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Andres Torres is feeling fleet of foot again

By Mark Daniels / Providence Journal
June 27, 2014

The injury started to linger and nag Andres Torres at the beginning of the 2011 season.

He first felt something was wrong with his Achilles early in April after he received his World Series ring while with the San Francisco Giants. But he pressed on through that season, then in 2012 with the New York Mets and again with the Giants last year. Torres tried to fight it. He tried to rehab it, but simply couldn't get over it.

After getting placed on the disabled list last August, Torres finally decided he had enough. He underwent surgery to remove bone spurs near the Achilles last year and spent the entire offseason recovering, away from baseball.

The 36-year-old, who signed a minor-league deal with the Red Sox on June 11, made his debut with the Pawtucket Red Sox on Thursday. Batting second and playing in center field, Torres hopes the offseason surgery will serve him well and lead to him helping the Red Sox.

"I know the thing with me was I was hurting. I was hurting for three years," Torres said. "I was like, let me get this surgery done. I want to be healthy, be back. I feel I'm getting where I want to be. Playing hurt, for those couple of years… was no good. So now I feel good. I've been working really hard. I feel really good, to be honest with you."

The outfielder went 0-3 and reached base once, on catcher inference, on Thursday and is expected to DH for the PawSox on Friday.

Torres spent five games with the Lowell Spinners, batting .211 (4/19) and hopes to have more success in Pawtucket. He said his timing is off after spending nine months away from baseball activities. He also hopes to see more action in the outfield, to test out his Achilles.

All in all, Torres is happy to back after being away from baseball and is ready to help.

"Yeah, I miss [the game] because [the layoff] was long. It was really long," Torres said. "At the same time, I was relaxed. I feel good now I'm ready to go. It was the first time of my career that I took so much time without baseball stuff, [but] sometimes it's good to get your head clear."