the Giants certainly had to be pleasantly surprised and received great bang for their buck.Not that there were not concerns

For a player with his minor league track record, the Giants certainly had to be pleasantly surprised and received great bang for their buck.Not that there were not concerns, of course. Torres struck out in just under 30 percent of his plate appearances and, even though athletic players generally Post higher BABIP totals than their slower footed replica Gucci YA102506 Ladie's watch counterparts due to the ability to reach base via infield hits more frequently, a .347 mark was a minor red flag.Whatever the reason(s), though, Torres has continued to mash in a full time gig in the follow up act. Going into Monday, he boasts a line of .289/.372/.504 with 11 homers, a 129 OPS+ and .385 wOBA in 416 plate appearances. Encouragingly, his skill set appears to be solid, too. He has improved both his strikeout rate, down to 23.4 percent, and walk rate, up to 11.1%. And,

with his BABIP right around its ’09 level (.352), the speed theory could have some validity, though it of course is subject to fluctuate and is indeed likely to fall some.Better still, Torres has continued to provide excellent value on the other side replica Gucci 101502 Ladie's watch of the ball. His UZR is up to a stellar 14.1—odds are, of course, that he is not that valuable with the glove—and brings his WAR to 4.8. Four. Point. Eight. Including last season, Torres has impressively accumulated 6.8 WAR in 176 games, which is not too shabby for a player who appeared to be a journeyman, and whose career prospects were dwindling, not too long ago.

As is the luck aspect of it. For the immediate future, however, I would not be quite as pessimistic on Torres as Klaassen, strictly because the forecast systems cannot account for the new look hitting style at play in this example. Of course, he again will surely decline a bit and is unlikely to rank among WAR leaders at this point next season. San replica Gucci YA115201 Men's watch Francisco appears to have a cheap, quality outfielder on its hands, though, and he is unlikely to completely fall off of a cliff.And Torres' work with O'Leary reminded me of Ben Zobrist's work with Jaimie Cevallos a year ago, which you can read about in part two.