Gleyber Torres, now sporting a thick black beard and No. 25 for the Detroit Tigers, stayed back in Lakeland on Sunday instead of bussing to Tampa for a spring training game against his old club. He wasn’t ducking the Yankees.

Gleyber Torres, entering his first year with the Tigers after seven seasons with the Yankees, did not venture to his old stomping grounds for an exhibition between the two teams. That was expected, as veterans often skip road trips during spring training.