Cardinals Sign Infielder Garnering Attention For Dominant Season In Independent League
The St. Louis Cardinals are taking a shot on a budding infielder who just tore up a non-affiliated professional baseball league.
St. Louis has purchased the contract of utility man Bryan Torres according to the MiLB transaction log.
Torres hit .370 with 37 extra-base hits including 11 home runs, 67 RBIs and a 1.007 OPS in 90 games for the Milwaukee Milkmen of the American Association Professional Baseball League. The 26-year-old also posted a 54-to-64 strikeout-to-walk ratio and swiped 71 bases in 82 attempts. It was clearly time for him to move on to better opportunities.
The rising slugger started his professional career with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2015 and remained in the MiLB until 2021.
Torres hit .280 with eight extra-base hits, nine RBIs and a .667 OPS in 43 games for the Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels -- an affiliate of the San Francisco Giants in his last season. In his career, Torres logged 49 games at third base, 21 as a catcher, 18 at both first and second base plus two stints in left field.
In the earliest phase of the offseason, St. Louis is right to add as much talent to the organization as possible before focusing on specific needs. Torres is a low-risk, high-reward lottery ticket who could earn a Cardinals roster spot down the road.
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