Familiar Names Toglia and Gorrell Part of Newest AppleSox Signees

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Head Coach Ian Sanderson announced the addition of six new players to the 2021 roster. The AppleSox welcome back two players with previous ties to the team as well as four others.

Garrett Cutting

After only playing one game last spring as a junior, Garrett Cutting is looking to wrap up his tenure at Arbor View High School on a high note. He hit .548 with 17 extra-base hits in 28 games and posted a 4.99 ERA in seven appearances two years ago as a sophomore. He’ll enroll at Oregon this fall after playing for the AppleSox.

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Dakota Duffalo

Dakota Duffalo is looking to make his season debut in his freshman year at Utah. He hit .283 while at Red Mountain High School, including his junior year in which he hit .274 with 10 extra-base hits and 25 RBI in 31 games in 2019.

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Gavin Gorrell

Southpaw Gavin Gorrell rejoins the AppleSox for the 2021 season two years after first pitching for them. Gorrell went 4-2 with a 4.22 ERA and struck out 32 in 38.1 innings for the AppleSox. He appeared in 10 games, including one postseason start, and he allowed three-runs-or-fewer in seven games.

“We are excited about having a returning player in Gavin,” Sanderson said. “He knows how to be a leader and will help guys on this pitching staff.” 

After pitching for Northern Colorado in 2018, Gorrell transferred to Boise State and sat out the 2019 season. He appeared in three games and gave up eight runs over 11 innings for the Broncos in last spring’s shortened season. Gorrell pitched for the Willmar Stingers of the Northwoods League last summer and posted a 3.97 ERA in 11 games.

Jacob Hughes

Incoming freshman Jacob Hughes is set to join Oregon this fall after playing for the AppleSox. Hughes only appeared in one game last year for Rocky Mountain High School in Meridian, ID, but toed the rubber five times the year before and posted a 4.20 ERA and struck out 15 in 20 innings. His finest high school season was his freshman year. He recorded a 1.77 ERA and punched out 28 in 35.2 innings for the junior varsity team.

Hunter Salinas

The COVID-19-cancelled 2020 season interrupted many careers. It gave Hunter Salinas a third freshman year at Colorado State University Pueblo. After redshirting in 2019, he had not appeared in a game in 2020 before the season was shut down. He has yet to appear in a game in the 2021 season to date. Salinas had a strong career at Lake Travis High School. He batted .418 as a senior, hit .491 in 19 games as a junior and belted five home runs and drove in 24 runs as a sophomore.

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Zach Toglia

The Toglia family’s ties to the AppleSox continue with Zach joining the AppleSox this summer. His older brother, Michael, played for the AppleSox in 2016 and won West Coast League MVP before getting drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the first round in 2019. Zach is a senior at Gig Harbor High School this spring and will join Utah as a freshman this fall.

"We’re excited to keep it in the family by bringing Zach aboard this summer,” Sanderson said.

Michael and Zach will be the first set of brothers to play for the AppleSox since Marco and Alex Gonzales played for the AppleSox in 2010 and 2017, respectively.

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