Gleyber Torres' two-game benching 'reset' ends with return to Yankees lineup

because he felt the second baseman’s rough start to the season was weighing on him, Torres was back in the lineup to face Blue Jays left-hander Yusei Kikuchi in the second game of a four-game set at Rogers Centre.

“Hopefully this is something that serves him well, serves us well having a couple days to reset. But there’s never any guarantees, either.”Carlos Rodon gets clobbered again as Yankees’ losing skid hits four games Giancarlo Stanton also has started to do some physical activity, including getting on the treadmill on Thursday.In what has been a brutal stretch for the Yankees, Phil Bickford unintentionally provided some levity on Thursday night.

But Bickford thought he was coming in, so he began to run in from the bullpen, only to make it about halfway through right field before turning and running back to the bullpen.“Obviously night wasn’t a great night for us, but I did get some enjoyment in seeing the video of him realizing that, kind of panicking and sprinting back to the bullpen,” Boone said with a grin. “That was kind of fun.”

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