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Yorvit Torrealba Loses Mets Grievance

By FanHouse NewswireFeb 17th 2011 – 9:20PM

NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets finally won something. Yorvit Torrealba lost his grievance against the team Thursday when arbitrator Shyam Das ruled the Mets had the right to not complete a $14.4 million, three-year agreement with the catcher in November 2007. The agreement signed by the team and Torrealba's...

Yorbit Torrealba Signs With Rangers

By Pat LackeyNov 29th 2010 – 8:26PM

The Rangers aren't wasting time finding a catcher this offseason; the club announced Monday that they've signed Yorvit Torrealba to a two-year deal to fill the hole created by Bengie Molina's free agency. The 32-year old Torrealba spent his 2010 season in San Diego, splitting time with Nick Hundley behind the plate for the...

Padres Catcher Yorvit Torrealba Isn't Taking Suspension Lying Down

By Josh AlperJun 17th 2010 – 12:20PM

Padres catcher Yorvit Torrealba got suspended for three games by the league for making contact with umpire Larry Vanover on Monday night and, predictably, he's appealing the suspension. Less predictable was his public response to the incident which hit on many of the points that have made the quality of umpiring a big...

Fantasy Baseball 2010 Rankings: Catcher

By Matt SnyderMar 4th 2010 – 8:00AM

The FanHouse staff has had some time to ponder over our initial fantasy baseball rankings (which you can view by clicking here), so now it's time for the updated version -- no drawn out tables, just down and dirty rankings. We will elaborate on significant moves after the ranks. Expecting anyone of us four rankers to move...

Footprints in the Snow: Rockies

By Matt SnyderNov 21st 2009 – 9:00AM

Footprints in the Snow is FanHouse's look at the paths to be forged by MLB teams this winter as they look ahead to 2010. After an awful start to 2009, the Rockies fired Clint Hurdle, promoted Jim Tracy and proceeded to play like the best team in the National League for the rest of the regular season. They lost an exciting...

Yorvit Torrealba News From the Web

  • 05/12/12 Hamilton powers Texas past Angels 10-3 Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune ARLINGTON, Texas—Josh Hamilton hit two more home runs, Yu Darvish struck out seven and the Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 10-3 in a rain-interrupted game Friday night when C.J. Wilson faced only five batters against his old team.
  • 05/11/12 Torrealba exits after delay with head bruise Source: MLB - Texas Rangers Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba did not return to Friday's game against the Angels following a 1-hour, 56-minute rain delay after suffering a head contusion.
  • 05/10/12 O's belt five homers in twinbill opener, hang on to... Source: FOX - WJCL 28 The Coastal Source - Savannah GA Baltimore belted five home runs to back 7 2/3 strong innings from Wei-Yin Chen, then survived a late scare to take a 6-5 decision over Texas in the opener of a twinbill from Camden Yards.

Background on Yorvit Torrealba

Yorvit Adolfo Torrealba (; born July 19, 1978, in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Texas Rangers.

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