Luis Torrens is stepping up as the New York Mets' starting catcher for the 2025 season due to an injury to Francisco Alvarez. Having previously filled the backup role, Torrens faces a significant responsibility with high expectations from the team. In the prior season, he played 47 games, achieving a batting average of .229 with notable defensive stats, including a 46.5% caught-stealing rate. As a result of Alvarez's surgery, competition for the backup catcher position is open, with Jakson Reetz, Chris Williams, and Hayden Senger in the mix.
I'm going to take this as a huge responsibility, Torrens said through team translator Alan Suriel. This team has high expectations, and what I'm going to try to do is my job to keep the team playing at a high level.
Torrens provided some much-needed stability in the backup role last season as the Mets cycled through veterans Tomas Nido and Omar Narvaez.
Defensively, he threw out 46.5% of would-be base-stealers. His caught-stealing above average of six and his pop-up time of 1.87 seconds ranked within MLB's 94th percentile.
The 28-year-old, who has 316 career games in the majors with four different teams across the last eight years, is now in place to be the Mets' starting backstop after starter Francisco Alvarez fractured the hamate bone on his left hand.
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