Salomon Torres

[brewersbrewers]

retires from the Brewers, wants to spend more time with the family and chruch.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Doesnt sound like groundbreaking news, but its a pretty big blow to the Brewers already decrepid bullpen.

[Outshined_One]

I'll maintain until the day I die that Sammy Sosa was never the same hitter after Torres hit him in the helmet. After that, Sosa would stand so freaking far off the plate that it just killed his ability to turn on inside pitches.

[UMFan83]

Well...Brewers bullpen will be considerably worse. I read somewhere they have interest in Hoffman, but you gotta believe other teams will offer more money than Milwaukee

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3696685

[Butterscup1679666578]

Torres Toast

[B]

Torres Toast

beat me.

[Roast]

Eff him. He was responsible for Sammy getting nailed in the head. After which he was never the same. Not that it was the sole cause of Sammy's decline. But he never was the same after that hit.

 

http://sportsmed.starwave.com/media/mlb/2003/0420/photo/sosa_0420_hi.jpg

[BCVM22]

That's a shame. He was responsible for enough Cub wins that you'd have thought he was our best player.

[B]

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=52022

 

IBL

[bcl412]

Did he guarauntee his retirement? If so he's not retired.

[Schwarber Fan]

Torres Toast

 

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[Ball And Glove]

Definitely not thrilled to see this, but more power to the guy if he wants to turn down $3.5 million to spend more time with his family. The Brewers likely aren't going to find similar bang for their buck on the free agent market (sub-4 ERA for around $3 million) this year.

 

I'd rather see the Brewers burn a first round pick on Derek Lowe than someone like Fuentes or Hoffman (although apparently that bridge is so burnt that SD's not planning on offering him arby). Maybe try a reclamation project like Demaso Marte or another junk-for-junk trade like Estrada/Mota last year to shore up the middle relief, but it's not worth it to burn the valuable cash on the back end of the bullpen. Just give the ball to McClung or Villanueva and see what they can do...can't really do much worse than the Gagne/Torres combo did last year (of course, that plan goes to hell if Melvin can't sign a starter and McClung and/or Villanueva are forced into the starting rotation).

[The Other 15]

They'll probably over spend on some one and find out that McClung is their best one inning guy sometime after that investments is hurting.

[Smack]

I hear that Howry is available, maybe the Brewers can sign him to strengthen their pen...

[jyoung55]

Motion to change the title to Torres Toast, Act II. Anyone have the picture of his head on toast?