Andrés Alfonso Giménez Osorio (born September 4, 1998) is a Venezuelan
professional baseball shortstop and
second baseman for the
Cleveland Guardians of
Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with the
New York Mets in 2020.
Career
New York Mets
Giménez signed with the
New York Mets as an international free agent in July 2015. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the
Dominican Summer League Mets and spent the whole season there, batting a combined .350 with three home runs, 38 RBIs, and a .992 OPS. In 2017, he played for the
Columbia Fireflies where he slashed .265/.346/.349 with four home runs and 31 RBIs in 92 games.
Giménez was rated as the best Mets prospect after the 2017 season by ''
Baseball America
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''. He spent the 2018 season with both the
St. Lucie Mets
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and the
Binghamton Rumble Ponies, batting .281/.347/.409 with six home runs, 46 RBIs, and 38 stolen bases in 122 total games between the two clubs. That summer, he played in the 2018
All-Star Futures Game
The All-Star Futures Game is an annual baseball exhibition game hosted by Major League Baseball (MLB) in conjunction with the mid-summer MLB All-Star Game. A team of American League-affiliated prospects competes against a team of National League ...
. He returned to Binghamton for the 2019 season, hitting .250/.309/.387 with nine home runs, 37 RBIs, and 28 stolen bases over 117 games.
Giménez was added to the Mets 40–man roster following the 2019 season.

Giménez made the Mets Opening Day roster in 2020, and made his Major League debut on July 24, 2020 at
Citi Field as an eighth inning defensive replacement for
Robinson Canó at second base. On July 29, Giménez made his first start, and recorded his first career hit off of
Boston Red Sox pitcher
Nathan Eovaldi, a single, in the second inning. In the sixth inning of the same game, Giménez tripled off
Marcus Walden to record his first career RBI.
Giménez received a single vote in
National League Rookie of the Year voting, tying him for seventh place with
Ian Anderson
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and
Sixto Sánchez. According to
Statcast, his sprint speed was tied for fourth-fastest among Major League shortstops on the season.
Cleveland Indians / Guardians

On January 7, 2021, the Mets traded Giménez,
Amed Rosario,
Josh Wolf, and
Isaiah Greene
Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Cleveland Guardians system.
Players Logan Allen
Logan Taylor Allen (born September 5, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization. ...
to the
Cleveland Indians for
Francisco Lindor and
Carlos Carrasco. Giménez was the team's
Opening Day
Opening Day is the day on which professional baseball leagues begin their regular season. For Major League Baseball (MLB) and most of the American minor leagues, this day typically falls during the first week of April, although in recent years ...
starter at shortstop. Giménez struggled at the start of the season and was demoted to
Triple-A on May 18.
In 2022 with the
Guardians, Gimenez experienced a breakout season, batting .297 with 17 HRs and 69 RBIs. He was elected to the All Star Game at 2nd base and started as a replacement for the injured
José Altuve. His reputation as a clutch hitter developed in 2022, as he had a 281
WRC+ in high leverage situations, meaning he hit 181% better than the average hitter in that position.
Gimenez won a
Gold Glove for his performance at 2nd base.
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gimenez, Andres
1998 births
Living people
American League All-Stars
Binghamton Rumble Ponies players
Cleveland Guardians players
Cleveland Indians players
Columbia Fireflies players
Dominican Summer League Mets players
Gold Glove Award winners
Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
Major League Baseball shortstops
New York Mets players
Scottsdale Scorpions players
Sportspeople from Barquisimeto
St. Lucie Mets players
Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States
Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic