Christopher Torres, Raw Prospect, Miami Marlins Future

Throughout the 2018/2019 offseason, Marlin Maniac will devote one article each for every player who appeared in the Miami Marlins system for the 2018 season. Every. Single. Player. This is Part 64 of 286. Stay tuned.

Christopher Angel Torres is a 5’11”,170 lb. shortstop from Santiago, DR. Born on February 6th, 1998, he signed with the Seattle Mariners as an international free agent during the 2014 signing period for a $330,000 bonus. In his first professional look, he slashed .251/.397/.344 in 64 contests for the rookie-level DSL Mariners2, in the Dominican Summer League. He also made 27 errors for a .900 fielding percentage.

A lateral promotion for Torres would see him play for the AZL Mariners in 2016, in the domestic rookie-level Arizona League. Also a short-season outfit, Torres hit .257/.337/.359 in 44 games, all at shortstop. He committed 14 errors for a .928 fielding percentage, clearly still needing a lot of work.

In 2017, Torres got his first look at the full-season level, with the Everett AquaSox in the single-A Northwest League, appearing in 48 games. For the first time, he showed a little power, hitting six round-trippers and collecting 22 RBI. He also stole 13 bases through his 48 games, slashing out a .238/.324/.435 line. With 64 K’s in 220 plate appearances, and an .896 fielding percentage in 373 innings at shortstop, it’s important to remember that Torres was still at that time a teenager.

On December 7th, 2017, Torres was dealt to the Miami Marlins for Dee Gordon and some slot money, along with Nick Neidert and Robert Dugger. Initally assigned to the rookie-level GCL Marlins in the Gulf Coast League, Torres made a pit stop with the short-season-A Batavia Muckdogs before spending most of the year in the single-A South Atlantic League with the Greensboro Grasshoppers.

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In 30 games for the Hoppers, Torres slashed .250/.394/.307 with a home run and six RBI, with 21 walks and 30 strikeouts. He was better at shortstop defensively than in the past, with a .938 fielding percentage, but the Grasshoppers used him more prolifically at second base. He put up a .919 stationed at the four, in 27 games of work.

From Torres’ arrival at Batavia through his first week in Greensboro, he went 15-for-34 with two home runs and eight RBI, with five walks and .500 OBP to his credit. On July 19th, he batted second for the Muckdogs and hit a single, a double, and a home run for a total of three RBI in a 13-5 Batavia win over the Williamsport CrossCutters.

Torres is still understandably raw, and should get continued reps at the single-A level with the Miami Marlins new affiliate in the Midwest League, the Clinton LumberKings.

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Throughout the 2018/2019 offseason, Marlin Maniac will devote one article each for every player who appeared in the Miami Marlins system for the 2018 season. Every. Single. Player. This is Part 64 of 286. Stay tuned.

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