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Alex Torres

Age: 28
B/T: L/L
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 190 lb
Number: #54

Born: December 8, 1987 in Valencia, Venezuela
MLB debut: July 18, 2011

dbWAR: -.6
IP: 34.1
ERA: 3.15
FIP: 5.73
K/9: 9.2
FIP−: 145

Alex Torres was a relief pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2015 he struck out 35 batters over 34.1 innings across 39 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 3.15 was 20.6% lower than the league average of 3.96 — 7th of 15 on his team, and 131st of 513 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.73 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 25.2% of swings (10.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 16.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.7%. His -0.6 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2015.

FIP5.73

K/99.2

WHIP1.51

WAR-.6

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2015	NYM	39	0	34.1	0	0	1	26	12	35	26	3.15	5.73	1.51	9.2	6.8	79	145	-0.6	—

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2015	NYM	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000	-0.3	-128	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2015. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	69	56	15	2	12	14	.268	.406	.393	.367	20.3%
vs RHB	85	70	11	4	14	21	.157	.298	.357	.296	24.7%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2015.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2015.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .254.

Pitch sequencing

What Alex Torres throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.


Four-Seam Fastball	47.7%	305	91.9	2,012	44.9%	21.1%	54	.222	.908
Changeup	29.1%	186	83.7	1,376	47.8%	35.0%	44	.182	.553
Sinker	12.0%	77	91.1	1,966	32.5%	12.5%	14	—	—
Cutter	7.7%	49	82.7	440	40.8%	17.6%	10	—	—
Curveball	3.4%	22	78.9	1,358	18.2%	0.0%	4	—	—

Alex Torres's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Similar players

Nearest 2015 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Chasen ShreveNYY

ERA: 3.09
FIP: 4.92
SO: 64
WAR: -0.3

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Sam FreemanTEX

ERA: 3.05
FIP: 4.59
SO: 40
WAR: -0.0

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Carlos ContrerasCIN

ERA: 4.82
FIP: 5.42
SO: 19
WAR: -0.3

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Brandon CunniffATL

ERA: 4.63
FIP: 4.39
SO: 37
WAR: 0.0

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.