Nick Gonzales

Nicholas Joseph Gonzales

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 195 lb.
• School New Mexico State University
• High School Cienega High School
• Debut June 23, 2023

• Born May 27, 1999 in Vail, AZ USA

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Biographical Information

Infielder Nick Gonzales was the 7th overall pick of the 2020 amateur draft, by the Pittsburgh Pirates out of New Mexico State University. When that season had been suspended and then cancelled after 16 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was hitting .448, and the year before he had batted .432 in 55 games, after putting up an average of .347 in 57 games as a freshman in 2018. He was the highest draft pick in his school's history.

After signing with the Pirates, with Derrick Van Dusen being the signing scout, he spent the 2021 season with the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the High-A East, where he hit .303/.385/.565 in 80 games. He hit 23 doubles and 18 homers, scored 53 runs and drove in 54. He was named a league and organization All-Star. He then played in the Arizona Fall League after the season and continued to batter opposing pitchers, with a .380 average in 19 games. In 2022, the Pirates assigned him to the Altoona Curve of the AA Eastern League, where he slowed down a bit, being forced to play a few games with the FCL Pirates and Bradenton Marauders on rehabilitation assignments. In 71 games for Altoona, he hit .263/.383/.420, with 20 doubles but only 7 homers. He repeated as an organization All-Star. He returned to the AFL after the season and batted .279 and slugged .500 in 18 games.

Further Reading

• Justice delos Santos: "'Nick is the truth': Pirates' Gonzales eyeing sophomore encore", mlb.com, March 7, 2022.[1]

Related Sites

• Nick Gonzales on mlb.com
• BR Minors page
• New Mexico State University bio