Torres files grievance, asks for trade

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PIT Post-Gazette: Torres files grievance, asks for trade
Published 7/3/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
PIT Post-Gazette: Torres files grievance, asks for trade Reliever Salomon Torres, angry with the Pirates about what he feels was a broken promise in negotiating his most recent contract, has filed a grievance against the team and asked general manager Dave Littlefield to trade him. I ve given everything I have to the team, to the city of Pittsburgh, and I would like nothing more than to be part of a championship there, Torres said by phone from Bradenton, Fla., where he is rehabilitating his right elbow. But I ve had enough. They tricked me into signing that contract... ... Torres, who did not have an agent in those [2006] talks, contends that he agreed to less money than market value because Littlefield had strongly suggested though not in writing that the team would consider renting one of the two baseball academies Torres built in his native Dominican Republic. I liked the idea, Torres said. I was thinking of it like d ...

Torres calls DL a liar, demands trade
Published 7/3/2007 by Bones at Honest Wagner
... Salomon Torres is mad as hell, Dejan Kovacevic reports:"... I'm just tired of being treated like this. I'm tired of the lies. I gave this team everything. I bought a house in Pittsburgh to be part of the city. But, if you're going to lie to me, trade me."Strange story. Sully charges DL duped him into signing a cheap contract by "strongly suggesting" the Bucs would rent one of Torres' Dominican baseball academies. The Bucs declined, and Torres filed a grievance in March. Now Sully claims the Bucs have delayed his rehab longer than necessary to retaliate. ...

Torres Demands a Trade; Says Bucs Don’t Play Fair
Published 7/3/2007 by Cory Humes at Pittsburgh Lumber Co.
... This morning, Dejan reports in the Post-Gazette that Salomon Torres has filed a grievance against the team and has demanded a trade because of an extended rehab stint: ...

Salomon Torres Stages His Own Protest
Published 7/3/2007 by ShakedownSports at Shakedownsports.com
... The Pirates survived the highly publicized fan walkout last Sunday, but unfortunately for the team there’s more bad news around the corner. Reliever Salomon Torres has filed a grievance and asked for a trade because he feels the team broke a promise they made to him when he was negotiating his last contract. ...

The Pirates Can't Win for Losing
Published 7/3/2007 by Memphis Bengal at Sports Frog
... The specifics? ...

Baseball Today: Tuesday, July 3
Published 7/3/2007 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... . (New York Daily News) The fact that he hasn't (made such a deal) indicates he won't (trade Hughes) . . . . . Salomon Torres has filed a grievance against the Pirates and asked to be traded (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) . . . ...

Sometimes the Real News is More Funny
Published 7/3/2007 by Pat at Doubt About It
Two Post-Gazette links in 10 minutes? I guess today is just one of those days where the real news is funnier than anything we can come up with. Salomon Torres feels tricked. The Pirates apparently low-balled him (he didnt use an agent) and said that he'd been promised the Pirates would rent out his baseball facilities in the Dominican Republic (there was nothing put into writing). ...

Another Pittsburgh Walkout
Published 7/3/2007 by The Feed at The Feed
... It also may have inspired Solomon Torres to stage a walkout of his own. Currently rehabbing an injured elbow in Florida, Torres has filed a grievance against the team and demanded a trade. ...

Dude, hire an agent.
Published 7/3/2007 by Coley Ward at umpbump.com
... Solomon Torres wants to be traded from the Pittsburgh Pirates. He says they lied to him when the two sides negotiated Torres’ contract this spring. It’s all very complicated, really. Torres says the Pirates renegged on a promise to invest in one of his Dominican baseball academies. The Pirates say they never promised anything. It’s a mess. ...

Most durable arms in baseball available
Published 7/3/2007 by Ed Ryan at Mets Fever
... Littlefield handled negotiations leading up to the two-year, $6.5 million contract extension signed in the spring of 2006. source Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ...

Milwaukee vs. Pittsburgh, 3 July 2007
Published 7/3/2007 by Charlie <info@buccosdugout.com> at Bucs Dugout

The Week In Quotes: July 1-8 by Alex Carnevale
Published 7/9/2007 at Baseball Prospectus
... can discuss. All I can say on the issue is that we handled things professionally." --Pirates GM Dave Littlefield "I don't have a problem with the diagnosis or the treatments. But they told me it would be up to me to tell them when I felt good enough to come back. Now, all of a sudden, I hear about another month. I feel like I'm being blackballed from the team." --Torres "I love them all like brothers, and I want them to know that. If it happens that I stay with the Pirates, I'll pitch my best for the rest of my contract, then I'll retire. But right now ... I'm just tired of being treated like this. I'm tired of the lies. I gave this team everything. I bought a house in Pittsburgh to be part of the city. But, if you're going to lie to me, trade me." --Torres "In the job of a general manager, there are always challenges here and there. But my main job is to get players who are productive for the Pirates. There's no grudge or anything like that." --Littlefield (Dejan Kovacevic, ...

Pirates deal Torres for two minor league relievers
Published 12/7/2007 by Matt Bandi at Pittsburgh Lumber Co.
... Torres likely had little trade value, due to his age and struggles last season. He may have had a few decent years left in his arm, and his departure leaves a huge hole in the bullpen. But I take this as a good sign, that Huntington is looking to the future as opposed to 2008. He was able to turn an aging reliever into two young relievers that could be productive at the Major League level in a few years. Also considerations are Torres’ $3.2 million salary in 2008 and the grievance he filed against the team last year. All in all, this move is not very significant. ...

Brewers Acquire Torres, Who Mulls Retirement
Published 12/9/2007 by Geoff Young at Knuckle Curve - Baseball News
... Milwaukee Brewers, but according to reports, he may retire rather than report to his new team. Quoth the soon-to-be-36-year-old: It’s a giant move, and I have to make a decision if I want to go forward… This is going to change my life, my family’s life. If I leave them here, they’re going to have to be without me for a full year. If I take them with me, they’re going to be affected. Wait, wasn’t Torres just asking for a trade, like, five months ago? Share This ...