:Matt Torra

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name = Matt Torra

|team =

|position = Pitcher

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|6|29}}

|birth_place = Pittsfield, Massachusetts

|bats = Right

|throws = Right

|debutleague = CPBL

|debutdate = July 18

|debutyear = 2013

|debutteam = EDA Rhinos

|finalleague = CPBL

|finaldate = October 2

|finalyear = 2013

|finalteam = EDA Rhinos

|statleague = CPBL

|stat1label = Win–loss record

|stat1value = 6–3

|stat2label = Earned run average

|stat2value = 2.77

|stat3label = Strikeouts

|stat3value = 36

|teams =

EDA Rhinos ({{by|2013}})

}}

Matthew T. Torra (born June 29, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the EDA Rhinos.

Career

Torra attended Pittsfield High School and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he played college baseball for the UMass Minutemen.{{cite news| url=https://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/06/06/pencil_torra_in/ | work=The Boston Globe | first=Marty | last=Dobrow | title=Pencil Torra in | date=June 6, 2005}} In 2004, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/college/summer/stats.asp?Y=2004&T=Orleans_Cardinals |title=2004 Orleans Cardinals |publisher=thebaseballcube.com |access-date=May 6, 2020}}

Torra was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round (31st overall) of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft. The Diamondbacks sold Torra to the Rays for cash considerations in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.tampabay.com/sports/baseball/rays/tampa-bay-rays-jeff-niemann-looking-to-lower-aim-in-strike-zone/1178495 |title=Tampa Bay Rays' Wade Davis turns in solid outing after giving up early runs - St. Petersburg Times |website=www.tampabay.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703092703/http://www.tampabay.com/sports/baseball/rays/tampa-bay-rays-jeff-niemann-looking-to-lower-aim-in-strike-zone/1178495 |archive-date=2011-07-03}} The Rays invited Torra to spring training in 2012.{{Cite web | url=http://www.espnflorida.com/will-rhymes-tampa-bay-rays-spring-training-invitee/ | title=Insider: Rays Invite Four More To Camp | first=Tommy | last=Rancel | date=2012-01-19| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625050411/http://www.espnflorida.com/will-rhymes-tampa-bay-rays-spring-training-invitee/ | archive-date=2012-06-25}} He was signed to a minor league contract by the Nationals on December 28, 2012.[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121228&content_id=40803982 Contract length sticking point with LaRoche, Nats]