Guido Monis

Guido Ariel Monis

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 0", Weight 198 lb.

• Born March 10, 1979 in Buenos Aires Argentina

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Biographical Information

Guido Monis was on the Argentinian national team that won Bronze at the 2010 South American Games. He was one of two left-handed pitchers with Argentina for the 2010 Pan American Games Qualification Tournament (Diego Corvalan was the other), posting a 11.57 ERA. He helped Argentina to a Gold in the 2011 South American Championship, a Gold in the 2012 South American Championship. In the 2013 South American Championship, he relieved Ezequiel Cufré‎ in the 9th against Brazil and Argentina rallied from a 1-0 deficit to win in extra innings. He played in the 2015 South American Championship. In the 2016 South American Championship, he had a 2.25 ERA in two outings as Argentina got the Silver. He pitched once for Argentina when they won the 2018 South American Championship, going two innings (2 H, 1 BB, 3 K) against Chile.

He pitched twice in the 2019 Pan American Games, allowing one run in 2 2/3 IP. The 43-year-old was the oldest player in the 2022 South American Championship, a year and 12 days older than Anibal Gabot of Bolivia. He certainly showed he was still sharp in the opener, when he shut out Ecuador in a five-inning mercy rule win. He allowed only four hits (two apiece by Alfonso Jalil and Gustavo Landin) and one walk while fanning four. In the finale, he relieved Lucas Ramón in the 6th of a scoreless game, but the bases loaded with no outs against Brazil. Iago Januário hit into a force at home, then Tiago Magalhães hit into a run-scoring error and Márcio Kikuchi hit a sacrifice fly. He was then succeeded by fellow veteran Diego Echeverría; Brazil hung on for the title. The veteran led Argentina in ERA.

Argentina played in the 2022 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers, their first World Baseball Classic Qualifier. He started against host Panama. He began well, retiring former major leaguers Allen Córdoba and Rubén Tejada. He plunked Jonathan Araúz then got L.J. Jones to pop-up. The second was not quite as smooth. He hit José Ramos, who stole second and took third on a throwing error. José Caballero hit a sacrifice fly. Rodrigo Orozco Jr. flew out, Carlos Sánchez singled and Edgar Muñoz walked. He hit Córdoba but Tejada flew out. After he hit Araúz to open the third, he was succeeded by Kevin Riello, but the inherited run scored and the bullpen gave up nine more runs in the next four innings. He took the loss to Humberto Mejía. He led the qualifiers in hit batsmen; no one else hit more than two.

Off the field, he has been a television producer.