No one said baseball is fair. Ask the Chicago Cubs‘ Daury Torrez. Last season the 24-year-old posted the best season of any pitcher with Cubs’ Double-A Tennessee affiliate. Yet, he remains unknown to most Cubs prospect geeks.
The tall, thin reliever handled 77 1/3 innings and posted an excellent 1.40 ERA and 0.92 WHIP. But while the parent club hunted this winter for low-walk bullpen upgrades, they not only left Torrez unprotected in the Rule-5 draft (no takers), but no major league team thought this performance merited a selection.
What’s the issue?
Why?