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José Torres

Age: 24
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 175 lb

Born: September 24, 1993 in Caracas, Venezuela
MLB debut: September 22, 2016

dbWAR: .2
IP: 68.1
ERA: 4.21
FIP: 4.66
K/9: 8.3
FIP−: 107

José Torres was a relief pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2017 he struck out 63 batters over 68.1 innings across 62 appearances, going 7-4. His ERA of 4.21 was 3.3% lower than the league average of 4.36 — 7th of 16 on his team, and 251st of 527 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.66 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 24.5% of swings (12.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.2%. His 0.1 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, 2017.

FIP4.66

K/98.3

WHIP1.16

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2017	SD	62	0	68.1	7	4	1	63	32	63	16	4.21	4.66	1.16	8.3	2.1	97	107	0.1
2016	SD	4	0	3.0	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	0.00	3.15	1.67	9.0	6.0	0	75	0.1

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2017	SD	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	.000	1.000	0.0%	0.0%	.874	+0.5	501	0.1	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2017. 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	103	97	25	3	5	20	.258	.291	.423	.306	19.4%
vs RHB	181	161	38	10	11	43	.236	.298	.478	.330	23.8%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2017.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2017.

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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 José 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.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	43.6%	467	94.7	2,092	45.0%	18.5%	108	.241	.802
Sinker	31.5%	337	94.7	2,079	46.0%	20.3%	88	.261	.775
Slider	18.2%	195	82.7	2,257	51.3%	43.4%	49	.224	.648
Changeup	5.1%	55	88.9	1,631	47.3%	36.0%	8	—	—
Unknown	1.5%	16	—	—	43.8%	20.0%	5	—	—

José 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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Nearest 2017 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Austin BriceCIN

ERA: 4.96
FIP: 4.87
SO: 26
WAR: 0.0

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Brandon WorkmanBOS

ERA: 3.18
FIP: 4.49
SO: 37
WAR: 0.2

Very close

Wade LeBlancPIT

ERA: 4.50
FIP: 4.28
SO: 54
WAR: 0.4

Very close

Ryan PresslyMIN

ERA: 4.70
FIP: 4.36
SO: 61
WAR: 0.4

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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.