Los Dodgers The Los Angeles Angels made a quiet but notable move Wednesday by re-signing former outfielder Andrew Toles, The Associated Press has learned.
Toles, 31, has not played in the majors since 2018. He has been on the restricted list since March 2019 due to mental health issues. He was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
There is no reason to believe he will ever take another swing, nor for the Dodgers nor for anyone else. However, the Dodgers They have continued to renew his contract every spring so that he maintains his health insurance, a premium one. It’s a surprisingly decent act in an industry that too often loses touch with humanity.
Toles appeared in 96 games for the Dodgers between 2016 and 2018, hitting for a 111 OPS+ and even hitting .462/.467/.615 in the 2016 National League Championship Series. In 2021, USA Today reported that he had been to “at least” 20 training clinics. mental health since leaving Dodgers.
After Toles was found sleeping at a Florida airport following an arrest in 2020, his father, Alvin, obtained legal guardianship and returned him to Fairburn, Georgia.
“We are having challenges,” Alvin Toles told USA Today, “but nothing that God and I can’t handle. Schizophrenia, It is very difficult. I mean, he can’t even watch TV. He hears voices and the TV at the same time, so it’s a little confusing. I’ve seen him watching some baseball games on his laptop, but I don’t think he really understands what’s going on. I just want him to have a chance at life. “That’s all… Just to be healthy, live a normal life.”
Los Dodgers They seem to want the same from Toles.
“Man, I’d love to see him. I’d love to hug him. I miss him. I really miss him,” the Los Angeles manager said. DodgersDave Roberts, on Toles in 2021.
For those unfamiliar with the transactional jargon of Big leagues, teams can “roll over” the contracts of players who are not eligible for arbitration each spring. Meanwhile, the restricted list is an official designation that allows a team to keep a player’s rights without them counting against its active roster limits.
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2024-03-14 03:16:06
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