DETROIT -- Just before Gleyber Torres hits the free-agent market, he hit the operating table. The infielder who helped lead the Tigers to their second straight AL Division Series berth underwent surgery on Friday to repair a sports hernia that had been bothering him for most of the second half of the season.

Torres’ representatives announced the successful surgery on social media Friday morning. He is expected to be healthy for the start of Spring Training in a few months.

Torres revealed the injury after the Tigers’ season ended in Seattle with a loss in Game 5 of the ALDS. It helped explain Torres’ late-season struggles after a strong first half that earned him the start at second base in the All-Star Game:

1st half (84 games) : .281/.387/.425, nine home runs, 16 doubles, 45 RBIs,

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