Everyone’s talking about Gleyber Torres right now, and for good reason. The second-best prospect in baseball, and the centerpiece of last summer’s Aroldis Chapman trade, was promoted to Triple-A after spending just 32 games in Trenton.
In explaining why the promotion came so early, general manager Brian Cashman stated that Torres “checked every box” in Double-A, and that everyone in the organization—Vce President of Player Development Gary Denbo, the scouting staff, and the analytics crew—all said that he had nothing left to prove at that level. All of this is to say that someone should be looking over his shoulder, and his name is Chase Headley.