Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Luis Alfonso Torrens Sáez was born on May 2, 1996, in Valencia, Venezuela. He is a catcher in the MLB.

Torrens signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent on July 2, 2012. He made his professional debut in 2013 for the Gulf Coast League Yankees. In 2014, he played for the Charleston RiverDogs, Gulf Coast Yankees and Staten Island Yankees.

In the 2016 Rule 5 draft, the Cincinnati Reds selected Torrens from the Yankees, and traded him to the San Diego Padres. Torrens joined the Padres' Opening Day roster as a 20-year old, never having played above single-A. Torrens, along with Héctor Sánchez, served as a back-up to catcher Austin Hedges during the 2017 season. He started 31 games for the Padres overall, but saw less time as the season progressed, making only 6 starts and 29 plate appearances over the final two months of the season. Torrens finished 2017 with 20 hits in 123 at-bats, including 3 doubles and a triple.

Torrens played for Magallanes in the Venezuelan Winter League in the MLB off-season. He returned to the Padres Spring Training camp in 2018, but battled an oblique injury, and then was optioned to the Double-A San Antonio Missions on March 14, 2018.