| Will Toffey | |
|---|---|
 Toffey with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs in 2022 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies | |
| Third baseman | |
| Born:December 31, 1994 Wareham, Massachusetts | |
Bats: Left Throws: Right |
William Tobin Toffey (born December 31,1994) is an American professional baseball third baseman in Philadelphia Phillies organization. He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the fourth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft after playing college baseball for Vanderbilt University.
Toffey is from Barnstable,Massachusetts. He attended Salisbury School in Salisbury,Connecticut,and accepted a scholarship to attend Vanderbilt University to play college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores over playing college hockey. [1] [2] The New York Yankees selected Toffey in the 23rd round of the 2014 MLB draft,but he enrolled at Vanderbilt rather than sign. [3]
As a freshman with Vanderbilt,Toffey had a .294 batting average and 49 runs batted in (RBIs) in 255 at bats. He was named a freshman All-American. In his sophomore year,he batted. 277 with 22 RBIs in 203 at bats. [4] Toffey played collegiate summer baseball in 2015 and 2016 for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League. [5] [6] [7] The Baltimore Orioles selected Toffey in the 25th round of the 2016 MLB draft,but he again did not sign,returning to Vanderbilt for his junior year. [3] He batted .326 with 28 RBIs in 95 at-bats as a junior. [4]
The Oakland Athletics selected Toffey in the fourth round of the 2017 MLB draft. He signed with Oakland for a $482,600 signing bonus,and made his professional debut with the Vermont Lake Monsters of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League [3] where he batted .263 with one home run and 22 RBIs in 57 games. [8] Toffey began the 2018 season with the Stockton Ports of the Class A-Advanced California League. [9]
On July 21,2018,the Athletics traded Toffey,along with Bobby Wahl,to the New York Mets for Jeurys Familia. [10] The Mets assigned Toffey to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies of the Class AA Eastern League. [11] In 89 total games between Stockton and Binghamton,he batted .248 with nine home runs and 51 RBIs. [12]
Toffey returned to Binghamton to begin 2019. [13] He batted .219/.347/.349/.696 with five home runs and 27 RBIs in 91 games with Binghamton. Toffey did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [14] He returned to Binghamton Mets to begin the 2021 season and batted .178/.317/.386 with six home runs and 15 RBIs in 34 games.
On July 2,2021,the Mets traded Toffey to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Anthony Banda. [15] He was assigned to the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats,where he batted .270/.407/.378 with 2 home runs and 9 RBIs in 31 games.
On March 27,2022,Toffey was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Luke Williams. [16] He was assigned to the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs of the International League to begin the 2022 baseball season. [17] On July 13,2022,the Phillies selected Toffey's contract to their 40-man roster from Triple-A as a substitute player. [18] He was sent back down after the game without making his debut and outrighted off of the 40-man roster to Lehigh Valley after he cleared waivers. [19]
Toffey's father,Jack,played college and professional baseball and works as a sports agent. His older brother,John,played college baseball and hockey as well as minor league hockey for the Johnstown Chiefs. [5] [20]
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