Giants sign Andres Torres to 1-year deal

[SFrush90]

andres torres is back w/ the #SFGiants on 1 yr deal, as @CSNBaggs & @hankschulman reported

- Heyman

[Greedy22]

NO WAY?!

[dodgersuck]

I actually kind of like this. We have so much speed in our OF now

[5pointer]

Not that I had much hope anyway, but this means probably no Swisher.

[good spliff]

I like this deal. It's for $2M guaranteed. Great defense. Switch hitter. Able to spell all three OF positions. Most importantly, this sets up a platoon for LF:

Andres Torres vs. LHP career: .258/.340/.743
Gregor Blanco vs. RHP career: .262/.358/.698

Certainly won't be a power hitting position for us, but will be an area of strength on defense with a good ability to get on base. Low risk, solid move.

[Greedy22]

I wanna know the terms of the contract.

Edit: Nvm, good spliff posted it

[Rad_Racing]

Not a bad idea.

[#24]

Waste of money. Should have been a minor league contract.

[spliff(TONE)]

Sweet. Now we have two 2 CF's with superior defense to Pagan that will hardly ever see time there.

[Leandres_sf]

Well, there's our platoon. I would've liked a bigger bat, but I guess it could be worse.

[Giants-49ers-Ws]

andres torres is no doubt a giants legend for what he did in 2010, however it is frustrating to know that we are now out on Swisher because of Torres (who is really a 5th OF)...also as #24 said Torres could've been had by the giants likely for a minor league deal

[The_Jamal]

Blanco-Pagan-Torres is going to be some sweet late inning OF defense.

[GiantSacNiner]

[Giants-49ers-Ws]

Torres fared well last year against lefties but was terrible against them in 2010 & 2011...

[SFrush90]

I'm sure he'll be used against righties since he's pretty bad against lefties. But yes, it's ****ing ******** how we can't bring in Swisher.