Sport Top Yankees prospect Gleyber Torres out for season win injured elbow
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Joe Girardi spoke out on baseball's anti-collision rule Tuesday, three days after the Yankees' top prospect was injured sliding into home.Infielder Gleyber Torres, the top prospect in the Yankees organization, suffered a season-ending injury Saturday while sliding headfirst into home in Triple-A Scranton's game in Buffalo. He's scheduled to have surgery Wednesday to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left (non-throwing) arm.
Yankees place Torres on seven-day DL. The Yankees put top prospect Gleyber Torres on the disabled list with shoulder tendinitis Wednesday. James Kaprielian, the Yankees ' top pitching prospect , will undergo season -ending Tommy John surgery next Tuesday to repair his right elbow
While Clint Frazier is generally seen as the New York Yankees top prospect , Gleyber Torres is making a strong push for the crown in the Arizona Fall League. He is ready for his first taste of the upper levels next season at Double-A Trenton.
Infielder Gleyber Torres, the top prospect in the Yankees organization, will undergo Tommy John surgery after an MRI on Monday reveled a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow, the team announced Monday.
© (Getty Images) Gleyber Torres Torres is expected to be ready for spring training next season.
Torres injured his elbow sliding headfirst into home plate during the Triple-A Scranton RailRiders’ game in Buffalo on Saturday, the New York Daily News noted.
With he’s a natural shortstop, Torres — the fourth-best prospect in baseball, according to ESPN's Keith Law — was being groomed by the Yankees to replace Chase Headley at third base, ESPN.com reported last week.
Torres was hitting .287/.383/.480 with seven home runs and 34 RBI through 55 games with Scranton and Trenton this season.
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Yankees place Torres on seven-day DL. The Yankees put top prospect Gleyber Torres on the disabled list with shoulder tendinitis Wednesday. James Kaprielian, the Yankees ' top pitching prospect , will undergo season -ending Tommy John surgery next Tuesday to repair his right elbow
Yankees : Who Is the Better Prospect : Clint Frazier or Gleyber Torres ? - yanksgoyard.comWhile Clint Frazier is generally seen as the New York Yankees top prospect , Gleyber Torres is making a strong push for the crown in the Arizona Fall League. He is ready for his first taste of the upper levels next season at Double-A Trenton.
Thoughts following Gleyber Torres ’ promotion to Triple-A - riveraveblues.comLater tonight, top Yankees prospect Gleyber Torres is expected to play his first game with Triple-A Scranton. I don’t think that sort of timetable is out of the question for Torres . I could see him making his MLB debut later this season .
Yankees promote top prospect Gleyber Torres to Triple-A - www.pinstripealley.comIt took just over 30 games of the minor league season for the Yankees to promote their top prospect to Triple-A. Shortstop Gleyber Torres will be moving up to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to play for the RailRiders after his promotion on Sunday.
Yankees top prospect Gleyber Torres suffers injury | New York Post - nypost.comOn Saturday, top prospect Gleyber Torres left a Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre game at Buffalo after suffering a left elbow injury on a play at the plate. The severity of the injury wasn’t revealed by the Yankees after a 5-2 loss to the Athletics at the Coliseum.
Gleyber Torres Begins His March to Join the 2017 Yankees - yanksgoyard.comAnd that’s because there are very few sure prospects ; Gleyber Torres is one of them. Yankees amazing and inconceivable season at the 40-game mark1 d ago. The Yankees Gleyber Torres seems to have that “it” factor, that thing that marks a player out as having more than just talent.
Gleyber Torres Archives - River Avenue Blues - riveraveblues.comLater tonight, top Yankees prospect Gleyber Torres is expected to play his first game with Triple-A Scranton. He was promoted from Double-A Trenton on Sunday. Kaprielian fell off because he blew out his elbow and needed Tommy John surgery. Duh.
Yankees promote top prospect Gleyber Torres to Triple A, increasing - www.si.comQuickly. One of baseball's top prospects , the Yankees ' Gleyber Torres , has been promoted to Triple A amid a strong start to the year. Thanks to that stellar season , Torres came into the year ranked among the game’s top five prospects on the Baseball America, ESPN and MLB Pipeline lists.
Yankees Gleyber Torres might make Jorge Mateo Disappear - yanksgoyard.comEnter Gleyber Torres at the end of July. He immediately became a higher ranked Yankees Torres is clearly there because the Yankees consider him to be a top prospect . But if Torres success brings out the worst in Mateo, he will fade from that picture and disappear from the Yankees forever.
Baseball America ranks Gleyber Torres , Clint Frazier - Pinstripe Alley - www.pinstripealley.comGleyber Torres gets the top spot after coming over from the Cubs in the Chapman trade. Shortstop Jorge Mateo and right-hander James Kaprielian round out the Yankees ’ top 5. Both will be looking for bounce back seasons in 2017 as Mateo saw a bit of a drop in his production and Kaprielian lost most
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