BALTIMORE -- The Yankees' next wave of great young talent could be arriving sometime this summer.

Top prospect Gleyber Torres, promoted from Double-A Trenton to Triple-A Scranton Wilkes Barre on May 22, is being groomed to take over the Yankees' starting third base later this season, a team source told NJ Advance Media.

Torres is a natural shortstop, but he's been rotating between short, third base and second all season.

Although just 20, Torres is considered well beyond his years in maturity and baseball IQ.

If Torres gets a call-up this season, Yankees starting third baseman Chase Headley would be demoted to a utility infield role in which he'd be used at third and first, the source stated.

Torres could be another exciting youthful addition to a club that currently leads the American League East with rookie right fielder Aaron Judge leading the majors in homers and 2016 AL Rookie of the Year runner-up Gary Sanchez doing the catching.

The Yankees' plan, according to the source, is contingent on Torres becoming Major League ready sometime over the next two months, which the organization fully expects to happen.

Torres, however, is off to a slow start at the plate in Triple-A with a .207 average and three RBIs in nine games through Wednesday. The right-handed-hitting Venezuelan began the season hitting .273 with five homers and 18 RBIs in 32 games for Trenton.

Torres joined the Yankees' organization last July as the big return in a trade that sent star closer Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs. Torres had a good 2016 season playing High-A ball, then really opened eyes by winning the Arizona Fall League MVP and batting title as a 19-year-old. He was more impressive this spring hitting .448 with two homers and nine RBIs in 19 Grapefruit League games.

A switch-hitter, Headley is batting .232 with three homers and 21 RBIs in 47 games through Wednesday. His nine errors also were a team high and second-most among Major League third basemen.

Torres had three errors in 142 chances this season, one in 29 chances at third base over 10 games at two levels.

The Yankees also probably would be willing to trade Headley, but it wouldn't be an easy deal to make because his value has dropped over the last three seasons and he's only in year three of a four-year, $52-million contract that is paying him $13 million annually.

The source indicated that the plan would be keep Headley at least for the remainder of the 2017 season because the club foresees him as a useful veteran coming off the bench.

After the season, the Yankees would determine a 2018 plan for Torres, which could be a move to second base with Starlin Castro switching from second to third. Castro was a three-time All-Star shortstop with the Cubs before willingly moved to second base in 2015, his last year in Chicago He says he'd move again if the Yankees think that's in their best interest.

The Yankees aren't yet sure of Torres' future in part because they don't know how the 6-foot-1, 175 pounder's body will fill out over the next couple of years. Also, team need comes to play.

Staying at shortstop seems out with Didi Gregorius emerging as a star the last two seasons.

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