Salomon Torres  
Starting Pitcher | Cincinnati Reds

Pitching
He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. Torres's fastball is a tick above average, in the 90-91 MPH range on most nights. The Cincinnati Reds hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
His move to first isn't very good, but his delivery is fairly quick and he isn't overly vulnerable to the stolen base. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Torres is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Torres has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 SAN 76 69 45 55 56 47 52 52 48 61 36 0 0 50 0 0 24 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 6 18 61 246
1999 MIN 84 73 50 57 56 47 52 52 48 67 36 0 0 50 0 0 25 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 274
2000 ANA 99 84 52 48 56 47 52 52 48 67 39 0 0 53 0 0 26 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 305
2001 ANA 99 84 52 37 56 47 52 52 48 74 35 0 0 56 0 0 27 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 41 301
2002 ANA 99 84 52 28 56 47 52 52 48 77 29 0 0 57 0 0 28 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 28 289
2003 ANA 97 84 52 23 56 47 52 52 48 77 24 0 0 57 0 0 29 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 36 275
2004 FLA 97 84 52 26 56 47 52 52 48 77 24 0 0 57 0 0 30 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 277
2005 FLA 97 84 52 30 56 47 52 52 48 77 32 0 0 57 0 0 31 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 289
2006 FLA 99 83 52 33 56 47 52 52 48 77 37 0 0 57 0 0 32 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 298
2007 CIN 99 82 52 40 56 47 52 52 48 77 37 0 0 57 0 0 33 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 303
2008 CIN 99 81 52 46 56 47 52 52 48 77 37 0 0 57 0 0 34 15 Overhand DL 0 0 0 53 307
2009 CIN 99 81 52 47 56 47 52 52 48 77 40 0 0 57 0 0 35 16 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 310
2010 CIN 99 79 52 49 56 47 52 52 48 77 40 0 0 57 0 0 36 17 Overhand Active 0 0 0 67 309
Ratings Delta     -2   +2                         +1 +1           +7 -1
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.