Carlos Torres Memories Go Here

[Edgy MD]

You see, because he has signed with the Braves, electing to accept a minor league contract and a spring training invite from them over (presumably similar) offers from the Yankees and Dodgers.

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[Frayed Knot]

Served his time here well in a variety of roles, just less well during the most recent season.

[Guest themetfairy]

I remember his spot start in August 2014, in which he pitched surprisingly well -



He was a good guy who performed admirably until recently. Thanks for the productive service time!

[MFS62]

The glue that at times held the staff together. He was a starter, middle man, setup man and closer. He did what Terry asked and, for the most part, performed well in each role until I think arm fatigue got to him last year.

Good guy.
Hard worker.
I wish him well when he won't be pitching against the Mets.

Later

[Zvon]

MFS62 wrote: The glue that at times held the staff together. He was a starter, middle man, setup man and closer. He did what Terry asked and, for the most part, performed well in each role until I think arm fatigue got to him last year. Good guy. Hard worker. I wish him well when he won't be pitching against the Mets. Later

This^. I'll go further and say that The Mets will rip him a new one [crossout]if[/crossout]when we face him.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Cespedes ruined him as the numbers clearly show:

16-15, 3.32 wearing 52
1-2, 7.31 wearing 72

Srsly, he was more than accommodating when we asked him to sign our banner, and a very useful pitcher until he wasn't.

[bmfc1]

Against Philadelphia, using his foot to perfectly deflect the ball to the Mets first baseman and then running hard to the bag to catch the throw.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Every time he came into a game I was surprised at how skinny he was. For some reason, my mind was never able to hold an image of what he looked like on the mound.

[Edgy MD]

His face was always grave — impassive and stoic. For a guy who got the worst innings, he brought to the mound a demeanor like the fate of the world was on his shoulders.

[Lefty Specialist]

Did everything they asked with a minimum of fuss and was mostly effective at it. Every ballclub needs a Carlos Torres type. I'm assuming either Verrett or Gilmartin will plug into that role this year.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Didn't get many ABs but I recall a big hit once. Maybe it was a walk, key moment in unlikely win this year or last (memory shot).

[Edgy MD]

Good memory. His one at-bat in this game against the Phils kick-started a four-run game-winning rally in the 13th. He threw 2 1/3 scoreless and walked off with a win credited to his ledger, too.

Mets dug out of a 5-0 hole on the road.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Always trying so hard, always max-effort and super-focused-looking (as Edge pointed out), even in low-leverage situations. Which was nice, and easy to root for. But he was a LITTLE like the guy in the office who always looked preoccupied with impending deadlines and/or stressed to the breaking point, and then you find out that it's because of, like, an office-party cake decision.

Nice slider, little else. We were at this game a couple of years ago against the Phils (God bless our jawns who owned them jawns), and I remember being mildly surprised at the amount of strikeouts. I was always a LITTLE surprised how many people waved over that one, given that they had to be, like, 70 percent sure it was coming on any given pitch.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Good memory. His one at-bat in this game against the Phils kick-started a four-run game-winning rally in the 13th. He threw 2 1/3 scoreless and walked off with a win credited to his ledger, too. Mets dug out of a 5-0 hole on the road.

That was the same game with the 'kick-save' play off the hot smash that bmfc references earlier.
Carlos came into that game w/a runner on 2nd and 2 out in the 10th. Then note the odd but dry 'P-1B-P' put out in BB-Ref's notation for Torres's first batter but we all know that there was a lot more excitement to it than that, mainly Murphy's reversal to get the deflection then his blind backhand flip to a racing Torres to preserve the game.
2.1 innings of 1 hit/0 BB ball later, Carlos's infield single started the 4-run rally.

[TransMonk]

bmfc1 wrote: Against Philadelphia, using his foot to perfectly deflect the ball to the Mets first baseman and then running hard to the bag to catch the throw.

This will be my lasting memory of him.

[G-Fafif]

Carlos Tsuris! His presence on the mound usually indicated there was some trouble bubbling, often preceding his entrance into a game. Not only admirable but durable. Once he was elevated from Vegas in June of 2013, he never left the active roster...until the postseason of 2015, as his luck would have it. Became the first Met reliever to score a run in extra innings in 27 years.

Edited February 11, 2016 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

That's an AMAZIN' stat.

[Guest d'Kong76]

He was the Torres with the 'normal' cap.