Gleyber Torres helps power bounce-back Yankees effort in win over Blue Jays
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Gleyber Torres helps power bounce-back Yankees effort in win over Blue Jays

On two occasions Saturday, the Yankees’ hustle was rewarded. A sprinting Ben Rice made the Blue Jays pay when they literally dropped the ball. Gleyber Torres — yes, Gleyber Torres — dashed hard from first base to second to beat out what might have been a double play. Gleyber Torres…

Yankees’ Gleyber Torres opens up about getting benched after dogging it on basepaths
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Yankees’ Gleyber Torres opens up about getting benched after dogging it on basepaths

Gleyber Torres admitted the obvious: He didn’t run hard out of the batter’s box, and manager Aaron Boone made the correct decision by benching him for most of Friday night’s 8-5 loss to the Blue Jays in The Bronx.  “I think he did the right thing, especially in the moment,”…

Mark Leiter ‘as advertised’ in impressive debut with Yankees
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Mark Leiter ‘as advertised’ in impressive debut with Yankees

PHILADELPHIA — Al Leiter described his nephew as “fearless” on Tuesday afternoon. A few hours later, fresh off the plane, Mark Leiter Jr. took the mound for his Yankees debut and proved it. After being acquired from the Cubs a few hours before Tuesday’s trade deadline, Leiter arrived at Citizens…