Michael Anthony Toglia...Engaged to Jenna...The pair reside in San Diego, Calif. in the offseason...In 2017, as a freshman at UCLA, hit .261 with eight home runs and 33 RBI 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 season, he returned to the Cape Cod League with the Kettleers...Prior to the 2019 season, was named a preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball...Finished his junior year batting .314 with 17 home runs and 65 RBI in 63 games and was named to the All-Pac-12 First Team for the second consecutive year...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...Played in the West Coast League for the Wenatchee AppleSox in 2016 and was named the league’s Most Valuable Player and to the All-WCL team after he batted .306 with seven home runs and 40 RBI.
2024
Started 90 consecutive team games at first base from June 11 through the end of the season, tied for the third-longest stretch in franchise history and the longest since Andrés Galarraga’s 90-game stretch from Aug. 6, 1999-April 15, 1997...Second Rockie first baseman in history (90% of games at first) to have at least 25 home runs and 10 stolen bases in a season, joining Galarraga (3x, 1995-97)...Ninth Rockie in history (13th time) to have at least 25 home runs, 10 stolen bases and 50 walks in a season, the first since Trevor Story in 2019...His 25 home runs were the most in franchise history by a switch hitter, tied for the sixth-most in the Majors in 2024 and tied for third in the NL...Along with Ezequiel Tovar, the pair are the only teammate duo in their age-25-or-younger season to both have 25+ home runs...The last pair of Rockies to accomplish this feat were Nolan Arenado and Story in 2016...Became one of 11 Rockies to hit 25 home runs in an age 26 or younger season...His 10 stolen bases were the fifth-most by a first baseman in a single season in franchise history...Tied for second-most stolen bases for a first baseman this season (min. 90% games played at first)...17 road home runs tied for the eighth-most in the NL and the most by a Rockie since Arenado hit 20 in 2019...15.96 AB/HR tied for the sixth-highest mark in the NL (min. 300 PA)...Highest single-season mark for a Rockie since Arenado in 2019 (14.34, min. 400 PA)...0.5 dWAR (Baseball Reference) tied for the best mark among first basemen with Matt Olson (90% games at 1B)...10 defensive runs the second-highest among first baseman...dWAR the second-best in a single season for a Rockies first baseman (min. 100 games) trailing only Todd Helton’s 0.9 mark in 2000...Made the Rockies Opening Day roster for the first time...Optioned twice and was with Triple-A Albuquerque April 24-27 and April 29-June 6...Following his final recall on June 6, slashed .233/.331/.469 in 101 games...Tied for 11th in the NL in home runs (21), tied for third in walks (53) and was third in games through this span...Hit six home runs in a six-game span July 9-14, the 11th Rockie in history to accomplish this feat and the first since Charlie Blackmon in 2016...Had no other hits through this span, the first Rockie in history with six consecutive hits going out...Became the first switch-hitting Rockie in history with a three-home run game on July 14 at New York-NL...Became the sixth Rockie (eighth time) to hit three home runs in a road game (last: Blackmon, Aug. 12, 2016 at Philadelphia)...First three-home run game, home or road, for a Rockie since Brendan Rodgers on June 1, 2022 vs. Miami...One of 17 three-homer games for a Major Leaguer in 2024...His 21 walks in August led the National League and ranked second in the Majors behind Aaron Judge...Became the first Rockie with as many free passes in a calendar month since Nolan Jones also drew 21 in September of 2023.
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.
