Torra attended
Pittsfield High School and the
University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he played
college baseball for the
UMass Minutemen. In 2004, he played
collegiate summer baseball with the
Orleans Cardinals of the
Cape Cod Baseball League. 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. The Rays invited Torra to
spring training in 2012. He was signed to a minor league contract by the Nationals on December 28, 2012. ==References==