Yankees reassign top prospect Torres to minors after red-hot spring

Gleyber Torres' major-league debut was put on hold Tuesday, as the New York Yankees reassigned their top prospect to minor-league camp.

The 20-year-old shortstop was always expected to start the season with Double-A Trenton, though the loss of Didi Gregorius to injury led to brief speculation that he may be an option for the major-league club, despite the front office saying he wouldn't be rushed.

"We've got to make important decisions, and one of them is not to overreact to an injury to Didi at the expense of Gleyber," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said, according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. "Gleyber's time, I think, is coming at some point. Whenever it's going to be, it's going to be. But it doesn't have to be right now, especially when we have other options that we can look at in the short term."

Torres was excellent in Yankee camp this spring, hitting .464/.484/.964 with two home runs, six doubles, and five strikeouts in 18 games entering Tuesday.

Acquired from the Chicago Cubs in the Aroldis Chapman deal last summer, Torres was ranked the No. 3 prospect in baseball by MLB pipeline behind Andrew Benintendi and Yoan Moncada.