Yankees spring training report on Florial, Andujar, Torres and others

Not Yet Hitting His Stride, or Weight

Gleyber’s bat has not shown up yet; his line of .125/.176/.250 and OPS of .426 impresses no one.

But it doesn’t have to.

Torres has already earned enough trust in his offensive prowess that he has little to prove, as evidenced by his number five overall ranking. That, plus the likelihood that he will start hitting long before camp ends, make his offense of little concern.

There is such confidence in Torres that the talk coming into camp was not whether he would earn a spot, but whether he would be artificially kept down from his assumed position so that his service time would not accrue.

But, surprisingly, his defense will probably earn him the Miguel Andujar treatment, albeit of shorter length.

While he only has one official error, his play at second has been erratic. Clearly he has too much adrenaline from not playing since last June…and it shows. More than once he has tried to do the spectacular when the merely good would have more effective.

His over-anxiousness and abundant energy are causing him to rush the game, instead of letting it come to him. However, again, this is early in camp.

Torres is likely to take a breath and slow down. Then his natural talent will be on full display. The question is, have Boone and the Yankees seen enough to want him to get reps at Triple-A to make sure he’s relaxed? Especially with the service time issue as an extra incentive?

My guess is the comments section will vote not only yes, but also that the Yanks were going to do that even with stellar defense. They might be right. If so, Gleyber has been making it easy for them.

The same cannot be said of the early battle to be the back-up first basemen.