Touki Toussaint didn’t have his phone with him. He was at dinner with family and friends, celebrating his 19th birthday, when then-teammate Brad Keller got a phone call from their Low-A pitching coach, Doug Bochtler, who was looking for Toussaint.
Bochtler told him he needed to get his phone and call Diamondbacks farm director Mike Bell. When he did, Bell gave him the news.
“He said, ‘Hey Touk, you got traded,’” Bell said. “So I walked back inside and told my family. They’re like, ‘No you didn’t.’ Two seconds later, I got a phone call from the Braves saying welcome.