{"id":20325,"date":"2025-01-19T00:19:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T00:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20325"},"modified":"2025-01-19T00:19:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T00:19:57","slug":"breaking-yankees-49m-gold-glove-signing-tipped-to-replace-gleyber-torres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20325","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Yankees\u2019 $49M Gold Glove Signing Tipped to Replace Gleyber Torres!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Yankees-Predicted-Sign-49-million-free-agent-replace-Torres.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Yankees-Predicted-Sign-49-million-free-agent-replace-Torres.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Yankees-Predicted-Sign-49-million-free-agent-replace-Torres.jpg?quality=45&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Yankees-Predicted-Sign-49-million-free-agent-replace-Torres.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Gleyber Torres throws\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"778\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1174\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Gleyber Torres<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Yankees lost faith in the second baseman who had held down the position for them since his debut in 2018, when he was named an American League All-Star and placed third in Rookie of the Year voting. That second baseman, of course, was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/\/players\/t\/torregl01.shtml?__hstc=205977932.332dc3f3c0e8d6917a60dae8ee9f109e.1733238759576.1736175520265.1737229030100.6&amp;__hssc=205977932.1.1737229030100&amp;__hsfp=560670869\">Caracas, Venezuela, native Gleyber Torres<\/a>, who gave the Yankees seven years and then found himself a free agent who did not even receive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sny.tv\/articles\/gleyber-torres-yankees-never-offered-new-contract\">an offer from New York<\/a>\u00a0that might have kept him there.<\/p>\n<p>Torres went on to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/articles\/mlb\/tigers-sign-former-yankees-second-baseman-gleyber-torres-to-a-15-million-1year-deal\">sign with the Detroit Tigers<\/a>\u00a0on a $15 million, one-year contract right after Christmas. So he\u2019s all set. But what about his former team? With 33 days remaining before live spring training competition gets underway, the Yankees still appear to have no plan to replace Torres in the middle infield.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\/yankees-interest-trade-gavin-lux-replace-gleyber-torres\/\">showed \u201cinterest\u201d in Gavin Lux<\/a>, the second baseman who was part of the 2024 Los Angeles Dodgers team that denied the Bronx Bombers their 28th World Series title last October. But the reigning champions went ahead and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/reds\/news\/gavin-lux-reds-dodgers-trade\">traded Lux<\/a>\u00a0to the Cincinnati Reds instead.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The defending AL champs were also reported to have held talks with Brendan Rodgers, a former Gold Glove infielder for the Colorado Rockies who entered the free agent market after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\/yankees-held-talks-brendan-rodgers-replace-gleyber-torres\/\">Colorado declined to offer him<\/a>\u00a0a new contract rather than allow him a third year of arbitration eligibility. But those talks apparently went nowhere.<\/p>\n<h2>New Prediction Brings Korean Import to Bronx<\/h2>\n<p>A new prediction from\u00a0<em>Fox Sports<\/em>, however, links the Yankees to another current free agent who would come at a higher price than either Lux or Rodgers would have \u2014 but a lower price than Torres. In this case,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/mlb\/player\/market-value\/_\/id\/70890\/ha-seong-kim\">the projected price tag<\/a>, according to the sports business site\u00a0<em>Spotrac<\/em>, would be approximately $49 million over four seasons, an average annual payout of about $12.3 million \u2014 compared to the $15 million Torres commanded from Detrot. The player is former San Diego Padres second baseman Ha-Seong Kim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bronx Bombers need more guys who can get on base and create runs, and that\u2019s where Kim can come in and put his savvy baserunning to use. Plus, his excellent plate discipline (18.6 percent chase rate in the 98th percentile, per\u00a0<em>Baseball Savant<\/em>) will do wonders if he\u2019s batting alongside Aaron Judge,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/stories\/mlb\/who-should-sign-alex-bregman-pete-alonso-best-fits-10-notable-free-agents\">wrote\u00a0<em>Fox Sports<\/em>\u00a0MLB writer<\/a>\u00a0Deesha Thosar. \u201cThe Yankees don\u2019t need more flashy free-agent signings now; they need a dynamic jack-of-all-trades Gold Glover like Kim who can quietly transform their offensive production.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kim won a Gold Glove at second base for San Diego in 2023. The South Korean import played seven seasons for the Kiwoon Heroes, a Korean Baseball Organization team based in Seoul (known for Kim\u2019s first five seasons as the Nexen Heroes)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=kim---001ha-\">before signing with the Padres<\/a>\u00a0in 2021. He is also able to fill in at third base, having played 94 games there for the Heroes and another 79 over his four seasons with the Padres.<\/p>\n<h2>Kim Was a Better Player Than Torres Last Year<\/h2>\n<p>The leading Yankees fan blog\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bleedingyankeeblue.blogspot.com\/2025\/01\/im-calling-it-ha-seong-kim-to-yankees.html\"><em>Bleeding Yankee Blue<\/em>\u00a0has also predicted<\/a>\u00a0that Kim will end up with the Yankees, and the blog\u2019s writers have been on the Korean infielder\u2019s bandwagon for most of the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are we waiting for!\u201d they wrote on Frday. \u201cWhile everyone else is still scratching their heads, wondering which free agent infielder the Yankees might snag, we\u2019ve been over here at\u00a0<em>Bleeding Yankee Blue<\/em>\u00a0waving our \u2018Ha-Seong Kim\u2019 flags since early December.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kim\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stathead.com\/baseball\/versus-finder.cgi?player_id2=torres000gle&amp;year_min=2024&amp;player_id1=kim---001ha-&amp;seasons_type=forall&amp;request=1&amp;utm_id=kimha01&amp;utm_medium=sr_xsite&amp;utm_campaign=2023_01_wdgt_player_comparison&amp;utm_source=br\">compares favorably with Torres<\/a>, as well. His Wins Above Replacement figure of 2.6 in 2024 was better than Torres, who accrued just 1,8 despite playing 33 more games than Kim. On a per-162-game basis, Kim outstripped Torres last season 3.5 to 1.9, meaning that Kim would represent a significant upgrade at a lower price<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Gleyber Torres The New York Yankees lost faith in the second baseman who had held down the position for them since his debut in 2018, when&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20325","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\u2019 $49M Gold Glove Signing Tipped to Replace Gleyber Torres! - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20325\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Yankees\u2019 $49M Gold Glove Signing Tipped to Replace Gleyber Torres! 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