The Braves have released lefty Alex Torres, David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal Constitution tweets. Torres had looked likely to take a bullpen role after Atlanta signed him to a minor-league deal in December, but it appears the Braves didn’t like what they saw in Spring Training, and they ended up dealing for fellow lefty Eric O’Flaherty instead. “Just not a good fit,” says GM John Coppolella of the match between Torres and the Braves.
Torres allowed five runs, four earned, while striking out seven batters and walking five in eight innings of work this spring. Last season, his 3.15 ERA with the Mets obscured a growing walk rate — he allowed 3.1 batters per nine innings and struck out three times as many batters as he walked in a highly effective 2013 with the Padres, but that walk rate went to 5.5 in 2014 and 6.8 last year.
Interested in what the bullpen will wind up looking like. Crazy that O’Flaherty will be the only lefty. Gotta think there is something else up Coppy’s sleeve.
Braves can just take Brad Hand from the Marlins for absolutely nothing if they want a lefty
Article mentions 2013 season with Padres. 2013 was with Rays. 2014 was with Padres
This site desperately needs an editor/quality control person.
Torres was with Rays in 2013 not Padres.
I thought he was a show in to get traded back to the mets mid season. That’s the life as a mets fan haha.
Thought this guy (Torres) was going to be pretty good…
What the heck happened ???