Memories of Alex Torres

[Lefty Specialist]

Elected to become a free agent. As Michael Kay might say, "See ya!"



Dumbest. Hat. Ever.

[seawolf17]

The hat. Always the hat.

[Lefty Specialist]

I always wondered if the cushion doomed him. How well would Jacob deGrom or Matt Harvey pitch with one of those things on? Not as well, I'd bet. Maybe not 6.82 walks per 9 innings, though.

[Edgy MD]

I'm telling you, man. Don't say goodbye until they belong to another team.

[Guest themetfairy]

The hat. And that he sucked.

[Centerfield]

Was not good at getting lefties out.

Not that great against righties either.

[Mex17]

How does this work? He was taken off the 40-man so now he gets to walk? Otherwise he does not yet have the service time (neither does Black).

[batmagadanleadoff]

Remember when Torres tried to steal Batman's cowl?

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Edited November 10, 2015 by Guest

[Guest 86-Dreamer]

He let up so many baserunners that you could not trust him, but somehow managed to escape without an earned run in 31 of his 39 Met appearances. And the hat of course.

[seawolf17]

He fell juuuuust a bit short of the expectations set by his digital counterpart in my OOT16 game, where he's been a bullpen ace for thirteen seasons, is still going strong in 2027, and somehow actually won the Cy Young as a middle reliever in 2020.

[seawolf17]

Electronic Torres is even more impressive than I thought. He actually is the all-time MLB leader in WHIP at 0.964, just ahead of Addie Joss and Billy Wagner, and third in opponent AVG and OBP.

[Fman99]

Chamber pot on his head. Albeit one with a Mets logo on it.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I can't mock him for the cap. Not a good look, but it's not easy being a safety pioneer.

Edited November 11, 2015 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

seawolf17 wrote: Electronic Torres is even more impressive than I thought. He actually is the all-time MLB leader in WHIP at 0.964, just ahead of Addie Joss and Billy Wagner, and third in opponent AVG and OBP.

What magic happened in 2015? He came to the Mets and instantly ended a long history of walking a lot of people.

[Zvon]

Bedpan head. Had a few good minutes on the mound.

[seawolf17]

Edgy MD wrote: seawolf17 wrote: Electronic Torres is even more impressive than I thought. He actually is the all-time MLB leader in WHIP at 0.964, just ahead of Addie Joss and Billy Wagner, and third in opponent AVG and OBP. What magic happened in 2015? He came to the Mets and instantly ended a long history of walking a lot of people.

Full marks to Dan Warthen, I guess.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

seawolf17 wrote: seawolf17 wrote: Electronic Torres is even more impressive than I thought. He actually is the all-time MLB leader in WHIP at 0.964, just ahead of Addie Joss and Billy Wagner, and third in opponent AVG and OBP. What magic happened in 2015? He came to the Mets and instantly ended a long history of walking a lot of people. Full marks to Dan Warthen, I guess.

Electronic Dan Warthen is fookin awesome though.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Feels like he pitched for the Mets in a season prior to the most recent one.

[Edgy MD]

Signed this evening to a minor league contract by the Braves.

An interesting case was Álex Torres. Somehow managed to pitch his way off the team by walking the ballpark, while still posting a perfectly respectable ERA. Even as he often struck out a big hitter after initially putting two others on, nobody saw any sustainability in that act, and nobody argued for his continued retention.

Wore an extraneous accent mark over the A in his first name. I mean, how else are you gonna pronounce it?

Back when he was a Padre, he triggered one of Keith's more uncharitable and unfiltered Keith remarks, beholding his helmet-hat, crying, "If you're scared, get a dog."

[Guest themetfairy]

He was previously remembered

[Guest themetfairy]

Bumping this in light of the news that The Great Gazoo has signed a minor league contract with the Braves.

[dinosaur jesus]

The Commissar's left town.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Everyone, get up and...
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