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Alex Torres

Rays Career team 2011–2013
Number #54
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 38
Height 5' 10"
Weight 160 lbs
Birth Place Valencia, Venezuela
Born Dec 8, 1987

Key Insights

2015
He falls behind hitters far too often

Torres throws a strike on the first pitch 50.3% of the time.

153 plate appearances started in 2015.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits

The quality of contact against Torres projects a .303 average, 95th percentile.

635 pitches in 2015. 95th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 32nd in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together

Torres works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Changeup, Sinker and Cutter. The 4-seam fastball is 47.8% of everything he throws.

634 classified pitches in 2015.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Torres's 4-seam fastball averages 91.9 mph, and has touched 94.7.

303 thrown, 47.8% of his pitches.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well

Only 31.7% of the contact Torres gives up is hit hard, 87th percentile.

635 pitches in 2015. 87th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2015, 87th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him

Hitters do their damage on his offspeed pitches: a .334 expected average against them, against .292 on his fastballs.

184 of his offspeed pitches thrown.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 8, 1987
Birth Place Valencia, Venezuela
Height 5' 10"
Weight 160 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left