Eric Torres #95

Eric Anthony Torres...On Twitter: @torreseric_....2023 marks first season as a non-roster invitee to Major League Spring Training....Attended Kansas State University, where he pitched three seasons for Wildcats...Earned Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team honors in 2021....In summer of 2020, played for Green Bay Booyah of Northwoods League...In summer of 2019, pitched for Wareham (MA) Gatemen in Cape Cod Baseball League....Attended Hamilton HS (Sussex, Wis.)...Helped Chargers win a conference championship his senior season, picking up 79 strikeouts in 60 innings pitched while being named All-Conference....Originally signed by Angels scout Jayson Durocher.

2022

Spent entire season with Double-A Rocket City, in first full professional campaign, going 2-2 with a 1.59 ERA (51 IP - 9 ER), while striking out 81 and recording 22 saves in 23 opportunities...Also pitched in two playoff games for Trash Pandas, giving up one run over three innings with four strikeouts... Named to Southern League All-Star team as the league’s best reliever, in a vote by the eight Southern League managers... Led Southern League with 22 saves and set a new Angels Double-A record, topping previous high of 21 set by Jose Musset for Midland in 1993... His 81 strikeouts ranked third among Southern League relievers...35 of 42 regular season outings were scoreless... Finished first no-hitter in Trash Pandas history, Sept. 3 vs. Biloxi, tossing a scoreless ninth inning with three strikeouts to combine with Chase Silseth (7.0 IP) and Luke Murphy (1.0 IP) on the rare feat... During final two months of regular season, pitched to a 1.17 ERA (15.1 IP - 2 ER) with 24 strikeouts and 11 saves across 14 appearances in August and September.