The New York Mets could not have asked for much more out of backup catcher Luis Torrens through the opening four games of the season.
Stepping in for Francisco Alvarez, who was sidelined after undergoing hand surgery last month, the 28-year-old eight-year veteran has provided an offensive spark to his steady defensive play.
Torrens has started the 2025 campaign going 4-for-11 with one home run, two doubles, and a 1.235 OPS — a steady contributor for an offense that finally came alive on Monday night in Miami against the Marlins. After being held to five runs across three games in Houston against the Astros, the Mets dropped 10 on their NL East rivals, headlined by a Pete Alonso fifth-inning grand slam.
It was the fixture of a seven-run inning, one that Torrens got in on when his deep fly to center field was helped over the wall by the glove of Miami center fielder Derek Hill for his first round-tripper of the season.
“It starts off with the confidence and knowing you’re going to be in the lineup day in and day out,” Torrens said. “After that, it’s all the hard work that you have to put in to have that kind of success.”
Even a sliver of this production early on from Torrens would have been perceived as a bonus by the organization. Alvarez’s loss for at least the first month of the season was a difficult one to contend with initially, especially considering this is the franchise catcher of the future who was on the verge of displaying a completely new approach at the plate.
Drastic adjustments were necessary after he followed up a rookie season of 25 home runs in 2023 with just 11 last year, but his power was still believed to be a pivotal piece to install toward the bottom of the Mets’ lineup. Torrens’ hot start eases such an absence.
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