It didn’t take long for Gleyber Torres to be asked about the New York Yankees with his new team. Now a Detroit Tigers second baseman, Torres has endured the highs and lows and criticism of a big market and now he is reveling in what he called a “beautiful opportunity.

Gleyber Torres didn't get his due farewell from the New York Yankees, with whom he played for seven years and earned two All-Star selections in the process.

Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch had plenty of praise for infielder Gleyber Torres. While Hinch surely didn't mean to take a shot at the Yankees, it's hard not to see it as such.

But Tigers manager A.J. Hinch has been encouraged by what he has seen from Torres since the ex-Yankee signed a one-year, $15 million contract with Detroit.

Gleyber Torres figured someone had to be joking. “No way,” he said Friday morning in the Detroit Tigers clubhouse. “Is that true?” The news was right there on the New York Yankees’ official social media account.

Gleyber Torres discusses his departure from the New York Yankees, the tension that led to it, and his excitement about starting fresh with the Detroit Tigers in the MLB.