Infielder Gleyber Torres has agreed to a one year deal with the Detroit Tigers, it was announced today. The deal is reportedly for $15 million. The Tigers, in announcing the deal, indicated that Torres will be playing second base, with incumbent second baseman Colt Keith moving to first base.
Torres, who turned 28 earlier this month, Has spent the last three seasons as a second baseman after having spent a lot of time at shortstop his first few seasons in the majors. Torres has a bat-first guy whose glovework has generally graded out as being rather iffy. Acquired from the Chicago Cubs in the Aroldis Chapman trade, Torres looked like a burgeoning star his first two seasons, when he slashed .