Matt Torra still chasing dream

Matt Torra was invited to spring training this year with the Rays. Mike Janes/Four Seam Images via AP Images

Matt Torra has the seven-year itch.

No, his marriage to the former Jessica Reed appears to be in great shape. If you ask Torra about his minor league odyssey, you will hear him talking about his wife, their toddler, Isabel, and the second child who is swinging some bats in the on-deck circle. The Torras live together in North Carolina during the season, and afterward in the house Matt and his dad built in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

But seven years ago this week Torra was picked in the first round of the 2005 draft, and he still has yet to throw a single pitch in the major leagues.

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