As Detroit and New York media circled around him in the visitor’s dugout at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, Gleyber Torres debuted a new look for his return to the Bronx.
The former Yankee and current Tiger grew a beard shortly after signing a one-year, $15 million contract with Detroit over the offseason — not that that would have been an issue for the 2025 pinstripers — but he added cornrows to his aesthetic on Monday. With the Tigers off, Torres visited his favorite New York City-based barbershop, Jordan MVP Barbershop, before the start of a huge three-game series.
“We tried something new,” Torres said with a smile.
It has been a year of significant change for the second baseman, as he spent the first seven years of his big league career with the Yankees, who acquired him from the Cubs