DETROIT — As his illness lingers and fruitless at-bats mount, Yankees second baseman Tyler Wade may have something else to contend with: the calendar.

Beginning Wednesday, the team can promote its top prospect, infielder Gleyber Torres, to the big leagues without losing a year of contractual control. General Manager Brian Cashman’s most trusted talent evaluator, Tim Naehring, has been keeping an eye on Torres at Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, so the time for Torres could be nigh.

Manager Aaron Boone said on Friday, before an 8-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers, that the Yankees wanted to see that Torres had shaken off the rust of having his season cut short last June, when he underwent Tommy John surgery on his left (nonthrowing) arm.

Boone also said Torres, though hitting well in the minors, was not quite in groove the Yankees would like to see.