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Baseball Musings
December 07, 2007
Torres Traded

The Pirates picked up two minor league pitchers from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Salomon Torres.

Former Pirates closer Salomon Torres, the majors' most-used reliever in 2006, was dealt Friday by Pittsburgh to the division rival Milwaukee Brewers for pitching prospects Marino Salas and Kevin Roberts.

Salas isn't really a prospect as he'll be 27 in 2008. He should be useful, however, with a high strikeout rate. Roberts also strikes out batters, well, but his control is poor.

Update: Brew Crew Ball likes this trade:

If true, this is increasingly looking like Melvin is building a bullpen for a closer-by-committee. Turnbow, Riske, Torres, plus the wildcards of Mota and Wise, are all guys who have closed with varying degrees of success in the past, or have pitched well enough to do so. Add in Shouse, Villanueva, and Parra, and you have eight guys who are (or have been in the recent past) credible 7th/8th inning guys. In that case, it would seem like a waste to spend big to bring in a Gagne type, who is not at all guaranteed to be better than all of these guys.

Posted by David Pinto at 05:01 PM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by: Ethan Michaels at December 7, 2007 09:24 PM

The Milwaukee newspaper is reporting that Torres may retire rather than report to the Brewers.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=694529

Posted by: Scott Segrin at December 8, 2007 08:20 AM
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