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Carlos Torres was a reliable reliever for the Mets last year.

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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Carlos Torres was a reliable reliever for the Mets last year. He flourished in the bullpen, serving as a set-up man, long-man, and spot starter. Basically whatever the Mets needed.

Here's the first in what will be regulars Q&As with Mets players.

After every time you pitch you're always working out. Where did that come from and what's the reason for it?

Torres: That's what I have to do...No matter what, if I throw one inning, if I throw multiple innings, I gotta go back there. I gotta do my contrast. I gotta run, workout, I gotta do my shoulder program just to come out for the next day. So the odds are that I might get in there the next day so I gotta go work out and do all that stuff every single time so I can come back the next day. All my preparation I do to try to come back day after day after day and do what ever it is the team needs me to do.

Is this something you've done your whole career or added in the last few years?

Torres: Running, working out, and doing all that kind of stuff, 98 percent of these guys have done their whole career. But I've always done active recovery, where some guys ice and that's just what they've done their whole lives. I've just done an active recovery. So it's always shoulder work, with running, the contrast between hot and cold tubs, stuff like that. That's just what I do. Other guys do it too but it's just that other guys get in earlier in the game, some guys get in later in the games. Some guys do it the next day. That's just what I do to get ready.

It seems like you're always watching something on your iPad. Are you a big TV or movie buff?

Torres: No. This is actually where I watch TV and movies when we're sitting here and waiting to go on the field. I've already done my cardio for the morning. I've stretched and all that stuff. So I just come in here and sit down and relax for a little bit. I also don't really like talking so much with you guys being around so I just sit there and mind my own business until somebody comes and talks to me.

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