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Angels Claim Ronald Torreyes, Designate Bobby LaFromboise

By Steve Adams | January 25, 2016 at 2:29pm CDT

The Angels announced today that they have claimed infielder Ronald Torreyes off waivers from the Yankees and designated left-handed reliever Bobby LaFromboise for assignment in order to clear room on the 40-man roster.

Still just 23 years of age, Torreyes has made his rounds throughout Major League Baseball over the past calendar year. The versatile infielder opened the season in the Astros organization before being designated for assignment in May and traded to the Blue Jays. Toronto, however, held onto him for less than a month before Torreyes was traded to the Dodgers, where he would finish out the season. Torreyes batted .261/.308/.347 between Double-A and Triple-A across the three organizations and even got a brief cup of coffee with the Dodgers’ big league club later in the year, collecting a pair of hits in eight trips to the plate. However, his travels continued when he was designated to make room for Kenta Maeda in L.A., leading to his trade to the Yankees.

Despite the large quantity of jerseys which Torreyes has collected in the past eight months, this marks the first time that he’s even been placed on waivers. Prior to this, there had been trade interest in him throughout the league, which speaks to the fact that multiple clubs at the very least consider him to be a useful depth piece. The Angels were 20th in the pecking order, which means 19 other clubs passed on adding Torreyes. However, the Halos have a definite need for some infield depth and have been steadfast in their refusal to exceed the luxury tax barrier, so it’s not a surprise to see them pursue some depth at an affordable rate. Torreyes has seen most of his professional defensive work come at second base, though he does have significant experience at shortstop (144 games) and third base (65 games) as well. He’s also seen a bit of time in the corner outfield.

As for LaFromboise, the 29-year-old had a very nice year with Triple-A Indianapolis in the Pirates organization last year, working to a 2.98 ERA with 8.6 K/9 against 3.5 BB/9 in 54 1/3 innings. He also recorded eight innings at the big league level, during which he yielded just one run on five hits and a walk with eight strikeouts. LaFromboise has a generally strong track record at the Triple-A level and has also had a fairly reasonable degree of success in his brief Major League time, having pitched to a 4.03 ERA with a 23-to-5 K/BB ratio in 22 1/3 innings. This past season, he held lefties to a .218/.255/.366 batting line with a 36-to-5 K/BB ratio between the Majors and minors. He also held righties to just .190/.285/.294, though that was in large part due to a .218 batting average on balls in play; he’s been significantly more hittable against right-handed batters in the past.

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10 Comments

  1. Ken M.

    9 years ago

    Damn….. Torreyes was the next future hall of famer.

    Reply
    • MB923

      9 years ago

      Lame

      Reply
  2. Thurman8er

    9 years ago

    Yes, but can he play left field?

    Reply
  3. angelsinthetroutfield

    9 years ago

    Guess this means no dice on Rymer Liriano

    Reply
    • willm

      9 years ago

      Yeah I was hoping to see news on him, though I think he gets claimed far before the Angels

      Reply
  4. L.Wrong Hubbard

    9 years ago

    And there’s the lefty reliever the Bucs will grab off the scrap heap.

    Reply
    • TheMichigan

      9 years ago

      They already had him…

      Reply
    • SoCalShu

      9 years ago

      You mean the LH reliever they let go?

      Reply
      • jimmyz

        9 years ago

        I wouldn’t be shocked if the Bucs pick him back up since they dont have many lefty relievers. If they feel there’s someone on their 40 man roster that can go through waivers unclaimed and stash in AAA, I’d fully expect the Pirates to claim him back.

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        • AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres

          9 years ago

          It’s different now. Before, they could just stash in in AAA Indianapolis. Now he’s out of minor league options so they would have to carry him on their Major League roster or put him back on waivers.

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