Yankees broadcaster takes clear shot at Gleyber Torres, Rafael Devers with Jazz Chisholm take

While Gleyber Torres has moved on to greener pastures with the best team in the AL Central, it's clear that neither he, nor the Yankees, have stopped thinking about one another.

Torres missed the Tigers' first series of the year against his old friends in the Bronx, so he never got a chance to prove his value in person after sniping back and forth with Brian Cashman during spring training about entrenching himself at second base last season. Torres found his rhythm in the leadoff spot in 2024, but it was hardly a drama-free spree.

When Jazz Chisholm Jr. arrived at the 2024 trade deadline, most assumed that Torres' departure was nigh, given that both players typically occupy second base (and Aaron Judge was holding down center, Chisholm's other likely landing spot). Nope! Chisholm simply went to third base for the first time in his career, while Torres continued to play an iffy second. As it turned out, per Cashman, the incumbent Torres had no interest in moving.

During Logan O'Hoppe's fourth inning at-bat against Clarke Schmidt in Wednesday night's Yankees win over the Angels, the conversation veered towards Chisholm's forthcoming return and his willingness to play third base on the fly last year, which might be repeated shortly. YES play-by-play man Michael Kay lauded Chisholm for being so flexible, something that other players have run from in the recent past (without naming names).

Color commentator and ex-reliever Jeff Nelson's response, clearly feeling a little peckish? "Yeah, well that's a selfish player."

Yankees announcer Jeff Nelson roasts Gleyber Torres, Rafael Devers with "selfish player" comment

Oh.

Of course, Torres isn't the only familiar AL Easter to be up in arms over a position change; Rafael Devers' agitation at the Boston Red Sox front office was way more public and less hush-hush while it was happening.

Torres is, though, the direct flip side of Chisholm's willingness to play along, and it's hard not to think Nelson knew exactly what he was doing here. When Kay brought up Mookie Betts' ever-shifting position ahead of the Yankees' trip to LA, he doubled down.

"Those players [like Betts] play for the team. They don't play for themselves," Nelson crowed. "And Jazz plays for the team, not for himself."

To think we arrived here after Chisholm was thought of as a clubhouse problem pre-Yankees arrival is absolutely amazing. And to think the dirty laundry is now casually dropped on air is quite the spectacle, too.