Tony Torcato
Anthony Dale Torcato (born October 25, 1979 in Woodland, California) is a former Major League Baseball Player and current manager for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in the Mavericks Independent Baseball League. Professional career. Torcato was drafted in the 1st round (19th overall) of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft by the San Francisco Giants. Before being drafted, Torcato signed a letter of intent to play college baseball at UNLV. He made his MLB debut on July 26, 2002 as the starting right fielder for the Giants against the Los Angeles Dodgers and singled to right field in his  first at-bat off of the Dodgers Hideo Nomo. He played in parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball and a total of 8 years in the San Francisco Giants organization before becoming a free agent after the 2005 season. In 2006, Torcato started the baseball season in the Italian Baseball League with Bbc Grosseto, then signed with the Chicago White Sox, who assigned him to the AAA Charlotte Knights. In 2007, Torcato signed with the Seattle Mariners but was released toward the end of Spring Training. In 2008, Torcato signed with the Long Beach Armada and the Chico  Outlaws of the Golden Baseball League. In 2021, Torcato became the manager of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in the Mavericks Independent Baseball League based out of Salem Oregon. The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes went 32-19 and lost in the Championship against the Campesinos de Salem-Keizer in the first ever Inaugural season of the Mavericks Independent Baseball League. In 2022, Torcato was named manager for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in the Mavericks Independent Baseball League