​DETROIT — Gleyber Torres at least has kept his sense of humor through it all.This has been a rough year for him, health-wise and otherwise, and that it has come in a contract year only compounds the disappointment. His season and probably his Tigers’ tenure, ended Tuesday, Sept. 22. He’s not played since and he wasn’t expected to play in the finale Sunday. And when he was asked his thoughts on his pending free agency, he gave a wry smile.”I know my agent will have to work hard,” he said. “I don’t do too much this year. I do a little bit. Hopefully he does the job and gets me something good.”Torres will be going into his age-30 season. And after going through sports hernia surgery last winter, he’s grinded through a season where he was put on the injured list twice with oblique strains.“Unfortunately, this season has been awful,” he said. “Twice injured. I don’t feel like I performed like I am used to performing. Last year with the injury, this year with the injury, it never let me play like I can play. It sucks. I  wanted to play really good coming off of last year when I helped the team a lot. This year, I didn’t do much.”While he played a career-low 96 games and had a career-low 420 plate appearances (not counting the COVID season of 2020), he was still a 2-WAR player.“I didn’t feel as strong as I did last year,” he said. “I tried to play a different way and I tried to push myself a little more, but I never felt good. For sure I kept playing because I have to play. But for myself, I never felt strong.”His slash-line wasn’t far off his career norms — .260/.364/.363 with a .727 OPS — but, except for a few stretches, he wasn’t as impactful has he was last season when he was the American League’s starting second baseman in the All-Star game.”I did all I could do to be healthy and help the team,” he said. “It is what it is. Injuries suck, but they are part of the game. I will have the offseason to fix a couple of things and come back even stronger than ever and we’ll see where I’m going to be next year.”He accepted the Tigers’ qualifying offer last winter and earned $22.05 million this season. He understands that the odds of making more than that or getting a long-term contract this offseason, especially with the pending labor uncertainty, are long.“I’ve had a lot of conversations with my agent,” he said. “December is going to be different than it’s been in the past but we don’t know what it’s going to be like. Injured twice, like, you know how the business is. We’ll see. Hopefully I can get a deal I deserve.”He did not rule out the possibility of re-signing with the Tigers, but he sees the influx of young infielders coming up, like Hao-Yu Lee and Max Anderson, one of the few higher-level prospects who didn’t debut this season.“My time here was great,” he said. “I like this group. I like the organization. I’ve enjoyed all of my teammates. It’s a special group and I’m gl