Gleyber David Torres Castro (born December 13, 1996) is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees. Torres made his MLB debut in 2018 with the Yankees. He has been named an All-Star in 2018, 2019, and 2025. On July 25, 2016, the Cubs traded Torres, Adam Warren, Billy McKinney, and Rashad Crawford to the Yankees for relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman.He began his Yankees career playing with the Tampa Yankees of the High-A Florida State League.He finished the 2016 season batting .270/.354/.421 with 11 home runs and 66 RBI for the two High-A teams combined.After the season, the Yankees assigned him to the Scottsdale Scorpions of the Arizona Fall League (AFL). After batting .403 in 76 at-bats with a .513 on-base percentage and a 1.158 OPS, Torres was named the AFL Most Valuable Player.At the age of 19, Torres was the youngest player in the AFL, and the youngest player in history to win the AFL MVP.He was ranked after the 2016 season as the Yankees' top prospect by Baseball America. Torres was listed the fifth best prospect in baseball entering the 2017 season by Baseball America.After hitting .448 in 29 at bats with two home runs in spring training with the Yankees, Torres began the 2017 season with the Trenton Thunder of the Double-A Eastern League. In April, he went on the seven-day disabled list with rotator cuff inflammation.The Yankees promoted Torres to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Triple-A International League in May.In June, Torres slid headfirst into home, despite the fact that the Yankees stress to their players to slide feet-first because the team believes it is safer, and tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his non-throwing left elbow.On June 19, Torres was ruled out for the rest of the 2017 season after it was determined that his injury required Tommy John surgery. He finished the 2017 season batting .287/.383/.480 with seven home runs and 34 RBIs for the two teams combined. The Yankees added him to their 40-man roster after the season. Entering the 2018 season, Torres was labeled the fifth-best prospect in baseball and the best shortstop prospect by MLB.com.During spring training, Torres competed with Miguel Andujar and others for a spot on the opening day roster. On March 13, 2018, Torres was optioned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to begin the year.He was pulled out of the game on April 22 after six innings. Torres initially thought it was punishment for not hustling earlier in the game, but was called into manager Bobby Mitchell's office where he was told of his promotion to the Major Leagues. Official New York Yankees jersey signed in silver by Gleyber Torres. will be shipped with insurance