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Biography
Dian Toscano Carrera is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. Toscano played in the Cuban National Series for the Naranjas de Villa Clara from 2008 to 2012.
Career
Toscano agreed to terms for a major league contract with the Atlanta Braves on December 8, 2014 and officially signed the deal on January 28, 2015. The deal paid Toscano $6 million over four years and includes a $1.2 million signing bonus.
Toscano did not arrive in the United States until April 2015. Due to visa problems that were not solved until July, he did not play in games at any level during the season and was limited to workouts at the Braves spring training facility, the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. He was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 30, 2016, along with Bud Norris, a player to be named later (Alec Grosser), and cash, in exchange for minor league pitchers Caleb Dirks and Philip Pfeifer. The Dodgers assigned him to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in the California League, where he hit .226 in 58 games. He was released on April 3, 2017.