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Rangers Acquire Carlos Tocci

By Steve Adams | December 14, 2017 at 8:45am CDT

The Rangers have acquired outfielder Carlos Tocci from the White Sox in exchange for cash, tweets Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News. Chicago had selected him with the No. 4 pick in the Rule 5 draft (out of the Phillies’ system).

Tocci was a fairly high-profile sign out of Venezuela for the Phils back in 2011, taking home a reported bonus of $759K at the time. Though he’s never exactly dominated in the minors, he’s coming off a solid .294/.346/.381 slash line in 528 plate appearances between the Phillies’ Double-A and Triple-A affiliates — his first stop at each of those levels on his rise through the Majors. Tocci doesn’t come with any power and isn’t a base-stealing threat, but he’s an excellent defensive center fielder with a strong hit tool, per Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com, who had rated him 23rd among Phillies prospects.

Tocci will retain his Rule 5 status with the Rangers, meaning he cannot be optioned to the minors without first being exposed to waivers and then offered back to the Phillies for $50,000. If he lasts the entire season on the Rangers’ big league roster (with at least 90 days on the active roster and not on the DL), he’ll become their property without any restrictions in 2019.

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  1. madmanTX

    8 years ago

    His stats look good. Nice acquisition.

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    • CursedRangers

      8 years ago

      Agreed! Good pick up

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  2. Priggs89

    8 years ago

    Just go ahead and direct deposit that cash right into Machado’s bank account.

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  3. CursedRangers

    8 years ago

    Thanks Daniels. Restocking the farm system makes a ton of sense for where the Rangers are right now.

    Reply
  4. baseball lifer

    8 years ago

    OK – Nice possibility in CF….

    But I am still not very impressed with this Rangers off season. Very little money available, gutted farm system, poor pitching (SP & RP), huge swing and miss potential offensively, and as it stands looks like a 3rd-4th club in the american league west.

    But hey, we have a new stadium coming, that I have to pay for (tax dollars).

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    • madmanTX

      8 years ago

      I’ll enjoy the new stadium. Thanks for paying for it–I don’t live in Arlington.

      Reply
  5. Pablo

    8 years ago

    Rangers must be confident choo is getting shipped out.

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    • baseball lifer

      8 years ago

      I am not sure who would be foolish enough to take Choo. 35 years old, poor defensively, declining offensive skill set, huge health concerns/risk, and still owed +/- 60 million over 3 years…. Poor recipe in terms of potential trade value.

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      • gw9999

        8 years ago

        Another team wanting to dump a 35 year old with a bad contract at a different position would be my guess.

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        • baseball lifer

          8 years ago

          Sounds possible in theory…. But given roster and player flexibility is at a premium these days, seems like Choo would have even less value. A 1 for 1 swap is very unlikely. The Rangers are going to have to eat a large portion of that contract (if they can find a taker), or Choo is the DH/Bench for the next 3 years.

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        • chgobangbang

          8 years ago

          MLB starting to look like NBA with all the bad contracts only difference is the 420 friendly NBA league don’t have to pee test

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        • Kayrall

          8 years ago

          Cancer

          Reply
  6. Polymath

    8 years ago

    “[H]e’ll become their property.” Wouldn’t teammate, employee, or member of the organization be better terminology? “Property” sounds like slavery.

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    • Caseys Partner

      8 years ago

      What’s wrong with calling it what it is?

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    • ryanjo5

      8 years ago

      You must be fun at parties.

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      • Polymath

        8 years ago

        Non-sequiturs are ubiquitous on this app.

        Reply
  7. dudeness88

    8 years ago

    Surprised they didn’t go after an Astro in rule 5 like they usually do. They love taking Astros scraps.

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  8. Caseys Partner

    8 years ago

    Sure glad the Phillies didn’t lose five-tool Tommy Joseph.

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  9. vlad4hof

    8 years ago

    Good pickup. Disappointed as a Phils fan.

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  10. bucketbrew35

    8 years ago

    Phils fan great Tocci is a solid pick up and profiles as a good fourth outfielder. His defense is Major League ready (has been for 2 years or so).

    His biggest knock even though his hit tool is a plus is he cannot keep weight on his frame. The Phillies and Tocci tried literally for years to get him to bulk up a bit but it never took. Hence the lack of power.

    He’s a good kid though. Nice pick up Rangers, I wish him luck.

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  11. tsc32

    8 years ago

    Nice. Tocci as 4th OF and Robinson as the utility of the bench isn’t bad at all

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