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Portrait of Yorvit Torrealba

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
20 3183 .256 .315 .379 78 9.4
Birth Date7-19-1978
Height5' 11"
Weight200 lbs
Age45 years, 9 months, 4 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2001 SFN 22 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 79 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 SFN 23 53 155 38 10 0 2 14 20 2 0 0 .279 .355 .397 86 -2.0 0.3 0.0 0.5
2003 SFN 24 66 221 52 10 2 4 14 39 2 1 0 .260 .312 .390 72 -7.1 -1.2 -2.0 -0.1
2004 SFN 25 64 196 39 7 3 6 17 31 2 2 0 .227 .302 .407 79 -4.9 0.2 -9.5 -0.5
2005 SEA 26 42 119 26 4 0 2 7 25 1 0 0 .241 .293 .333 61 -5.5 0.9 1.3 0.2
2005 SFN 26 34 105 21 8 0 1 9 25 1 1 0 .226 .301 .344 60 -4.9 0.8 -1.6 -0.1
2006 COL 27 65 241 55 16 3 7 11 49 4 4 3 .247 .293 .439 65 -10.0 -0.6 -1.7 -0.1
2007 COL 28 113 443 101 22 1 8 34 73 6 2 1 .255 .323 .376 76 -11.9 2.6 9.3 2.1
2008 COL 29 70 261 58 17 0 6 12 44 5 0 4 .246 .293 .394 78 -6.4 -2.0 7.9 1.2
2009 COL 30 64 242 62 11 1 2 21 42 1 1 1 .291 .351 .380 85 -3.8 0.2 8.7 1.6
2010 SDN 31 95 363 88 14 0 7 33 67 3 7 5 .271 .343 .378 89 -4.1 1.6 16.5 3.1
2011 TEX 32 113 419 108 27 1 7 20 65 0 0 2 .273 .306 .399 90 -4.5 -4.8 2.8 1.0
2012 MIL 33 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 79 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2012 TEX 33 49 182 38 8 0 3 14 31 2 1 1 .236 .302 .342 81 -3.8 -3.5 0.5 0.1
2012 TOR 33 10 30 6 0 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 .214 .267 .321 79 -0.7 0.3 0.0 0.1
2013 COL 34 61 196 43 8 0 0 13 24 1 0 0 .240 .295 .285 70 -6.3 0.1 -0.7 0.1
Career90731837371621256222544301917.256.315.37978-76.3-5.231.49.4

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1995 BLN A- NWN 26 75 .000 .000 .000 .193 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 BUR A MDW 1 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 BLN A- NWN 48 165 .000 .000 .000 .310 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 SJO A+ CLF 2 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 BAK A+ CLF 0 482 .000 .000 .000 .307 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 SJO A+ CLF 0 71 .000 .000 .000 .313 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 SHV AA TXS 0 218 .000 .000 .000 .277 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 FRE AAA PCL 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 SJO A+ CLF 0 80 .000 .000 .000 .375 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 SHV AA TXS 0 228 .000 .000 .000 .274 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 FRE AAA PCL 0 69 .000 .000 .000 .280 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 SHV AA TXS 0 438 .000 .000 .000 .324 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 SFN MLB NL 3 4 .250 .310 .401 .500 92 1 0.1 0.1 79 7 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2001 FRE AAA PCL 115 422 .000 .000 .000 .309 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 SFN MLB NL 53 155 .259 .331 .413 .316 99 -0.6 4.5 2.7 86 11 0.0 0.3 -2.0 0.5
2003 SFN MLB NL 66 221 .264 .331 .416 .302 97 -1.5 5.8 3.9 72 10 -2.0 -1.2 -7.1 -0.1
2004 SFN MLB NL 64 196 .258 .325 .415 .243 99 -6.1 5.8 3.5 79 14 -9.5 0.2 -4.9 -0.5
2005 SEA MLB AL 42 119 .267 .324 .415 .296 98 -7.3 3.4 2.1 61 11 1.3 0.9 -5.5 0.2
2005 SFN MLB NL 34 105 .263 .328 .419 .299 99 -1.8 3.0 1.6 60 11 -1.6 0.8 -4.9 -0.1
2006 COL MLB NL 65 241 .263 .327 .422 .286 104 -3.3 7.3 4.4 65 12 -1.7 -0.6 -10.0 -0.1
2006 CSP AAA PCL 10 40 .264 .336 .401 .222 106 -4.6 1.2 0.4 41 0 -0.4 -0.2 -2.6 -0.2
2007 COL MLB NL 113 443 .259 .325 .404 .294 109 -20 13.1 7.9 76 11 9.3 2.6 -11.9 2.1
2008 COL MLB NL 70 261 .260 .328 .408 .275 104 -7.8 7.5 4.5 78 12 7.9 -2.0 -6.4 1.2
2009 COL MLB NL 64 242 .254 .325 .401 .347 104 0.5 7.0 4.2 85 13 8.7 0.2 -3.8 1.6
2009 CSP AAA PCL 4 16 .276 .337 .428 .267 104 -0.4 0.5 0.1 82 0 0.1 -0.1 -0.3 0.0
2010 SDN MLB NL 95 363 .250 .317 .391 .321 84 7.1 10.0 6 89 12 16.5 1.6 -4.1 3.1
2011 TEX MLB AL 113 419 .257 .318 .402 .310 111 -9.3 11.3 5 90 8 2.8 -4.8 -4.5 1.0
2011 CAR Wnt VWL 17 62 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 MIL MLB NL 5 6 .214 .278 .316 .000 101 -1 0.2 0 79 11 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2012 TEX MLB AL 49 182 .259 .321 .415 .271 105 -3.4 5.0 3 81 11 0.5 -3.5 -3.8 0.1
2012 TOR MLB AL 10 30 .247 .306 .403 .250 108 -1.3 0.8 0.4 79 12 0.0 0.3 -0.7 0.1
2012 NHP AA EAS 4 15 .275 .334 .431 .455 102 1.5 0.4 -0.1 166 0 -0.1 -0.4 1.0 0.1
2013 COL MLB NL 61 196 .250 .310 .390 .277 113 -11.6 5.2 2.9 70 10 -0.7 0.1 -6.3 0.1
2014 CUB Rk AZL 4 13 .000 .000 .000 .364 0.0 144 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1995 BLN A- NWN 75 71 2 11 3 0 0 14 8 2 14 0 1 .155 .189 .197 .042 0 0
1996 BUR A MDW 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
1996 SJO A+ CLF 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .000 0 0
1996 BLN A- NWN 165 150 23 40 4 0 1 47 10 9 27 4 1 .267 .301 .313 .047 4 4
1997 BAK A+ CLF 482 446 52 122 15 3 4 155 40 31 58 4 2 .274 .328 .348 .074 0 0
1998 SJO A+ CLF 71 70 10 20 2 0 0 22 10 1 6 2 2 .286 .296 .314 .029 0 0
1998 SHV AA TXS 218 196 18 46 7 0 0 53 13 18 30 0 5 .235 .312 .270 .036 0 0
1998 FRE AAA PCL 12 11 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 4 0 0 .182 .250 .273 .091 0 0
1999 SJO A+ CLF 80 73 10 23 3 0 2 32 14 6 15 0 0 .315 .375 .438 .123 0 0
1999 SHV AA TXS 228 217 25 53 10 1 4 77 19 9 34 0 2 .244 .281 .355 .111 0 0
1999 FRE AAA PCL 69 63 9 16 2 0 2 24 10 4 11 0 1 .254 .319 .381 .127 0 0
2000 SHV AA TXS 438 398 50 114 21 1 4 149 32 34 55 2 3 .286 .352 .374 .088 0 0
2001 FRE AAA PCL 422 394 56 108 23 3 8 161 36 19 65 2 3 .274 .312 .409 .135 3 3
2001 SFN MLB NL 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 .500 0 0
2002 SFN MLB NL 155 136 17 38 10 0 2 54 14 14 20 0 0 .279 .355 .397 .118 0 3
2003 SFN MLB NL 221 200 22 52 10 2 4 78 29 14 39 1 0 .260 .312 .390 .130 2 3
2004 SFN MLB NL 196 172 19 39 7 3 6 70 23 17 31 2 0 .227 .302 .407 .180 1 4
2005 SEA MLB AL 119 108 14 26 4 0 2 36 8 7 25 0 0 .241 .293 .333 .093 0 3
2005 SFN MLB NL 105 93 18 21 8 0 1 32 7 9 25 1 0 .226 .301 .344 .118 0 2
2006 COL MLB NL 241 223 23 55 16 3 7 98 43 11 49 4 3 .247 .293 .439 .193 1 2
2006 CSP AAA PCL 40 36 0 6 2 0 0 8 2 4 9 0 0 .167 .250 .222 .056 0 0
2007 COL MLB NL 443 396 47 101 22 1 8 149 47 34 73 2 1 .255 .323 .376 .121 1 6
2008 COL MLB NL 261 236 19 58 17 0 6 93 31 12 44 0 4 .246 .293 .394 .148 3 5
2009 CSP AAA PCL 16 15 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 .267 .313 .267 .000 0 0
2009 COL MLB NL 242 213 27 62 11 1 2 81 31 21 42 1 1 .291 .351 .380 .089 4 3
2010 SDN MLB NL 363 325 31 88 14 0 7 123 37 33 67 7 5 .271 .343 .378 .108 1 1
2011 TEX MLB AL 419 396 40 108 27 1 7 158 37 20 65 0 2 .273 .306 .399 .126 2 1
2011 CAR Wnt VWL 62 57 3 14 2 0 1 19 3 3 5 0 1 .246 .290 .333 .088 1 0
2012 TEX MLB AL 182 161 16 38 8 0 3 55 12 14 31 1 1 .236 .302 .342 .106 2 3
2012 MIL MLB NL 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .000 0 0
2012 NHP AA EAS 15 12 1 5 0 0 0 5 1 3 1 1 0 .417 .533 .417 .000 0 0
2012 TOR MLB AL 30 28 3 6 0 0 1 9 2 2 7 0 0 .214 .267 .321 .107 0 0
2013 COL MLB NL 196 179 10 43 8 0 0 51 16 13 24 0 0 .240 .295 .285 .045 0 3
2014 CUB Rk AZL 13 13 3 4 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 0 0 .308 .308 .538 .231 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 900 0.4833 0.4667 0.7571 0.6391 0.3054 0.8669 0.5423 0.2429 -0.0035
2009 852 0.5094 0.4495 0.7937 0.6014 0.2919 0.8774 0.6148 0.2063 0.0047
2010 1381 0.4873 0.4323 0.7672 0.6062 0.2669 0.8554 0.5767 0.2328 -0.0005
2011 1540 0.5286 0.4643 0.7902 0.6167 0.2934 0.8606 0.6244 0.2098 0.0016
2012 812 0.5000 0.4335 0.7784 0.5764 0.2906 0.8718 0.5932 0.2216 -0.0079
2013 695 0.5022 0.4892 0.8147 0.6762 0.3006 0.8898 0.6442 0.1853 0.0028
Career61800.50340.45420.78190.61690.28950.86740.59860.2181-0.0003

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2013-10-01 2013-10-01 DTD 0 0 Right Knee Surgery Medial Meniscus 2013-10-01 -
2013-09-26 2013-09-30 DTD 4 3 Right Thumb Contusion - -
2013-08-19 2013-08-27 7-DL 8 8 - Head Concussion Foul Ball - -
2012-03-18 2012-03-22 Camp 4 0 - Low Back Soreness - -
2011-09-22 2011-09-22 DTD 0 0 - Head Dizziness - -
2011-07-31 2011-08-02 DTD 2 1 - Low Back Spasms - -
2011-06-20 2011-06-21 DTD 1 1 General Medical Fatigue -
2011-03-01 2011-03-05 Camp 4 0 Low Back Stiffness -
2010-08-31 2010-09-03 DTD 3 3 Low Back Stiffness -
2010-08-22 2010-08-24 DTD 2 2 Head Lightheaded -
2010-03-12 2010-03-16 Camp 4 0 Right Fingers Soreness Little Finger -
2009-10-03 2009-10-05 DTD 2 2 Thigh Soreness Hamstring -
2008-08-30 2008-09-28 15-DL 29 25 Left Knee Surgery Meniscus 2008-09-03
2008-08-14 2008-08-16 DTD 2 2 Left Knee Cartilage Injury Meniscus -
2006-09-10 2006-10-01 60-DL 21 19 Right Shoulder Strain -
2006-04-02 2006-06-02 60-DL 61 53 Right Upper Arm Strain Biceps -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 COL $1,000,000
2012 TEX $3,250,000
2011 TEX $3,000,000
2010 SDN $750,000
2009 COL $3,750,000
2008 COL $2,750,000
2007 COL $1,075,000
2006 COL $850,000
2005 SFN $715,000
2004 SFN $334,000
2003 SFN $312,000
2002 SFN $200,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
12 yrPrevious$17,986,000
12 yrTotal$17,986,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
12 y 28 dMelvin Roman1 year (2014)

Details
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 2/11/14 (minor-league contract). Salary of $0.95M in majors. May opt out of contract if not on Major League roster 3/23/14. Released by LA Angels 3/24/14. Signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 6/12/14 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Colorado as a free agent 1/24/13 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1M in majors. Contract purchased by Colorado 3/29/13.
  • 2 years/$6.25M (2011-12). Signed by Texas as a free agent 11/29/10. 11:$3M, 12:$3.25M. DFA by Texas 7/31/12. Released by Texas 8/8/12. Signed by Toronto as a free agent 8/14/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Toronto 8/21/12. Acquired by Milwaukee in trade from Toronto in exchange for cash 9/21/12. Sent outright to Triple-A by Milwaukee 10/12 (refused assignment 10/17/12).
  • 1 year/$1.25M (2010). Signed by San Diego as a free agent 2/5/10. 10:$0.75M, 11:$3.5M mutual option, $0.5M buyout. Restricted list 5/31/10.
  • 2 years/$7.25M (2008-09), plus 2010 mutual option. Re-signed by Colorado as a free agent 11/29/07. $0.5M signing bonus, 08:$2.75M, 09:$3.5M, 10:$4M mutual option, $0.5M buyout. Colorado declined 2010 option 11/6/09.
  • 1 year/$1.075M (2007). Signed by Colorado 12/06 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.85M (2006). Re-signed 1/06 ($1.05M-$0.815M). $0.15M in performance bonuses.
  • 1 year/$0.715M (2005). Re-signed by San Francisco 1/05 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Seattle in trade from San Francisco 7/05. Acquired by Colorado in trade from Seattle 12/05.
  • 1 year/$0.334M (2004).
  • 1 year/$0.312M (2003).
  • 1 year/$0.2M (2002).
  • Signed by San Francisco 1994 as an amateur free agent from Venezuela.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2010-11-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)What do the Red Sox do at catcher with Victor Martinez headed to Detroit?
(Frank from Dover)		If it's me, I'm signing Yorvit Torrealba or Miguel Olivo to a two-year deal and hoping Salty shows enough to merit playing time in front of them. Both of those free agents are at least average defensively while delivering adequacy in one of the two key offensive categories (OBP for Yorvit, SLG for Miggy). Neither made $3 million last year, so neither should be too expensive, though John Buck's contract may have blown up the market. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-12-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)The Rockies are evidently closing in on a two-year deal for Yorvit Torrealba. Hasn't Chris Iannetta earned a shot yet?
(Ryan from Denver)		You would think he had after killing the ball in '08, but he was back on the bench in '09. If this contract happens, 22 GMs should be calling O'Dowd, immediately. Iannetta can play. (Joe Sheehan)
2009-10-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)With Yorvit Torrealba now a free agent, will the Rockies finally hand the full-time starting duties to Chris Iannetta? Or are they going to sign some lesser veteran catcher (such as Torrealba) to eat away half of Iannetta's potential playing time again?
(Frenk from Brooklyn)		If they don't make Iannetta their first-string catcher, then they're idiots. I can think of at least 25 teams who should trade for him if that's the case. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-02-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)Is it too early to start chanting for my freedom?
(Chris Ianetta from Colorado)		Heehee... perhaps not, but to be fair, you're pretty far-removed from arbitration, so Yorvit Torrealba's contract might not be a stumbling block to your getting the playing time you deserve, and that would be poorly invested in him as a regular. (Christina Kahrl)


BP Roundtables

DateRoundtable NameComment
2010-10-06 10:00:002010 Playoffs Day OneIf he leaves San Diego, how about Yorvit Torrealba (signing with New York)? (Jesse Behr)
2009-10-12 15:00:00Phillies/Rockies Playoffs RoundtableRyan (Denver): Yorvit Torrealba may be a poor baseball player, but he's on a one-man crusade to make me believe in clutch.

And Pat Borders was a World Series MVP. This stuff happens.

...And a couple of the Joe Cocker covers, "With a Little Help From My Friends," and "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" are pretty good interpretations. I'm also partial to Elvis Costello's take on "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away." (Steven Goldman)

Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
2001 mlb -.001 0.0 38 .000 0.0 0 .000 -.001 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 mlb .000 -0.2 1862 -.002 0.9 31 .003 -.004 0.1 0.8 0.0
2003 mlb -.006 -3.8 2444 .000 0.2 39 -.028 -.001 0.7 -3.1 -2.0
2004 mlb -.018 -9.9 2400 .000 0.2 28 -.002 -.002 0.1 -9.9 -9.5
2005 mlb -.003 -1.9 2428 -.001 0.3 49 -.048 -.001 1.5 -0.7 -0.3
2006 aaa -.005 -0.5 301 .000 0.0 4 .007 -.001 0.0 -0.5 -0.4
2006 mlb -.011 -7.2 2391 -.001 0.6 43 -.070 -.007 2.1 -5.0 -1.7
2007 mlb .001 1.6 4423 -.001 0.9 71 .038 -.001 -1.8 0.8 9.3
2008 mlb .016 9.8 2846 .000 -0.1 52 .006 .005 -0.2 9.5 7.9
2009 mlb .014 8.3 2845 -.002 1.8 48 .061 .002 -1.8 8.4 8.7
2009 aaa .000 0.0 82 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 0.4 0.1
2010 mlb .017 14.3 3505 -.003 2.4 55 -.016 .002 0.6 16.6 16.5
2011 mlb .003 2.9 3928 -.001 0.8 74 .000 .002 0.0 3.1 2.8
2012 mlb .003 1.2 2174 .001 -0.5 40 .021 -.001 -0.5 1.2 0.4
2012 aax -.003 0.0 78 .000 0.0 1 .013 .000 0.0 0.4 -0.1
2013 mlb -.003 -1.1 2086 -.003 1.6 41 .002 .002 -0.1 -0.1 -0.7

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