Yes, it's summer, which means unless your university is handing out player suspensions or announcing crappy accounting practices, it is slow as hell. But, summer also means it's baseball season, and this sounds like good news for a former Wildcat.
Good luck to Carlos if this rumor turns out to be truth. I hate the White Sox, but I could learn to cheer for them every 5th day or so.
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Hope it works out...
…for Carlos. CrossCyed from Clone Chronicles has mentioned a few times in the past how well Torres was playing in the minors, but I didn’t know if anything would come of it.
TB - July 21, 2009
It's true, he's up.
Torres is starting tomorrow in place of John Danks. I can’t see him getting more than this start given how well Clayton Richard pitched today, but he should slide into a long relief role in the bullpen if he doesn’t completely bomb against Tampa.
He’s been pitching well in AAA and deserved the callup. He’s got a good fastball, curve, and cutter—which he hopefully can use to neutralize lefties in the Rays’ order like Carl Crawford and Carlos Pena and a powerful switch-hitter in Ben Zobrist.
Fun fact: he’ll be the first K-Stater to play in the majors since Craig Wilson, who played his last game with the White Sox in 2000. He’s only the fifth Wildcat ever to play in the majors, with the other four being Wilson, Ted Power, Bob Randall, and Andy Replogle.
UribeAuction - July 21, 2009
Thanks for the update...
I thought Wilson was the last K-Stater to play in the bigs, but was too lazy to look it up. I figured there had been one since, I would probably know off the top of my head. Hopefully it won’t be another 9 years before the next one gets the call.
EMAW - July 22, 2009
No kidding...
…let’s hope Morris works his way up with the Nats.
Thanks for the update, Uribe.
TB - July 22, 2009
Torres
no hitter thru 1 ;)
CrossCyed - July 22, 2009
Woot!
TB - July 22, 2009
I really liked what I saw from Torres today
Six innings, three runs against a very good Rays lineup…very solid. He was a bit tentative at times±he only threw 53 strikes in 95 pitches—but he was able to battle back and keep most of Tampa’s lineup in check. Pat Burrell really had his number and he made one bad pitch to Gabe Gross that went about 400 feet, but outside of that, he did a very nice job keeping the Rays lineup in check. Granted, I was sitting in the upper deck, but I really like what I saw with his cutter and breaking stuff.
Another interesting thing: he’s one of the few starters I’ve ever seen who goes exclusively from the stretch. I guess it makes sense, though, given that he’s shuttled between the bullpen and rotation for most of his career.
He certainly pitched well enough to get another start—so you guys should be rooting for the blister that’s on John Danks’ finger right now. Even if he doesn’t get that next start soon, he’ll be back up in the majors or rotation at some point again this year unless the Sox are incredibly lucky to avoid any injuries (and given that Jose Contreras is in the rotation…that’s unlikely).
I’d say he represented your school pretty well tonight.
UribeAuction - July 23, 2009
Thanks for the report
I’ll be keeping an eye on him.
TB - July 23, 2009
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