Tomás Telis

Tomás Telis (born June 18, 1991) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League.

Telis signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent on July 2, 2007 as a shortstop and was moved to catcher.

He split the 2009 season between the rookie ball AZL Rangers and the Low-A Spokane Indians, batting .330/.340/.498 between the two clubs.

[3] He made his debut that day against the Seattle Mariners as the starting catcher, and notched his first major league hit in the game, a bunt single off of Brandon Maurer.

[4] He finished the 2015 season between the Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs and the Marlins, collecting 4 hits in 27 at-bats for the major league club.

In 2016, Telis spent the majority of the season in New Orleans, but played in 10 games with Miami, notching 4 hits in 13 at-bats.

[10] However, on April 23, Telis was removed from the 40-man roster without making an appearance for the Twins and was assigned to the Triple-A St. Paul Saints.

On October 1, 2024, Telis was traded to the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League in exchange for Saúl Garza.