{"id":1376,"date":"2026-05-24T07:03:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2026-05-24T07:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:03:36","slug":"cardinals-bryan-torres-homers-in-big-league-debut-11-years-after-first-minor-league-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals’ Bryan Torres homers in big league debut, 11 years after first minor league appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n
St. Louis Cardinals Bryan Torres, wearing his MLB debut patch, walks from second base during the second inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

CINCINNATI \u2014 Four years after considering retirement, Bryan Torres made it to the major leagues at age 28 and homered for the St. Louis Cardinals in his debut.<\/p>

Read more Knicks move within 1 win of NBA Finals with 121-108 victory over Cavaliers<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cEleven years to get to here,\u201d Torres said, fighting back tears after helping the Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-1<\/a> in the opener of Saturday\u2019s doubleheader. \u201cI\u2019m not a homer guy. Today, my debut, it just happened. I\u2019ve been learning to manage the pressure. When the heart is going too fast, you have to slow things down. I felt a little pounding in my chest today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Torres, who first played minor league ball in 2015, hit seventh and played left field.<\/p>\n

With dyed blond hair and wearing thick eye black, he worked a full-count walk from Chris Paddack (0-6) in the second, singled on a cutter in the fourth, grounded out in the sixth, flied out in the seventh and homered on a 95.2 mph fastball from Jose Franco in the ninth, driving the 2-1 pitch into the first row of the right-center field seats.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not many words to describe this moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cardinals fans at the game, many of them waving their shirts, kept chanting his name and three batters later induced a curtain call.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll those guys bring us some energy,\u201d Torres said.<\/p>\n

Torres became the third Cardinals player since 1900 with multiple hits that included a home run in his debut, the first since Bobby Smith at Cincinnati on April 16, 1957.<\/p>\n

\u201cPretty neat, man,\u201d Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. \u201cThere\u2019s moments throughout the year that you take a step back and get to enjoy. That\u2019s one of them. You could tell, even in his first at-bat, there\u2019s a calmness to him in the box.\u201d<\/p>\n

Torres also played left field and batted seventh in the nightcap, going 1 for 4 with a single and a walk as the Reds won 7-6 in 11 innings.<\/a><\/p>\n

Torres signed a minor league contract with Milwaukee in 2015, was claimed off waivers by the San Francisco organization in December 2019, became a free agent after the 2021 season and spent two years with the independent Milwaukee Milkmen of the American Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to lie, at one moment, I thought I\u2019d retire,\u201d he said. \u201cIn that moment, I decided I wanted to give myself a chance, and if I did, give it 100%.\u201d<\/p>\n

He signed a minor league deal with the Cardinals in September 2023, hit .331 with 28 doubles, two homers, 56 RBIs and 33 stolen bases at Double-A Springfield, then was promoted to Triple-A Memphis and batted .328 with 16 doubles, nine homers 51 RBIs in 2025.<\/p>

Read more Ketel Marte and Nolan Arenado lead the Diamondbacks to a 5-4 win over Rockies<\/a><\/p>\n

He was added to the 40-man roster last November and played for Puerto Rico in this year\u2019s World Baseball Classic, going 2 for 6 with a double, three walks and three runs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to try to get him out there as much as possible,\u201d Marmol said. \u201cThis is a left-handed bat who understands the strike zone, finds a way on base, a real pesky at-bat. I like his skill set.\u201d<\/p>\n

Torres was recalled from Triple-A Memphis on Friday after hitting .336 with 10 doubles, two homers, 16 RBIs and 10 stolen bases in 36 games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in (the) clubhouse sitting in my seat and my manager, Ben Johnson, said: \u2018I\u2019ve got some good news for you. Bryan Torres is going to The Show,\u2019\u201d Torres recalled. \u201cEveryone started yelling and jumping up and down. Some of them started crying with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several family members were at Great American Ball Park. His first call was to his mother, Lissette Crespo.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince I was a young kid, 4 years old, she lost all her weekends to bring me to the stadium,\u201d he said. \u201cDuring the week, she always (brought) me to the park to practice, to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

His parents traveled from Puerto Rico on Friday only for that night\u2019s game to be rained out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very emotional. He was crying and when I received it I cried with him,\u201d his mom said during the Cardinals\u2019 telecast. \u201dThat was a special moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Torres took the roster spot of outfielder Nathan Church, placed on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder strain. He became the oldest position player to debut for the Cardinals since catcher Alberto Rosario at age 29 in 2016. Left-hander Nick Raquet debuted last season for St. Louis, also at 29.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a very long and tough road, and not the usual road,\u201d Torres said. \u201cEverything happens for a reason. My family is very happy. We\u2019re living the dream, basically.\u201d<\/p>

Read more Donovan Mitchell, Cavs fall into perilous 3-0 hole as Knicks keeping rolling on road in East finals<\/a><\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bryan Torres has made it to the major leagues at age 28 and homered for the St. Louis Cardinals in his debut<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"\nCardinals' Bryan Torres homers in big league debut, 11 years after first minor league appearance - Moving Insider USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardinals' Bryan Torres homers in big league debut, 11 years after first minor league appearance - Moving Insider USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bryan Torres has made it to the major leagues at age 28 and homered for the St. Louis Cardinals in his debut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Moving Insider USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-24T07:03:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fbb3080eff20aaad509609e2ee2fb29b-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=1376#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=1376\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03\"},\"headline\":\"Cardinals’ Bryan Torres homers in big league debut, 11 years after first minor league appearance\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-24T07:03:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=1376\"},\"wordCount\":851,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=1376#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/9ce024c6e65d4e3aa90583a40e1254ac-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Interesting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=1376#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=1376\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=1376\",\"name\":\"Cardinals' Bryan Torres homers in big league debut, 11 years after first minor league appearance - Moving Insider USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=1376#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=1376#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/9ce024c6e65d4e3aa90583a40e1254ac-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-24T07:03:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=1376#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=1376\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=1376#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/9ce024c6e65d4e3aa90583a40e1254ac-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/9ce024c6e65d4e3aa90583a40e1254ac-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?p=1376#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cardinals’ Bryan Torres homers in big league debut, 11 years after first minor league appearance\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Moving Insider USA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movinginsiderusa.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cardinals' Bryan Torres homers in big league debut, 11 years after first minor league appearance - Moving Insider USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cardinals' Bryan Torres homers in big league debut, 11 years after first minor league appearance - Moving Insider USA","og_description":"Bryan Torres has made it to the major leagues at age 28 and homered for the St. Louis Cardinals in his debut","og_url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376","og_site_name":"Moving Insider USA","article_published_time":"2026-05-24T07:03:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fbb3080eff20aaad509609e2ee2fb29b-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03"},"headline":"Cardinals’ Bryan Torres homers in big league debut, 11 years after first minor league appearance","datePublished":"2026-05-24T07:03:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376"},"wordCount":851,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9ce024c6e65d4e3aa90583a40e1254ac-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Interesting"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376","url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376","name":"Cardinals' Bryan Torres homers in big league debut, 11 years after first minor league appearance - Moving Insider USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9ce024c6e65d4e3aa90583a40e1254ac-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-24T07:03:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9ce024c6e65d4e3aa90583a40e1254ac-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/9ce024c6e65d4e3aa90583a40e1254ac-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=1376#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cardinals’ Bryan Torres homers in big league debut, 11 years after first minor league appearance"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/","name":"Moving Insider USA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/22d40ab81790f6a361021763bb56ef03","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com"],"url":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}