Last season the Yankees had a collection of guys who served as the team’s primary utility player over the course of 162 games. At the beginning of the season, it was Torreyes just as he was for the entire 2016 and 2017 campaigns.
However, the early season arrivals of rookies Gleyber Torres and Miguel Andujar combined with the presence of veteran Neil Walker forced Torreyes to be demoted to Triple-A in late May. It was there he joined Wade at Scranton after he was sent down himself in late-April.
Wade had the opportunity to take command of the second base job out of spring training but he hit .