Toglia had the makings of a viable bat with three true results after the 2024 campaign. He hit 25 home runs in 116 games while walking at a strong 11.8% clip. The strength and patience came with a 32.1% strikeout rate, but the end result was a reasonable 98 wRC+. Toglia’s shaky contact skills declined this past season. He posted a 39.1% strikeout rate in the first two months of the year, earning a demotion. He spent the rest of the season bouncing back and forth between the big league club and the Isotopes.
Colorado took Toglia in the first round of the 2019 draft. He exuded great power at every level of the minors, even if it came with significant swing-and-miss tendencies. Toglia made his debut with the club in 2022 and played sparingly that season and the next. He hit a total of six home runs in his first 76 games. The breakout in 2024 was closer to what Toglia had shown in the minors, especially with the free passes. He had a walk rate of at least 12% at every minor league stop before his promotion. It hadn’t even reached 8% during its first two MLB stints.
Toglia has shown he can do real damage when he makes contact. He was in the 98th percentile in barrel rate and the 94th percentile in number of countries hit hard in 2024. The contact just wasn’t happening consistently enough. Toglia’s had a odor rate of over 33% in all four MLB seasons. He had the fourth-lowest contact rate among batters with at least 300 plate appearances last year.
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