Carlos Daniel Tocci Lugo (born August 23, 1995) is a Venezuelan

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for the

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of the

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. He has played in

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(MLB) for the Texas Rangers.

Career

Philadelphia Phillies

Tocci signed with the

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as an international free agent in August 2011. He made his professional debut in 2012 with the

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and spent the whole season there, slashing .278/.330/.299 in 38 games. He spent 2013 with the

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where he batted .209 with 26 RBIs in 118 games and he returned there in 2014, posting a .242 batting average two home runs, 30 RBIs, and a .622 OPS in 125 games. He hit his professional

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in July 2014. In 2015, he played for Lakewood and the

Clearwater Threshers The Clearwater Threshers are a Minor League Baseball team of the Florida State League and the Single-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. They are located in Clearwater, Florida, and have played their home games at BayCare Ballpark since 2 ...

, batting .287/.339/.363 with four home runs and 43 RBIs in 127 games between both teams, and in 2016, he returned to the Threshers, compiling a .284 batting average with three home runs and 50 RBIs in 127 games. He spent 2017 with both the

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and the

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, slashing .294/.346/.381 with three home runs and 52 RBIs in 130 games.

Texas Rangers

After the 2017 season, the

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selected Tocci from the Phillies in the Rule 5 draft, and traded him to the Texas Rangers for cash considerations. Tocci made the Rangers'

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25-man roster. Tocci spent the 2018 season on the Texas roster, posting a batting line of .225/.271/.283/.554 with zero home runs, 5 RBI, and 120 at bats in 65 games. In 2019, Tocci was optioned to the Triple-A

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to open the season. On July 22, 2019, Tocci was

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. On July 27, Tocci was outrighted to Nashville. On August 3, the Rangers released Tocci.

Washington Nationals

On January 7, 2020, Tocci signed a minor league deal with the

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. Tocci did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the

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. In 2021, Tocci played in 50 games split between the Double-A

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and the Triple-A

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, hitting a cumulative .200/.273/.258 with one home run and 6 RBI. He was released on August 17, 2021.

Piratas de Campeche

On March 10, 2023, Tocci signed with the

of the

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* 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Maracay Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States Major League Baseball players from Venezuela Major League Baseball outfielders Texas Rangers players Florida Complex League Phillies players Lakewood BlueClaws players Clearwater Threshers players Tigres de Aragua players Reading Fightin Phils players Lehigh Valley IronPigs players Frisco RoughRiders players Round Rock Express players Nashville Sounds players Harrisburg Senators players Rochester Red Wings players {{Venezuela-baseball-outfielder-stub