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Jonathan Araúz
Araúz with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers in 2019
Boston Red Sox – No. 3
Shortstop
Born: (1998-08-03) August 3, 1998 (age 26)
Alanje, Panama
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 24, 2020, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
(through May 16, 2021)
Batting average.250
Home runs1
Runs batted in10
Teams

Jonathan Aldair Araúz (ah-rah-OOZ;[1] born August 3, 1998) is a Panamanian professional baseball shortstop and second baseman for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 150 pounds (68 kg), he throws right-handed and is a switch hitter.

Playing career

Philadelphia Phillies

Araúz signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an international free agent on August 7, 2014.[2] He played for the GCL Phillies in 2015, hitting .254/.309/.370/.679 with 2 home runs and 18 RBI.[3]

Houston Astros

On December 12, 2015, the Phillies traded Araúz and Ken Giles to the Houston Astros in exchange for Brett Oberholtzer, Harold Araúz, Mark Appel, Tom Eshelman, and Vince Velasquez.[4]

Araúz played for the Greeneville Astros in 2016, hitting .249/.323/.338/.661 with 2 home runs and 18 RBI. Araúz was suspended for 50 games at the beginning of the 2017 season, after testing positive for methamphetamine.[5] He split the 2017 season between the Tri City ValleyCats and the Quad Cities River Bandits, hitting a combined .242/.336/.319/.655 with 1 home run and 15 RBI. He split the 2018 season between Ouad Cities and the Buies Creek Astros, hitting a combined .229/.305/.373/.678 with 8 home runs and 47 RBI.[6] Araúz split the 2019 season between the Fayetteville Woodpeckers and the Corpus Christi Hooks, combining to hit .249/.319/.388/.707 with 11 home runs and 55 RBI.[7][8][9]

Boston Red Sox

On December 12, 2019, Araúz was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 2019 Rule 5 draft.[10] On July 24, 2020, he made his MLB debut with the Red Sox in the team's first game of the 2020 season, batting as a pinch hitter against the Baltimore Orioles.[11] He made his first MLB start on July 30, against the New York Mets,[12] and collected his first MLB hit on August 10, against the Tampa Bay Rays.[13] Overall with the 2020 Red Sox, Araúz batted .250 with one home run and nine RBIs in 25 games.[14] After the 2020 season, he played for Panama in the 2021 Caribbean Series.

Araúz began the 2021 season in Triple-A, with the Worcester Red Sox. He was called up to Boston on May 9, when Christian Arroyo went on the injured list, and was optioned back on May 17.[15]

References

  1. ^ Major League Baseball 2021 Player Name Presentation Preferences and Pronunciations. Retrieved April 27, 2021
  2. ^ Mark Polishuk (August 4, 2014). "Phillies Sign Jonathan Arauz". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  3. ^ Jason Burke (December 16, 2015). "Jonathan Arauz is More Than a Throw-In". 247Sports.com. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  4. ^ Jim Salisbury (December 12, 2015). "Mark Appel among 5 pitchers Phillies get in finalized Ken Giles trade". NBC Sports Philadelphia. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  5. ^ Bill Baer (April 4, 2017). "Astros prospect Jonathan Arauz suspended 50 games after testing positive for Methamphetamine". NBC Sports. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  6. ^ Steve Batterson (May 9, 2018). "Experience helps Bandits' Arauz swing a hot bat". Quad-City Times. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  7. ^ Peter Scamardo (August 1, 2019). "Hooks adjust to roster changes after Astros moves at trade deadline". Corpus Christi Caller Times. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  8. ^ Sammy Batten (June 18, 2019). "Fayetteville Woodpeckers' first-half highlights". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  9. ^ Tony Blengino (September 17, 2019). "Reports Of The Astros' Farm System's Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated". Forbes. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  10. ^ Cotillo, Chris (December 12, 2019). "Boston Red Sox select INF Jonathan Arauz in Rule 5 draft; must keep him on active roster or offer him back to Astros". masslive.com. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  11. ^ "Orioles vs. Red Sox". ESPN.com. July 24, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  12. ^ "Red Sox vs. Mets Box Score". MLB.com. July 30, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  13. ^ @BradyDGardner (August 10, 2020). "22-year old Jonathan Arauz picks up his first career MLB hit, knocking one between second and short" (Tweet). Retrieved August 10, 2020 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Jonathan Araúz Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  15. ^ "Red Sox Roster & Staff – Transactions". MLB.com. May 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
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