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Carlos Torres Opts Out Of Padres Deal

By Steve Adams | May 15, 2019 at 7:17pm CDT

Veteran right-handed reliever Carlos Torres has opted out of his minor league contract with the Padres, MLBTR has learned.

Torres, 36, inked a minor league pact with the Padres back in January, and while he struggled in Spring Training, he’s had a solid start to his season in Triple-A El Paso. Through 25 1/3 frames, Torres is sporting a 2.49 ERA with a 23-to-10 K/BB ratio and a 50.7 percent ground-ball rate.

Torres has appeared in the Majors in each of the past eight seasons and in 10 of the past dating back to 2009. While he tossed only 9 2/3 innings in the Majors last year, all with the Nationals, he was a big league regular from 2012-17, pitching to a 3.73 ERA with 7.9 K/9 and 3.2 BB/9 in a total of 449 innings between the Rockies, Mets and Brewers. Over that stretch, Torres averaged 56 appearances and 75 innings per season. It was a small sample of work, but last year’s 93 mph average fastball was actually an improvement over his career average of 91.7 mph.

Given his track record at the MLB level, solid showing to this point in the Pacific Coast League and the sheer number of clubs eyeing bullpen depth, Torres should be able to latch on with another club’s Triple-A affiliate at the very least.

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27 Comments

  1. nmendoza7

    6 years ago

    To the Rangers it is.

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    • jorge78

      6 years ago

      They could do worse and usually do!

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  2. Strike Four

    6 years ago

    A’s gotta be in on him

    Reply
  3. DarkSide830

    6 years ago

    welcome back to Washington Carlos

    Reply
  4. papadrefan

    6 years ago

    36…. If say it would have to be a club with weak depth or pitchers on the IL

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    • sportsguy24/7

      6 years ago

      Have you actually seen this guy? He’s in great shape – has the body of a 25 year-old and a rubber arm. Dude is in better shape than 90% of other MLB players. I think he’s a great option for no less than 5-6 teams.

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    • nymetsking

      6 years ago

      His being 36 is your reason for that? Verlander is 36 too. I seem to remember him having a rubber arm; a team could do worse than try him in a mop up role. But age isn’t going to come into play here. No team’s going to sign him to a multi year contract or anything.

      Reply
  5. Koamalu

    6 years ago

    With the Padres bullpen being so taxed by the starters going only 4-5 inning in most games, I am surprised that they let Torres go.

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    • csspackler

      6 years ago

      Not a matter of letting him go. His minor league contract allowed him to opt out. And he did.

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      • nymetsking

        6 years ago

        Had they promoted him, he wouldn’t have opted out. He probably told them as much before he did opt out, so in a sense they kinda did.

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        • csspackler

          6 years ago

          Promote a 36-year-old reliever and lose a 40-man roster spot?

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        • Deleted Userrrrr

          6 years ago

          They must not care about 40-man roster spots too much if they are wasting one on Jose Pirela and gave one to Cal Quantrill for just two starts.

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        • csspackler

          6 years ago

          Must not care?

          Sure.

          (Good Lord)

          Reply
  6. hurricanewar23

    6 years ago

    Rangers will sign him in the next couple of days

    Reply
    • jorge78

      6 years ago

      They’re not that smart. And I suspect they’re trying to tank.

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      • 5TUNT1N

        6 years ago

        Someone better tell hunter pence about the tanking…

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        • Frisco500

          6 years ago

          Hunter pence doesnt care if his team is tanking or not. He has his two rings and is motivated by staying in the ML, not winning. Clearly he himself tanked after singing a fat contract in SF. He was more focused on his wife’s social media life and coffee venture than turning his career around. Reality struck when he was almost forced into retirement. He cares about playing. Not winning. Not anymore.

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  7. vatwinsfan

    6 years ago

    Twins–they have no one at AAA that can improve their current bullpen.

    Reply
  8. Mendoza Line 215

    6 years ago

    Here is an opportunity for Pittsburgh.
    I always thought that this guy was a decent back of the bullpen pitcher.
    They need another reliever and have three qualified AAAA candidates to go to Indianapolis.

    Reply
  9. chiraqi_savage

    6 years ago

    you gonna love Wrigley boiii

    Reply
  10. jeffmaz

    6 years ago

    The Padres need better relievers now. Hard to believe they would let this guy go if they felt he he could pitch well.

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    • mrpadre19

      6 years ago

      Apparently they don’t

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  11. Frisco500

    6 years ago

    I guess the only one real question here: Does he still wear the helmet hat?

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    • csspackler

      6 years ago

      Different guy.

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    • Gwynning

      6 years ago

      baseball-reference.com/players/t/torreal01.shtml

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      • Frisco500

        6 years ago

        Oh. Thanks guys.

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  12. SDHotDawg

    6 years ago

    He didn’t suck enough for Preller to want to keep or promote. Ref, Jered Weaver, Erik Johnson, et al.

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