Gleyber Torres ready for playoffs in what could be last with Yankees

Gleyber Torres doesn't know what's ahead of him in free agency, so he's choosing to focus on his current and possibly final postseason run in the Bronx. He admitted Friday that he has thought about the possibility that this will be his last October as a Yankee, as free agency looms after the playoffs. “Sometimes […]
Gleyber Torres’ baserunning blunder robs Aaron Judge of big spot

Aaron Judge hit another home run in his MVP season, but missed a deciding chance due to a baserunning error by Gleyber Torres. Judge hit a full-count split by Dean Kremer over the left-field fence for a home run in a 5-3 loss to the Orioles on Tuesday night, his 56th career home run with […]
Gleyber Torres’ costly Yankees baserunning gaffe ‘can’t happen’

Gleyber Torres made some puzzling decisions on the basepaths in the Yankees' 5-3 loss to the Orioles on Tuesday night at the Stadium. With the Yankees trailing by two runs with two outs in the seventh inning, Juan Soto singled to right field to drive in a run, cutting the Orioles' lead to 4-3 and […]
Rep. Ritchie Torres Slams ‘Selective Outrage’ over Israeli ‘Precision’ Response to Daily Hezbollah Rocket Attacks

Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres of New York condemned Israel's alleged precision strikes against Hezbollah operatives this week, but blasted the “selective outrage” of those who ignore the fact that the Lebanese terror group has been carrying out indiscriminate attacks against the Jewish state over the past year on a near-daily basis. In a social media […]
Gleyber Torres’ latest fielding gaffe didn’t lead to a Yankees’ loss this time

Gleyber Torres has already been benched once this season for lack of effort, but the Yankees second baseman cost his team another frustrating performance on Friday night. But Torres also had a strong offensive performance throughout September, including a one-run single in the seventh inning of a 5-4 win over the Red Sox at the […]
Rep. Ritchie Torres presses DEA after animal tranquilizers found in NYC street drugs

WASHINGTON — Bronx Congressman Ritchie Torres is requesting information from the Drug Enforcement Administration after local health officials found the elephant tranquilizer carfentanil and the veterinary anesthetic medetomidine in street drugs in New York City. Carfentanil, a more potent analogue of fentanyl, Eight local opioid samples contained small amounts of the substance. According to the […]
Ritchie Torres Slams Leftist Anti-Israel ‘Hypocrites’ for Supporting Kamala Harris for Picking Tim Walz

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) called for “increased vigilance against far-left anti-Semitism” and criticized the hypocrisy of left-wing anti-Israel activists who suddenly embraced Vice President Kamala Harris’ choice of Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) over Jewish Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) as her running mate. In a social media post on Monday, Torres denounced left-wing anti-Israel activists, calling […]
Yankees’ Gleyber Torres opens up about getting benched after dogging it on basepaths

Gleyber Torres acknowledged the obvious: he didn’t run hard off the plate, and manager Aaron Boone acknowledged he made the right call benching him for most of Friday night’s game against the Blue Jays in the Bronx. “I think he did the right thing, especially in that moment,” he said. “As a professional, you have […]
Gleyber Torres miffed about Yankees’ third base idea: ‘I play second’

BOSTON — Gleyber Torres is finally starting to hit, but the Yankees aren’t going to ask him to change positions — at least not yet. And Torres didn’t seem too excited about the possibility of such an idea coming to fruition. Following the Yankees’ acquisition of Jazz Chisholm Jr., who has primarily played second base […]
Yankees hoping Gleyber Torres has turned corner after disastrous start

BOSTON — Luis Severino was playfully criticizing his friend and former teammate, but he wasn’t gossiping. Gleyber Torres was in the text thread where Severino said he wasn’t afraid of the Yankees because “right now they only have two good hitters.” Severino was making fun of his close friends, but a good joke often carries […]