Gleyber Torres says he’ll pass on competing in the Home Run Derby next month, and that goes down as a loss for baseball, even if everyone outside New York might not necessarily agree.
“I’m not a home-run hitter,” the Yankees’ dynamic rookie told The Post on Wednesday, before his team continued its series against the Mariners at Yankee Stadium. “I’m a contact hitter.”
While there had been no known contact between Major League Baseball and Torres about his Derby participation, the baseball folks surely would have been intrigued had Torres expressed interest.
As well they should have.