Bio
Corner infielder Luis Toribio comes to the Explorers after playing in the San Francisco Giants organization. Toribio, 24, hails from in San Francisco de Macoris in the Dominican Republic and was an international free-agent signee by the Giants in 2017. He would make his professional debut in 2018 with the rookie-level Giants in the Dominican Summer League. In 2024 Toribio reached AA Richmond for the Giants. In 69 games, the left-handed slugger finished third on the team with eight home runs, slashing a line of .209/.307/.384 with 33 RBI. He would start 60 games at third base on the year.
Toribio hit .232 with 17 home runs and 61 RBI in 102 games in 2023 at high-A Eugene in the Northwest League. He tied for the team lead in home runs and was third in RBI and runs with 50 for the club. Toribio finished the season with a line of .232/.333/.432 while drawing 54 walks, good for second on the team. He started 60 games at the hot corner and another 33 at first base.
In 2022 Toribio played a career-high 111 games with Eugene. He would hit .209 with 21 team-leading home runs and finish second in the Northwest League in homers. His 59 RBI tied him for first on a team that would go on to win the league pennant. Toribio put up a slash line of .209/309/.429 while once again seeing time at both corners of the infield.
Toribio spent 2021 at low-A San Jose, playing 94 games with seven home runs and 39 RBI. He would hit .229 and was a teammate of recent Explorers addition Abdiel Layer. Once again Toribio played both first and third and finished the year with a line of .229/.351/.356. Prior to the cancelled 2020 season, Toribio played three games at low-A Salem-Kiezer and 51 games with the Giants Orange club in the Arizona League in 2019. In Arizona he hit .297 with three homers and 33 RBI. He would lead the league in walks with 45 before joining Salem-Kiezer for their playoff run. Toribio was named the seventh rated prospect for the Giants by MLB.com prior to the 2021 season.
Toribio made is pro debut in 2018 in his native Dominican Republic. With the Giants he played in 64 games with 10 home runs and 39 RBI. He finished tops on the club in home runs and RBI and would hit .270 on the season. He would put up a rookie slash line of .270/.423/.479 and finish third in the league in round trips. In six pro seasons, Toribio has launched 66 home runs while driving in 264 runs with a career .236 batting average.