Joshua Henry James Tobias (born November 23, 1992) is an American baseball scout and former professional baseball second baseman. Career Tobias attended Southeast Guilford High School in Greensboro, North Carolina. He had a .502 batting average with nine home runs, 29 runs batted in, and 41 stolen bases as a senior in 2011. The News & Record named Tobias their high school player of the year. Tobias enrolled at the University of Florida, where he played college baseball for the Florida Gators. With Florida, Tobias was named to the Southeastern Conference's All-Freshman team in 2012. He appeared in the 2012 and 2015 College World Series. In 2012, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League. The Philadelphia Phillies selected Tobias in the tenth round of the 2015 MLB draft. Tobias began his professional career with the Williamsport Crosscutters of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League. He batted .321 in 61 games for Williamsport, and was named the team's most valuable player. In 2016, he played for the Lakewood BlueClaws of the Class A South Atlantic League, Tobias began the 2017 season with the Salem Red Sox of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, and was promoted to the Portland Sea Dogs of the Double-A Eastern League on May 1. Tobias batted a combined .284 with five home runs and 45 RBIs between both clubs. Overall during 2019, he appeared in 68 minor league games, batting .298 with four home runs and 24 RBIs. Following cancellation of the 2020 minor league season, Tobias retired as a player and took a role as a scout with the Red Sox.
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