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Abraham Toro
Abraham Josue Toro (born December 20, 1996) is a Canadian professional baseball infielder in the Kansas City Royals organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, and Boston Red Sox.
He was selected by the Astros in the fifth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft and made his MLB debut for them in 2019. He was traded to the Mariners during the 2021 season, to the Brewers after the 2022 season, and to the Athletics after the 2023 season.
Toro attended Polyvalente Édouard-Montpetit High School and Vanier College in Montreal. He then attended Seminole State College in Seminole, Oklahoma to play college baseball, following the same path as fellow French-Canadian baseball player Éric Gagné. In 2016, his only season at Seminole, he hit .439 with 20 home runs and 86 RBIs over 55 games.
Toro was drafted by the Houston Astros in the fifth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Astros with a $250,000 signing bonus and made his professional debut with the Greeneville Astros, batting .254 with 19 RBIs in 44 games. He began 2017 with the Tri-City ValleyCats before being promoted to the Quad Cities River Bandits in late July. In 69 games between the two clubs, he hit .246 with 15 home runs and 33 RBIs. In 2018, he began the year with the Buies Creek Astros, with whom he was named a Carolina League All-Star, and was promoted to the Corpus Christi Hooks in July. For the season, Toro slashed .247/.345/.435 with 16 home runs and 78 RBIs in 133 games. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League. He returned to Corpus Christi to begin 2019, earning Texas League All-Star honors. After slashing .306/.393/.513 with 16 home runs and 70 RBIs over 98 games, Toro was promoted to the Round Rock Express and hit .424/.506/.606 with one home run and 10 RBIs in 16 games for them.
On August 22, 2019, the Astros selected Toro's contract and promoted him to the major leagues. He made his major league debut that night against the Detroit Tigers, playing third base and going 0-for-4. He had his first MLB hit the next day, a single off José Suárez of the Los Angeles Angels. On September 1, playing in his home country of Canada, Toro hit a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to break a scoreless tie. In the bottom of the inning, he fielded the final out of the game to complete Justin Verlander’s third career no-hitter. For Houston in 2019, Toro hit .218/.303/.385 with two home runs and nine RBIs over 25 games.
In the shortened 2020 season with the Astros, Toro batted .149/.237/.276 with 13 runs, three home runs, and nine RBIs over 87 at bats, and was hit by a pitch seven times, tied for fourth in the American League. In 35 games for the Astros in 2021, Toro slashed .211/.287/.385 with six home runs and 20 RBIs. He hit a home run in each of his last two games with Houston.
On July 27, 2021, the Astros traded Toro and relief pitcher Joe Smith to the Seattle Mariners for relievers Rafael Montero and Kendall Graveman. The two teams were in the midst of a series against each other, and Toro was informed of the news as he was taking batting practice for Houston. After learning he had been traded, he went to the Seattle dugout, put on his new uniform, and resumed warming up. In the ninth inning of that night's game, Toro was put in as a pinch hitter and hit a two-run home run against Ryan Pressly, making him the first player in MLB history to homer for a team and against the same team in consecutive games. The next day, Toro homered for the fourth straight game.
On August 31, with the Mariners again facing the Astros, Toro came to bat against Graveman in the eighth inning of a scoreless game with the bases loaded, and, on the eighth pitch of the at-bat, hit a 413-foot home run for his first career grand slam. The homer accounted for all the runs scored in a Mariners win and put the team 3.5 games out of the second wild card playoff seed with 29 games remaining. Toro finished the 2021 season with a batting average of .239, 11 home runs, and 46 RBIs (all career highs). With the Mariners, he posted a slash line of .252/.328/.367, hit five home runs, scored 28 runs, and drove in 26.
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Abraham Toro
Abraham Josue Toro (born December 20, 1996) is a Canadian professional baseball infielder in the Kansas City Royals organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, and Boston Red Sox.
He was selected by the Astros in the fifth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft and made his MLB debut for them in 2019. He was traded to the Mariners during the 2021 season, to the Brewers after the 2022 season, and to the Athletics after the 2023 season.
Toro attended Polyvalente Édouard-Montpetit High School and Vanier College in Montreal. He then attended Seminole State College in Seminole, Oklahoma to play college baseball, following the same path as fellow French-Canadian baseball player Éric Gagné. In 2016, his only season at Seminole, he hit .439 with 20 home runs and 86 RBIs over 55 games.
Toro was drafted by the Houston Astros in the fifth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Astros with a $250,000 signing bonus and made his professional debut with the Greeneville Astros, batting .254 with 19 RBIs in 44 games. He began 2017 with the Tri-City ValleyCats before being promoted to the Quad Cities River Bandits in late July. In 69 games between the two clubs, he hit .246 with 15 home runs and 33 RBIs. In 2018, he began the year with the Buies Creek Astros, with whom he was named a Carolina League All-Star, and was promoted to the Corpus Christi Hooks in July. For the season, Toro slashed .247/.345/.435 with 16 home runs and 78 RBIs in 133 games. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League. He returned to Corpus Christi to begin 2019, earning Texas League All-Star honors. After slashing .306/.393/.513 with 16 home runs and 70 RBIs over 98 games, Toro was promoted to the Round Rock Express and hit .424/.506/.606 with one home run and 10 RBIs in 16 games for them.
On August 22, 2019, the Astros selected Toro's contract and promoted him to the major leagues. He made his major league debut that night against the Detroit Tigers, playing third base and going 0-for-4. He had his first MLB hit the next day, a single off José Suárez of the Los Angeles Angels. On September 1, playing in his home country of Canada, Toro hit a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to break a scoreless tie. In the bottom of the inning, he fielded the final out of the game to complete Justin Verlander’s third career no-hitter. For Houston in 2019, Toro hit .218/.303/.385 with two home runs and nine RBIs over 25 games.
In the shortened 2020 season with the Astros, Toro batted .149/.237/.276 with 13 runs, three home runs, and nine RBIs over 87 at bats, and was hit by a pitch seven times, tied for fourth in the American League. In 35 games for the Astros in 2021, Toro slashed .211/.287/.385 with six home runs and 20 RBIs. He hit a home run in each of his last two games with Houston.
On July 27, 2021, the Astros traded Toro and relief pitcher Joe Smith to the Seattle Mariners for relievers Rafael Montero and Kendall Graveman. The two teams were in the midst of a series against each other, and Toro was informed of the news as he was taking batting practice for Houston. After learning he had been traded, he went to the Seattle dugout, put on his new uniform, and resumed warming up. In the ninth inning of that night's game, Toro was put in as a pinch hitter and hit a two-run home run against Ryan Pressly, making him the first player in MLB history to homer for a team and against the same team in consecutive games. The next day, Toro homered for the fourth straight game.
On August 31, with the Mariners again facing the Astros, Toro came to bat against Graveman in the eighth inning of a scoreless game with the bases loaded, and, on the eighth pitch of the at-bat, hit a 413-foot home run for his first career grand slam. The homer accounted for all the runs scored in a Mariners win and put the team 3.5 games out of the second wild card playoff seed with 29 games remaining. Toro finished the 2021 season with a batting average of .239, 11 home runs, and 46 RBIs (all career highs). With the Mariners, he posted a slash line of .252/.328/.367, hit five home runs, scored 28 runs, and drove in 26.
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