About two weeks ago, it was reported that the New York Mets had signed catcher Yorvit Torrealba to a 3-year, $14.4 million deal. Those reports turned out to be premature, and now Torrealba has re-upped with the Colorado Rockies. The price tag? A more “reasonable” $7.25 million for two years with a mutual option for 2010.
That’s still more than I’d be comfortable paying a catch-and-throw guy, but it’s not the worst signing I’ve seen this winter.

It’s nice to see that teams aren’t repeating past mistakes in this year’s free agent market. The New York Mets have signed Yorvit Torrealba to a 3-year deal worth $14.4 million.
Torrealba, whose first name loosely translates as “overpaid,” hit .255/.323/.376 for the Colorado Rockies in 2007. Away from Coors Field, those numbers were .212/.292/.326, which is pretty much vintage Gary Bennett.
Way to go, Mets. Good luck with your new catcher.
[Update, Nov 17: So, apparently now this didn’t happen. The deal was reported as done, but no dice. Torrealba is still on the market, giving some other team the opportunity to …read more

I’ve been joking about the postseason success of lousy-hitting catchers whose names begin with the letter Y, but this is a little ridiculous:

Yorvit Torrealba 2007

 
PA
BA
OBP
SLG

Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and are through games of October 14, 2007.

regular season
443
.255
.323
.376

postseason
25
.381
.480
.619

Yadier Molina 2006

 
PA
BA
OBP
SLG

Statistics are courtesy of Baseball-Reference and are through games of October 14, 2007.

regular season
461
.216
.274
.321

postseason
59
.358
.424
.547

Hmmm, Yosh Bard has a nice ring to it…