{"id":15098,"date":"2024-12-28T02:35:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T02:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15098"},"modified":"2024-12-28T02:35:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T02:35:17","slug":"breaking-yankees-predicted-to-cut-ties-with-60-million-hitter-after-gleyber-torres-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15098","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Yankees Predicted To Cut Ties With $60 Million Hitter After Gleyber Torres Departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees have now completely moved on from second baseman Gleyber Torres, who reportedly agreed to a one-year, $15 million deal with the Detroit Tigers on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Torres leaves a gaping hole in the Yankees&#8217; infield. But he might not be the only player from the 2024 roster who New York parts ways with.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, FanSided&#8217;s Zachary Rotman recently\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/fansided.com\/3-more-yankees-who-won-t-be-back-after-gleyber-torres-departs-01jg4cn7bd25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">predicted the Yankees to cut ties<\/a>\u00a0with outfielder Alex Verdugo. Verdugo is projected to sign a\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/mlb\/player\/market-value\/_\/id\/17728\/alex-verdugo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">four-year, $60 million contract<\/a>\u00a0this winter, per Spotrac.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2552490\/alex-verdugo-gleyber-torres.webp?w=790&amp;f=1eca636d8754bee51f5d3b6d594fa1ee 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2552490\/alex-verdugo-gleyber-torres.jpg?w=790&amp;f=1eca636d8754bee51f5d3b6d594fa1ee 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2552490\/alex-verdugo-gleyber-torres.webp?w=900&amp;f=357a0887a398b1b86c9b22f810a205e3 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2552490\/alex-verdugo-gleyber-torres.jpg?w=900&amp;f=357a0887a398b1b86c9b22f810a205e3 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2552490\/alex-verdugo-gleyber-torres.webp?w=790&amp;f=1eca636d8754bee51f5d3b6d594fa1ee 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2552490\/alex-verdugo-gleyber-torres.jpg?w=790&amp;f=1eca636d8754bee51f5d3b6d594fa1ee 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2552490\/alex-verdugo-gleyber-torres.webp?w=450&amp;f=511b19ea552a551368028b768f65b0f5 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2552490\/alex-verdugo-gleyber-torres.jpg?w=450&amp;f=511b19ea552a551368028b768f65b0f5 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2552490\/alex-verdugo-gleyber-torres.webp?w=1200&amp;f=2d290e6deb07a4b6e8e1ca144a3c94ef\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2552490\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2552490\/alex-verdugo-gleyber-torres.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=2d290e6deb07a4b6e8e1ca144a3c94ef\" alt=\"Alex Verdugo and Gleyber Torres\" width=\"1200\" height=\"793\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; OCTOBER 29: Gleyber Torres #25 of the New York Yankees is congratulated by Alex Verdugo #24 after hitting a three-run home run during the eighth inning of Game Four of&#8230;<\/span>\u00a0<button id=\"read-more-cap\">More<\/button>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">Sarah Stier\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Fortunately for Yankees fans who were sick of Verdugo by the time the season ended, his spot on the roster has been replaced,&#8221; Rotman wrote. &#8220;They did lose Soto but replaced his spot on the roster with Cody Bellinger who is expected to be the team&#8217;s starting center fielder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Aaron Judge is slated to move back to right field and now is the time for Jasson Dominguez to get his shot as the team&#8217;s left fielder. The Yankees could conceivably bring Verdugo back to fill a bench spot, but they already have Trent Grisham on the roster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Verdugo, who started quite a lot of games for manager Aaron Boone&#8217;s club in 2024, doesn&#8217;t have a starting job anymore. As Rotman mentions, Bellinger, Judge, and Dominguez will start for the Bronx Bombers with Grisham being the left-handed outfielder off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>New York likely isn&#8217;t interested in signing a backup outfielder for nearly $20 million a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees have now completely moved on from second baseman Gleyber Torres, who reportedly agreed to a one-year, $15 million deal with the Detroit Tigers&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Yankees Predicted To Cut Ties With $60 Million Hitter After Gleyber Torres Departure - 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