Toasty Baseball

Meet Our Coaches

Professional experience. Relentless standards. The mentors building the stars of the future.

  • Ryan Santos

    Ryan Santos

    Owner / Head Coach

    Ryan brings extensive experience in the competitive baseball, youth development, and operational space. Having played and coached at advanced levels, Ryan combines on-field expertise with leadership, leading the Toasty Family in mechanics, strategy, situational gameplay, strength and conditioning, and knowledge. Ryan currently supports 15 youth teams across Ontario, while playing for the Guelph Royals in the Canadian Baseball League. Throughout his career, Ryan has maintained a career .320 hitter, playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs for 7 years (CBL), Dodge City and Tusculum University through College, and the Ontario Blue Jays (CPBL), remaining a key player at the plate and on the field.

  • Harley Gollert

    Harley Gollert

    Pitching Coach

    Harley brings a wealth of pitching knowledge to the Toasty Family. In his 2nd year with Toasty Baseball Inc., Harley focuses on youth development with teams and athletes across the GTA. Harley works with pitchers to take their game to the next level by working on mechanics, pitch strategy, metrics and recovery. As a player, Harley has a 4.85 career ERA, currently pitching for the Trois-Rivières Aigles in the Frontier League with a most recent appearance pitching 5 innings with 2 hits and 10 strikeouts. Harley was also selected to represent Canada at WBSC Copa America as part of their Senior National Team, and pitched in the College World Series with Oral Roberts University.

  • Taeg Gollert

    Taeg Gollert

    Hitting Coach

    Taeg officially joins the Toasty coaching staff after four years at Missouri State. The D1 player finished his senior year leading the league in career extra base hits, top 3 player with doubles across the program, and 16 HR this year alone. Taeg brings an additional perspective to Toasty Baseball Inc., and will continue to support team and individual athletes on swing mechanics and techniques at the plate.

  • Kevin MacDonald

    Kevin MacDonald

    Infield and Pitching Coach

    Kevin enters his second year with Toasty Baseball as a hitting and pitching coach. With more than 15 years of coaching experience, he is dedicated to getting the most out of his athletes to succeed both on and off the field. As a player, Kevin competed in the Ontario University Athletics Conference as a pitcher and infielder for Ryerson University (TMU) while coaching High Park Little League. He has worked with athletes ranging from 7-15 years old, and is now the pitching coach for High Park U22 and Assistant Coach at Toronto Metropolitan University.

  • AG

    Alex Guest