Gleyber Torres has been unbelievable against Baltimore

It’s been said all season, but if Gleyber Torres were to play against the Baltimore Orioles all season he would both break the single season home run record and win the Triple Crown.  After a three home run performance in a doubleheader, Gary Thorne was ready to walk out of Yankee Stadium because of Gleyber Torres.

To put it in perspective of how good Torres has played against the Orioles, his average is twice as high against the O’s as the rest of the league (.413) and he has as many home runs against Baltimore (13) as he does against the rest of the league this season.  Below are some other incredible stats for Torres, thanks to Katie Sharp;

Gleyber Torres has 6 multi-HR games this season, tied with Nelson Cruz for the most in MLB.

All 6 are as shortstop. No other SS has more than 3 multi-HR games this season.

— Katie Sharp (@ktsharp) August 13, 2019

Gleyber Torres (22 yrs, 242 days) is the youngest player in AL history to reach 8 career multi-HR games.

— Katie Sharp (@ktsharp) August 13, 2019

Gleyber Torres is 3rd Yankee under age 23 with 3+ Hits and 6+ RBI in a game.

The others? Joe DiMaggio (July 9, 1937) and Lou Gehrig (July 23, 1925).

— Katie Sharp (@ktsharp) August 13, 2019

Gleyber Torres is in a class of his own in some regards, and in others he’s in a class with two of the greatest baseball players of all time in Joe D. and Lou Gehrig.  The Orioles are a bad team, but watching Gleyber dominate this way has been incredible for all Yankee fans.

For those who missed, below are all 13 home runs against the Orioles for Gleyber.  Torres is looking to break the all-time record against one team, set by Lou Gehrig against the Cleveland Indians in 1936.

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