{"id":686431,"date":"2026-05-22T02:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/686431\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T02:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T02:41:10","slug":"cardinals-to-promote-bryan-torres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/686431\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals To Promote Bryan Torres"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cardinals will promote second baseman\/outfielder Bryan Torres<\/a> for their weekend series in Cincinnati, reports<\/a> former big leaguer Carlos Baerga. Jeff Jones of The Belleville News-Democrat reports<\/a> that outfielder Nathan Church<\/a> will land on the 10-day injured list in a corresponding move. Church was scratched from this afternoon\u2019s lineup with an undisclosed issue and will miss at least the next week and a half.<\/p>\n

St. Louis added Torres to their 40-man roster in November, so they won\u2019t need any further transactions. The 28-year-old would otherwise have qualified for minor league free agency. Torres was coming off an excellent .308\/.441\/.464 season with Triple-A Memphis.<\/p>\n

A native of Puerto Rico, Torres joined the professional ranks more than a decade ago. He signed with the Brewers as an undrafted free agent in 2015. Torres never made it out of rookie ball in the Milwaukee system. He had a brief stop in the Giants organization and was playing in the independent ranks as recently as 2023. The Cardinals evidently liked what they saw, as they added Torres on a minor league deal going into the \u201924 season. He spent that year in Double-A and climbed to Triple-A a season ago.<\/p>\n

Baseball America<\/a> ranked Torres the #27 prospect in the St. Louis system over the offseason. They credit him with an above-average hit tool and average speed. Torres has minimal power but offers a bit of defensive flexibility and an OBP-oriented skillset off the bench. He\u2019s out to an even better start in Memphis this year, running a .336\/.454\/.477 slash with more walks than strikeouts in 166 trips. He very rarely chases off the plate and makes a lot of contact, and he\u2019s 10-12 in stolen base tries.<\/p>\n

Torres is nearing his 29th birthday, so he\u2019s not a traditional prospect. He\u2019s in the top five among International League hitters in on-base percentage and doesn\u2019t have much more to show versus minor league pitching. He can replace Church as the left-handed side of a left field platoon with\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Ferm\u00edn<\/a> and\u00a0Thomas Saggese<\/a> for the time being.<\/p>\n

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