Before this evening’s game against the Rangers, the Yankees announced they reinstated shortstop Gleyber Torres from the injured list. Torres is in the starting lineup tonight, hitting fifth. To create active roster space, fellow infielder Rougned Odor was placed on the paternity list.
Torres has been out of action since May 11 after testing positive for COVID-19. The 24-year-old had previously been fully vaccinated and was fortunately said to be asymptomatic. He’ll now look to turn around his season line, which currently sits at .240/.331/.304 across 142 plate appearances. It’s the second consecutive year in which Torres has reached base a fair amount but not hit for power, a surprising development after he slugged .535 and popped 38 homers during his age-22 season in 2019.
Odor had just returned from an IL stint himself- in his case, due to a left knee sprain. The 27-year-old has just a .182/.280/.379 line over his first 75 plate appearances in the Bronx. Nevertheless, the Yankees have been intrigued enough by Odor to give him 19 starts at second base, and he figures to get some more work at the position when he returns. Players on the paternity list can miss between one and three games.
He is poo poo defensively
Hopefully Rougned names his kid Rougned.
Toughned would be much better, especially if dad teaches him that Bautista right hook.
Or he could name him “Body”
I understand Odor being on the paternity list. His career has been F#@ked for some time now.
Still can’t believe there is no article about the Spencer Turnbull no-hitter last night!
No-hitting the Mariner’s doesn’t count.
Becoming dime a dozen. Gausman and Musgrove came close today and I won’t mention the Yank,still in progress don’t wanna jinx.
If a Yankee throws a no-no, you bet your life MLBTRs will be all over it.
Heck, they were all over Miguel “Rookie of the Year Runner-up” Andujar coming in second in the Rookie of the Year voting. They talked about it for a year.
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It is a transactions site. Are you really that clueless? There have never been any game stories on here.
I expect a cute little story about how Kluber was out of a job and then the yankees snatched him up and oh… he threw a no hitter.
This site should be called “Everything But MLB Trade Rumors”
Can’t forget the Wade angle. The much maligned light hitting BU INF who tripled home the 1st run, scored the 2nd, made a no hitter saving catch in RF all while being an in game replacement for an injury.
It doesn’t get much better than that. If MLBTR wants clicks that’s the content they need. And don’t get me started on the former American League Runner Up Rookie of the Year. He’s a click magnet.
Gleyber Day
Unless Yanks pull a trade for Story, Torres right now is not at the top of the list for fixes. He may not be the long term answer at SS but he’ll be there full time this year.
You keep stating that but they’re very much inclined to stay under the CBT line.
I don’t think Story is likely. It’s just the only move that’s would take Torres off SS in 2021
The only way I can see this is DJL at 3B, Gio at SS, and Torres at 2B. I don’t know if that makes the infield defense better really.
It’s humorous how some fans always want a slumping player to be benched forever. All players go through slumps. If teams listened to fans and benched them, there would be nobody left to play the games.
@CeyHey The best example of a slow starter was Mark Teixeira and his pitcher-hitting April thru mid-May statline. Inevitably, his end-of-year stars were good.
Long season. As a fan, you learn to pull for the slumping guy and not live-and-die with every at-bat. Not easy,. though. A couple of weeks ago, I thought the league had finally figured out Max Muncy. He’s played at a near-MVP level ever since. Patience is hard.
Stud, I understand what you’re saying, but I don’t see that happening regardless of Torres’ performance for two reasons: first, it’s too early in the season and he has time to develop/improve; second, there are a boatload of SS in their farm and some of those guys appear to be more advanced than originally thought.
This biggest issue with Gleyber right now is his bat – he needs to get that going. Wade plays better defense, is left handed, and hits about the same as Gleyber does right now – although measuring their potential isn’t even close.
Odor should have went on paternity leave after becoming Jose Bautista’s daddy
Does that make Odor part owner of the Texas Rangers?
Kluber potential no-no in progress!
He’s through 8 now!
Yessssssssss!!!!
6 no hitters plus the Bumgarner 7 inning job through May 19? What the heck is going on?
Offense is way down this year. Gary Sanchez and his sad .189/.325/.379 line has an OPS+ of 101.
Last I checked, league OPS was under(!) .700.
Makes you (me anyway) reassess some of our guys who are scuffling.
Ducky, that’s fair but then it also discounts the no-hitter. You can’t have it both ways.
Otherwise, congrats to Kluber, it’s still noteworthy.
PS – decades ago I was in a band that was half yankees fans and half Red Sox fans and we finished our rehearsal to watch the last inning of Dave Righetti’s no hitter. We were all rooting for him.
MLB teams have found a way to make no-hitters a non-event. Hitting is a joke nowadays, where are the 2015 Royals when you need them? I think we’re literally on pace for a no-hitter per team pace right now. I can’t believe they found a way to water down what used to be a pretty special event.
Well @JD. That’s a really Not Very Much Fun take.
I had a blast watching it & didn’t feel watered down even a little.
You can thank the commissioner for once again tinkering with the ball. But hey, we have shorter games on average now so I guess it’s working. ::face palm::
It was worse in 1968. Players are better today. Lack of offense is a problem, for sure. They fixed it back then by lowering the mound, and need to do something now more than a half-century later.
Again, players are better now. Back then, most catchers and middle infielders were automatic outs. You could put the ball on a tee and those guys wouldn’t hurt you. Weak-hitting shortstops like Bud Harrelson and Don Kessinger were all-star starters because of their defense. In today,s game, they would be at the bottom of the heap defensively as well as offensively.
I don’t like moving the mound back but it’s just painful not watching hitters adjust anymore. They should feel disgraced as a group. Hitting worse than players from a time that was literally called the “dead ball era”. That’s ugly. Really makes you appreciate the few who can actually hit and not just try and hit the ball far.
@jdgoat Hitting a baseball is hard especially with increased velo, spin rates, and extreme defensive shifts these days. Metal bats might be the answer for you.
Simple solution. Teach the batters a single is better than an out. Eliminate 3 true outcomes thinking.
I think they lowered the mound AND made the strike zone smaller. Bud Harrelson and Mark Belanger won championships because of their defense and baseball IQ. They might not have had mighty batting stats but they were tough outs at the right moments.
Every MLB shortstop in 2021 is a tougher out than Bud Harrelson and Mark Belanger, and they’re doing it against better pitching. Fielders today are also better.
Congratulations to Kluber. A great comeback story, even if it is with the Yankees.
On an interesting side note: this is the first time that three teams have been no-hit twice in the same season (Indians, Mariners, Rangers). It’s also the first time there have been six no-hitters (seven if you count Bumgarner’s, which should be counted) before june 1st
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