Which country is 2026 deadline candidate Gleyber Torres from?

Gleyber Torres is from Venezuela.

Torres was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 13, 1996. He developed as an infielder in Venezuela before signing with the Chicago Cubs as an international amateur in 2013. The Cubs later traded him to the New York Yankees in the deal that brought Aroldis Chapman to Chicago.

Torres reached the majors with New York in 2018 and quickly became one of baseball’s notable young middle infielders. He earned All-Star selections in both 2018 and 2019, his first two full seasons in the majors, and later represented Venezuela in international competition.

The answer is a nationality and birthplace question, so the alternatives are not interchangeable: Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are separate Caribbean baseball nations, while Cuba is another distinct country. Torres’s Venezuelan origin is also reflected in his participation with Team Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic.