Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Wilfredo Tovar was born August 11, 1991, in Santa Teresa del Tuy, Venezuela. He is an infielder in the MLB.

Tovar originally signed with the New York Mets as an international free agent on October 12, 2007 at age 16. He made his professional debut in 2008 with the Venezuelan Summer League Mets, slashing .203/.269/.301 with 2 home runs and 11 RBI. The next year he played for the VSL Mets and the GCL Mets, batting .253/.309/.339 in 50 games between the two teams. In 2010, he split the year between the Low-A Brooklyn Cyclones, Single-A Savannah Sand Gnats, and High-A St. Lucie Mets, posting a .266/.307/.327 batting line in 92 games between the three. He spent the 2011 season in Savannah, slashing .251/.318/.318 with 2 home runs and 41 RBI in 131 games. He split the 2012 season between St. Lucie and the Double-A Binghamton Mets, accumulating a .270/.345/.360 batting line to go along with 1 home run and 50 RBI.

On December 21, 2020, Tovar signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets organization. On May 18, 2021, Tovar was selected to the active roster. Tovar went 2-for-11 in 6 games for the Mets before being designated for assignment on June 1. He was outrighted to the Triple-A Syracuse Mets on June 3.