Gleyber Torres earns All-Star spotlight while Yankees manager offers overdue praise originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Aaron Boone had kind words this week for Gleyber Torres. That’s more than he had when the infielder left Yankees’ unceremoniously as a free agent.

Chris McCosky of The Detroit News provides midseason grades for Tigers position players at the All-Star break.

CLEVELAND – Detroit Tigers second baseman Gleyber Torres is ready to play after a basepath collision with Brayan Rocchio during the Tigers’ 1-0 win over Cleveland Saturday, July 5, at Progressive Field.

The Tigers went heavy on pitching to begin Day 2 of the MLB Draft on Monday, following a trend that began with their second- and third-round picks on Sunday night. Some of their pitching picks follow a trend.

Back from the break at the halfway mark of the draft, the Tigers use their 11th round pick to select preps right-handed pitcher River Hamilton out of Sam Barlow HS in Oregon. An LSU commit who was ranked in the top-100 by MLB.