Jonathan Araúz
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1998 (26 years old)
Birth Place
Alanje, PanamaPosition
Shortstop
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Active
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3
Height
6' 0"
Weight
195
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Right
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Norfolk Tides
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Triple-A East
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Jonathan Aldair Araúz (born August 3, 1998) is a Panamanian professional baseball shortstop and second baseman for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides. 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. He played for the GCL Phillies in 2015, hitting .254/.309/.370/.679 with 2 home runs and 18 RBI.
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.
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. 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. 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.
Boston Red Sox
On December 12, 2019, Araúz was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 2019 Rule 5 draft. 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. He made his first MLB start on July 30, against the New York Mets, and collected his first MLB hit on August 10, against the Tampa Bay Rays. Overall with the 2020 Red Sox, Araúz batted .250 with one home run and nine RBIs in 25 games. 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.
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