Michael Toglia #4

Michael Anthony Toglia … engaged to Jenna … the pair reside in San Diego, Calif. in the offseason....Attended Gig Harbor High School in Gig Harbor, Wash...as a senior in 2016, hit .316 with four home runs and 21 RBI along with pitching to a 1.00 ERA in 42 innings...After his senior year, he was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 35th round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft but chose to fulfill his commitment to play college baseball at UCLA....Played in the West Coast League for the Wenatchee AppleSox in 2016 and was named the league’s Most Valuable Player as well as to the All-WCL team after he batted .306 with seven home runs and 40 RBIs...In 2017, as a freshman at UCLA, hit .261 with eight home runs and 33 RBIs in 56 games…received All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention and was named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball...After the collegiate season, played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Cotuit Kettleers....As a sophomore in 2018, started all 59 of UCLA’s games, slashing .336/.449/.588 with 11 home runs and 58 RBI, being named to the All-Pac-12 First Team…following the 2018, he returned to the Cape Cod League with the Kettleers....Prior to the 2019 season, Toglia was named a preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball... Finished his junior year batting .314 with 17 home runs and 65 RBIs in 63 games and was named to the All.Pac-12 First Team for the second consecutive year.

2023

Served three stints with the Rockies: May 15-26, June 25 and July 14-Sept. 5... Slashed .109/.146/.109 with no home runs vs. left-handers and .189/.260/.368 with four home runs vs. righties...Career-best five-game hitting streak and five-game RBI streak July 24-29, going 6-for-16 with one double, one home run and five RBI... Struck out multiple times in six-straight games July 30-Aug. 6, tied for the longest streak in franchise history (15 total strikeouts) … one of 19 players with such a streak in 2023...Appeared in 26 games at first base, 17 in right field and one in left field...While in Albuquerque, appeared in 78 games, slashing .256/.368/.474 with 15 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 64 RBI.

2022

Made his Major League debut on Aug. 30 at Atlanta after having his contract selected from Triple-A Albuquerque earlier in the day....On Aug. 31 against the Braves, recorded his first hit with a single in the fourth inning and first home run with a two-run shot in the ninth inning....Hit .275 (11-for-40) with six doubles, two home runs and 11 strikeouts through his first 11 career games…batted .183 (13-for-71) with two doubles, two triples and 33 strikeouts through his final 20 games of the season....Career high three hits, including his first two career triples and his first career stolen base on Sept. 19 vs. San Francisco…became the first Rockie with multiple triples in a game since Ian Desmond on May 7, 2019 vs. San Francisco, and the third player in franchise history with multiple triples and a stolen base, joining Seth Smith (Sept. 6, 2011 vs. Arizona) and Larry Walker (May 22, 1996 vs. Pittsburgh)....Started 30 of the Rockies 33 games through the end of the season after his contract was selected, 17 games in right field and 13 games at first base … appeared in nine professional games in right field prior to his debut....Appeared in 97 games with Hartford to begin the season, batting .234/.329/.466 with 13 doubles, one triple, 23 home runs, 66 RBI, 51 walks and 127 strikeouts…the 23 home runs were a Hartford single-season record....Appeared in 17 games with Albuquerque after his promotion from Double-A Hartford on Aug. 9…hit .333/.413/.758 with seven doubles, seven home runs, 17 RBI, nine walks and 22 strikeouts with the Isotopes…connected on three home runs on Aug. 27 vs. Round Rock, the first three-home run game of his career.

2021

Played in 115 combined games with High-A Spokane (74) and Double-A Hartford (41), overall slashing .228/.333/.445 with 22 home runs, 84 RBI and 10 stolen bases...Named a High-A West Minor League All-Star at first base after hitting 17 home runs with 66 RBI while tallying a .798 OPS...Selected for the 2021 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game and homered in the game at Coors Field...As a switch hitter, combined to slash .223/.328/.435 with 18 home runs and 68 RBI in 345 at bats as a left-handed batter while hitting .250/.351/.488 with four home runs and 16 RBI as a right-handed hitter...Played a total of 108 games at first base with a .994 fielding percentage while appearing in seven games as a designated hitter.

2020

 Spent the season at the Rockies’ alternate training site in Denver.

2019

Named a Northwest League Mid-Season All-Star after being selected with the Rockies’ first pick in the 2019 Draft...Tied for second in the league with nine home runs, the most by any Hawks player...Homered in his first game, June 21 at Spokane … first multi-home run game Aug. 8 vs. Eugene.