Michael

Toglia

Toglia’s home run was his 24th of the season. He hit a solo shot off Jameson Taillon in the seventh inning. Toglia has three home runs and five RBI in his last nine games. He’s hitting .221 with a .781 OPS and 51 RBI on the year.

Toglia’s long ball wound up as the decisive blow in this game and spun it on a dime as Frankie Montas had carved up the Rockies’ lineup through five innings. It’s getting harder and harder to ignore Toglia’s breakout. He’s made huge strides with his plate discipline with a 70th percentile chase rate – up from 42nd last season – and 64th percentile SEAGER – up from 53rd last season. Consistent contact will continue to be an issue, but he understands which pitches to attack and does serious damage when he connects. Another fun stat, he has a higher OPS on the road than he does at Coors Field this season. He can help you add power down the stretch and is a name to watch next season.

Toglia’s home run was his 22nd of the season. He hit a solo shot off Reynaldo Lopez in the second inning. The stolen base was his seventh of the year. Toglia had hit just three home runs in his last 31 games after hitting nine home runs in July. He’s hitting .216 with a .774 OPS and 47 RBI on the year.

Toglia had a hit in 14 of his last 17 games entering play Monday. He was hitting .304 with two home runs, five RBI and two stolen bases in that time. With the walk, Toglia has now been on base in 17 of his last 20 games. He’s hitting .219 with a .792 OPS and 46 RBI on the year.

Toglia drew a walk to lead off the second inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by Nolan Jones. He reached base on catcher interference in the third and scored again on a double by Jones. Toglia then went deep in the fifth with a solo blast off Mark Leiter Jr., his 21st of the season. He’d reach for a fourth time in the seventh on a base hit and scored his fourth run on a two-run shot by Jake Cave. The 26-year-old first baseman has hit well in August, batting .279 with three homers in the month.

The Rockies had been shut out on just one hit through the first five innings, but they found life in the sixth as they scratched out a run while Brendan Rodgers bounced into a double play and then Toglia followed with a two-run homer that trimmed their deficit to four runs. He also drew a walk in the contest, finishing the night 1-for-3. On the season, the 26-year-old first baseman is now hitting .221/.299/.498 to go with 20 homers and 45 RBI in 78 games.

Toglia evened the score in the ballgame with a 367-foot solo shot off of Ryan Walker in the seventh inning. He struck out twice in the contest, finishing the night 1-for-4. On the season, the 25-year-old slugger is now hitting .212/.276/.502 with 17 homers and 38 RBI.

Toglia gives new meaning to the phrase “all-or-nothing” hitter. His three home runs on Sunday gave him six on the Rockies’ seven game road trip. Toglia had just six hits in total on this trip! He’s also up to 16 homers on the season and has 34 total hits. That means 47% of his total hits this season have left the yard. His last single came on July 7th and his last double on June 17th. That is unbelievable.

Toglia took Jake Irvin deep 462 feet at 111 mph for his seventh home run of the season. He also struck out twice and is hitting just .194 on the season. The 25-year-old has shown solid plate discipline and good pop in the minors and is hitting 16-for-61 (.262) in June with three home runs and 13 RBI. He also has 23 strikeouts in 17 games. It’s unlikely this kind of production will last, but when he has weeks where he plays all his games at Coors Field, he can be added in deeper formats for teams in need of power.

Toglia got the scoring started for the Rockies in the first inning with a three-run blast off Bobby Miller. He then led off the fourth with a triple before scoring on a groundout. The 25-year-old first baseman is slashing .191/.238/.436 with six homers and 20 RBI across 101 plate appearances.