base, where he’s been working out this offseason. Now we just have to see if the Tigers will stop here, or get really aggressive and try to add someone like Alex Bregman to round out their infield.
Colt Keith has been working at 1B this offseason and will be getting reps there in the spring. @EvanPetzold also reported Keith would not be playing 3B. Most likely scenario is Gleyber at 2B and Keith at 1B.
— Chris Clegg (@ChrisCleggMiLB) December 27, 2024There’s no real Chicago Cubs impact to consider here, as they don’t play in the same division as the Tigers and were not involved in the market for Gleyber Torres or any other second baseman. MAYBE you can squint and say Nico Hoerner’s trade value just went up a tad as one free agent alternative came off the board, but I’m not really convinced the Cubs are all that eager to trade Hoerner anymore anyway.
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