Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Abraham Toro was born December 20, 1996, in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. He is a third baseman in the MLB.

Toro signed with the Astros and made his professional debut with the Greeneville Astros, batting .254 with 19 RBIs in 44 games. He began 2017 with the Tri-City ValleyCats before being promoted to the Quad Cities River Bandits in late July. In 69 games between the two clubs, he hit .246 with 15 home runs and 33 RBIs. In 2018, he began the year with the Buies Creek Astros, with whom he was named a Carolina League All-Star, and was promoted to the Corpus Christi Hooks in July; for the season, Toro slashed .247/.345/.435 with 16 home runs and 78 RBIs in 133 games. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League. He returned to Corpus Christi to begin 2019, earning Texas League All-Star honors. After slashing .306/.393/.513 with 16 home runs and seventy RBIs over 98 games, Toro was promoted to the Round Rock Express, and hit .424/.506/.606 with one home run and ten RBIs over 16 games for them.

On August 22, 2019, the Astros selected Toro's contract and promoted him to the major leagues. He made his major league debut that night versus the Detroit Tigers, playing third base. On September 1, Toro played his second game in his home country of Canada. In the top of the ninth inning, he hit a two-out, two-run home run to break a 0–0 tie.