Detroit Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson received the less-than-ideal news of losing his starting job. The Tigers brought in Gleyber Torres and are moving Colt Keith to first base. Torkelson handled the news with a lot of class.

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The Detroit Tigers will be using some new combinations in the infield this year, most notably with Gleyber Torres at 2B and Colt Keith at 1B.

Gleyber Torres signed with the Detroit Tigers during the offseason after playing his first seven seasons for the New York Yankees. Torres will play second base for the Tigers this season, a position he played for the Yankees for years,

Detroit Tigers second baseman Gleyber Torres was involved in a car accident Wednesday morning at an intersection near the TigerTown complex.

When Spencer Torkelson got a call from Detroit Tigers president Scott Harris just after Christmas, he wasn’t expecting bad news — but he wasn’t shocked when he got it, either. Harris was giving Torkelson a heads up about news that would soon be made public: The Tigers were signing second baseman Gleyber Torres,

Torres seemed set for a key role when he agreed to a one-year, $15 million deal back in December, and early reports out of camp support this notion. He was the only player taking reps at second base Monday and the team expects him to hit high in the order.

Gleyber Torres took some convincing to believe the Yankees’ facial hair policy reversal. The former Bronx Bombers second baseman reportedly wasn’t sure if he was being pranked when he found out about the rule change from a group of reporters on Friday.