Jonathan Araúz


Jonathan Aldair Araúz is a Panamanian professional baseball shortstop for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Listed at and, 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. He made his MLB debut with the Red Sox on July 24, 2020, during the team's first game of the season, in a pinch hit situation. He later made his first career start on July 30th, 2020, against the New York Mets. In his first start, he went 0-for-3 before being pinch hit for by Rafael Devers in the 8th inning.