Yankees: Gleyber Torres’ defense is still a work in progress

The 2021 MLB season is only a little over a week old. It’s way too early to make conclusions, let alone judge a player’s performance when baseball is a game in which sample sizes matter. However, we can start making a few observations based on the New York Yankees’ first two series against the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles.

One of those early observations is that Gleyber Torres, the Yankees’ starting shortstop, hasn’t looked very smooth out there in the field. For years now, people have been doubting his ability to stay at shortstop for the long term, and 2021 is a big year for him. He can silence the critics. However, he needs to show more consistency and not complicate the…