Gleyber Torres Who Is New York's Starting Shortstop Has Landed On The Injured List With Sprained Left Thumb

Gleyber Torres who is New York’s starting shortstop has landed on the injured list with sprained left thumb!

Why?

Gleyber Torres hurt the thumb by diving into second base on a fourth-inning steal attempt in the Yanks’ 2-0 loss to the Mariners on Sunday at Yankee Stadium. Torres remained in the game until the ninth inning.

Aaron Boone who is the manager for New York said he was a little concerned by Torres discomfort.

“according to an article by Bryan Hoch on mlb.com”

Before the injury Gleyber Torres had had 359 at bats, contributed 35 runs, 91 hits, 6 home runs , 42 runs batted in and 12 stolen bases and had a batting average of 253.

“according to https://www.mlb.com/player/gleyber-torres-650402

With Gleyber Torres have landed on the injured list they’ve signed Andrew Velazquez who like Gleyber Torres is a shortstop to a major league contract, selecting him to the 26 man roster from Scranton / Wilkies -Barre that is New York’s Triple A affiliate.

In 2020 with Baltimore Andrew Velazquez played in 40 games , had 63 at bats , contributed 11 runs, 10 hits , 3 runs batted in and batting average of 259.

“according to https://www.mlb.com/player/andrew-velazquez-623205