TORONTO — Gleyber Torres’ psychological reset could also be over by Friday, with an opposing left-hander on the mound.
Till then, Aaron Boone gave Torres a second straight time out of the lineup Thursday in hopes of lastly shaking the Yankees’ second baseman free from his depressing begin to the season.
Torres, who stated he and Boone “had a extremely good dialog in Queens,” indicated he has spent the 2 days off working laborious within the cage to repair his swing.
“I really feel wrestle — I don’t really feel my swing is there,” Torres stated after the Yankees’ 9-2 loss to the Blue Jays. “[Mentally] I’m good. I’m high quality. Simply if you don’t do the correct factor for the group, it’s not that straightforward. I attempt to compete actually laborious and attempt to get issues proper. However now I don’t suppose I do the correct factor. I want these issues assist me to do good and I begin working [Friday].”
Boone stated he has left it as much as Torres and the hitting coaches to resolve whether or not he makes use of the time without work to get away from the sport (as a lot as one can through the season) or dive deeper into his work on his swing.
However one factor was not in query for the supervisor.
“I understand how a lot Gleyber cares,” Boone stated earlier than the loss. “I understand how laborious he’s working behind the scenes. However I’ve additionally been in his sneakers the place the sport’s laborious and it could actually beat you down. I believe we’re on the identical web page with that.
“I’m wanting ahead to what I do know goes to be a resurgence for him sooner or later. I proceed to say, he’s clearly a extremely essential a part of our group and our lineup in giving size to our lineup. He’s too good a hitter to be held down for too lengthy.”
After being the Yankees’ most constant wholesome hitter from begin to end final season, Torres has been a shell of himself this 12 months in a pricey flip of occasions whereas batting .215 with a .628 OPS by means of 80 video games.
Torres has repeatedly stated that his powerful begin has nothing to do along with his being in his contract 12 months, a state of affairs that might understandably compound itself as soon as a number of tough weeks pile up.
There was a stretch lately the place it regarded like Torres is likely to be popping out of it, batting .266 with a .808 OPS in 30 video games from Could 12 to June 13.
However in 9 video games since then, he has sunk proper again into his offensive malaise, batting simply 2-for-29 (.069) with a .401 OPS.
It has coincided with a brutal stretch for the Yankees at giant, getting into Thursday having misplaced 9 of their final 12 video games with a lineup that has struggled to provide outdoors of its high three hitters in Anthony Volpe, Juan Soto and Aaron Choose.
Torres additionally made a pair of errors in his final 4 video games earlier than hitting the bench, wanting extra like he was carrying his offensive struggles onto the sphere with him, after which caught Boone’s consideration by not working out a floor ball late in Tuesday’s loss to the Mets.
Boone, who tries to maintain the heart beat of his gamers from a private standpoint, might inform Torres wanted a number of days.
What that point off regarded like, Boone left as much as Torres.
On Wednesday, the 27-year-old did some work with the hitting workers after it had recognized a number of “delicate issues” in his swing.
However there was additionally a psychological part to his break.
“We’re speaking a few man that’s within the bodily prime of his profession that has a protracted, lengthy observe report of hitting,” Boone stated. “So there’s no purpose to suppose we gained’t get that out. However it’s a really mentally taxing recreation. It’s a gauntlet, it’s a bear, it’s a mom. The sector’s powerful. Typically, that takes a while to work by means of and get to that place.”
Requested if he thinks Torres nonetheless believes he can flip it round, Boone stated he did.
“It’s laborious to consider that typically if you’re going by means of it and you’re feeling that,” Boone stated. “However I believe deep down, you realize, ‘I simply must get it to click on and get it firing,’ and you then type of take off and your mind will get out of the best way somewhat bit.”
