Torres blasts 'disrespectful' Naylor: 'Now they can watch on TV'

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The New York Yankees are moving on to the American League Championship Series, and Gleyber Torres hopes the Cleveland Guardians can tune in to watch.

While recording the final out in Tuesday's Game 5 of the ALDS against the Guardians, officially booting them from the postseason, Torres stood over second base and rocked an imaginary baby. It was a direct shot at slugger Josh Naylor, who made the same gesture while rounding the bases after hitting a solo homer off Gerrit Cole in the previous contest.

Following the decisive Game 5 victory, Torres called Naylor's celebration "disrespectful" and said his own was "revenge," according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com.

"Now they can watch on TV," Torres added on the eve of the Yankees' Game 1 appointment in the ALCS against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.

After hitting a solo homer in Game 4 off Cole to cut the Guardians' two-run deficit in half, Naylor sprinted around the bases while miming carrying a baby - denoting that the Yankees ace was now his child.

As the series switched back to Yankee Stadium for the final game, the home crowd let Naylor hear it all night, showering the slugger with boos and "who's your daddy?" chants.

"That was so sick," Naylor said, according to Coley Harvey of ESPN. "That was honestly like a dream come true as a kid, playing in an environment like this where they've got die-hard fans, it's cool. ... The fact I got that going through the whole stadium, that was sick."

As for how Naylor felt about Torres' taunt, he was less enthused.

"I mean, you do what you've got to do," he said. "(They) better win it all."

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