Yorvit Torrealba
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| Colorado Rockies — No. 8 | |
| Catcher | |
| Bats: Switch | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
|---|---|
| September 5, 2001 for the San Francisco Giants | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2006) |
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| AVG | .249 |
| RBI | 126 |
| HR | 22 |
| Teams | |
Yorvit Torrealba [yor-VEET tor-ray-AHL-bah] (born July 19, 1978 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a catcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Colorado Rockies. Previously, Torrealba played for the San Francisco Giants and the Seattle Mariners He bats and throws right handed.
Torrealba debuted with the San Francisco Giants in 2001. He has shown some potential, but when Benito Santiago left via free agency in 2003, the Giants opted to trade for A.J. Pierzynski rather than test Torrealba as a full-time player. He continued to serve as the backup catcher as the Giants signed Mike Matheny prior to the season; in fact, he played less than when Pierzynski was the starter. Torrealba expressed frustration over his lack of playing time to the media more than once, saying he believed he was capable of playing every day. Manager Felipe Alou publicly discussed the possibility of converting Torrealba into a utility infielder to get him more playing time, but that never came to pass.
Torrealba was traded, along with pitcher Jesse Foppert to the Seattle Mariners for outfielder Randy Winn at the trading deadline of the 2005 season. After the 2005 season the Mariners traded Torrealba to the Colorado Rockies after sigining Kenji Johjima to be their starting catcher. With the Rockies Torrealba should have a chance to be the starting catcher.
Through 2005, Torrealba posted a .250 batting average with 15 home runs and 83 RBI in 262 games. As a catcher, he compiled a .997 fielding average with only five errors in 1469 chances.
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