AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU DIDN'T TRADE GLEYBER TORRES NOW?

Gleyber Torres is batting over .350 as this post is released by Bleeding Yankee Blue. Is it early? Yes. Is it good? No, it's great. Do you still want him traded? Probably not. But the Torres haters are nowhere to be found, and I often get annoyed by that. Give credit where credit is due. Torres is doing the job.

Let's not forget, we as a Yankee family were thrilled back in 2016 when we shipped Aroldis Chapman to the Cubs and snagged Gleyber Torres with others.  Torres at the time was the 24th overall prospect and there was a real upside to him.

We got him, he showed glimpses of success, glimpses of failure and glimpses of Robinson Cano, sometimes not hustling.  But overall, he grew up in the Bronx and learned the Yankee way.  Then other guys began to show up, and with that the idea that Torres was anything special kind of fell at the waste side.  By the winter, all I read was that the fans wanted him out of the Bronx because we had guys like Oswaldo Cabrera, Oswald Peraza and Anthony Volpe coming down the pike. "Why do we need this guy (Torres), we don't need him."  

Oh... but we do.  Why? Volpe isn't exactly lighting it up in his rookie season, Peraza is hurt and Cabrera is an outfielder, utility essentially. I'm not crapping on them, but I'm making a point.  We NEED a guy like Torres, still only 26 years old. And he's hitting, and we should be rejoicing.

Torres said winter ball really helped him reset.

ClutchPoints writes:

"Gleyber Torres is finally looking like the superstar he was projected to be...Torres has been arguably the best second in MLB through the first 12 games. No other player has stats as uniformly excellent as Gleyber Torres, who’s rocking a 1.179 OPS and drawing a league-leading 11 walks while also stealing bases at a career-best rate. Over the winter, Torres played winter ball in his native Venezuela and starred on Team Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic.

Torres’ time in Venezuela had benefits far beyond the diamond; he didn’t just work on his game, he worked on himself, summoning the clarity to handle the pressures of being a Yankee.

“Now,” he said, “I just play the game. I don’t think too much at home plate. I just go there and I feel good because I did my routine before the game, and I know it works well. When the umpire says ‘play ball,’ I just try not to think too much."

This shows maturity.

What's the key here? Do, don't think.  It's a simple thing. Look, you get to the Majors and you want to stay in the Majors. If you're a Yankee, there's even more stress. So you think a lot. But the idea is to not think so much, just play, and now that is what it appears Torres is doing, and I'm thrilled for him.

Where are the haters that want Torres out now? 

Silence.