Dodgers Work With Andrew Toles' Family To Continue Supporting Former Outfielder

The communicative of nan Dodgers and Andrew Toles is 1 of a franchise trying to do nan correct point by 1 of its erstwhile players struggling pinch intelligence wellness challenges.

Toles, a promising outfielder who played parts of 3 seasons pinch nan squad from 2016-18, did not study to outpouring training successful 2019 and was softly placed connected nan restricted database earlier it was yet revealed that Toles had been diagnosed pinch bipolar upset and schizophrenia.

Every twelvemonth since 2019, nan squad has softly renewed Toles’ statement truthful he tin clasp his wellness security while placing him connected nan restricted database truthful he would not return a roster spot.

The Dodgers, however, revealed this week that proceeding successful this mode pinch Toles was nary longer imaginable and nan squad is moving pinch his family to fig retired “how to champion move forward.”

“We’ve been successful interaction pinch nan Toles family and person worked together connected really to champion move forward,” nan Dodgers said successful a connection to The Times. “Continuing pinch nan erstwhile setup was nary longer imaginable owed to eligibility. The Toles family has asked that Andrew’s privateness beryllium respected. Out of respect to nan Toles family, we will not remark immoderate further.”

Toles, who turns 34 successful May, was picked up by nan Dodgers precocious successful nan 2015 play aft he was released by nan Tampa Bay Rays. Playing each 3 outfield positions, Toles batted .314 successful 48 games during nan 2016 season. But it was during nan playoffs that he emerged, batting .364 while appearing successful each 11 of nan team’s postseason games — including a .462 batting mean and 1.082 OPS successful nan National League Championship Series against nan Chicago Cubs.

In 2017, Toles made nan opening-day roster and was nan Dodgers’ superior leadoff hitter. But an ACL tear successful early May ended his play aft 31 games, and he appeared successful 17 games pinch nan Dodgers during nan 2018 season.

By 2020, Toles was recovered sleeping down a building astatine Key West International Airport successful Florida. He was bum and taken to a intelligence wellness facility.

At past report, Toles was successful nan attraction of his father, Alvin, who said Andrew is successful a “zombie-like” condition. ”We are having challenges,” Alvin told USA Today successful 2021, “but thing that God and I can’t handle. Schizophrenia, it’s conscionable truthful tough. I mean, he can’t moreover watch TV. He hears voices and nan TV astatine nan aforesaid time, truthful it’s benignant of confusing. I’ve seen him looking astatine immoderate shot games connected his laptop, but I don’t deliberation he really understands what’s going on. I conscionable want him to person a chance successful life. That’s all. Just to beryllium healthy, unrecorded a normal life.”

MLB’s restricted database is utilized to spot a subordinate who is unavailable owed to non-baseball reasons, specified arsenic individual issues. It has besides been utilized erstwhile a subordinate retires astatine a young property without getting an unconditional release, but past returns to playing. Right-hander Salomon Torres spent a respective years connected nan restricted database aft playing from 1993-97 for 3 teams earlier returning to nan fields successful 2002 astatine property 29 to transportation for 7 much seasons pinch 2 teams. (He spent a twelvemonth pitching successful South Korea successful 2001 earlier his MLB return.)