Óscar González

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Óscar Luis González Arrindell

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.

• Debut May 26, 2022

• Born January 10, 1998 in Sabana Grande de Palenque, San Cristobal D.R.

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Biographical Information

Óscar González won a MVP Award in the minors and played on the Dominican national team before making his major league debut.

González was signed by the Cleveland Indians in 2014. He had a rough pro debut the next summer, hitting .203/.262/.324 for the DSL Indians. He split 2016 between the AZL Indians (.303/.342/.566 in 40 G) and Mahoning Valley Scrappers (0 for 3, BB). He tied Seuly Matias and Cristian Santana for the Arizona League home run lead (8) and led in slugging (.041 ahead of runner-up Curtis Terry. He joined Joel Booker and Sandro Fabian on the AZL All-Star outfield and was named league MVP. Baseball America named him the #13 prospect in the loop, between Dustin May and Fabian.

Oscar spent all of 2017 with the Scrappers but his batting line fell to .283/.301/.388 with 3 homers in 55 games; he only drew five walks. With the 2018 Lake County Captains, he rebounded somewhat to .292/.310/.435 with 13 dingers; he still had only 12 walks in 114 games. He was 7th in the Midwest League in average, between Austin Beck and Hunter Hargrove. He was 4th with 201 total bases, between Elehuris Montero and Ronaldo Hernandez. Among Indians minor leaguers, he tied Yu Chang and Connor Marabell for 10th in home runs and was 4th in total bases (between Marabell and Nolan Jones). That winter, he was 2 for 10 for the Estrellas de Oriente.

The Sabana Grande de Palenque native split 2019 between the Lynchburg Hillcats (.319/.342/.455 in 96 G) and Akron RubberDucks (.188/.210/.271 in 29 G). He had 27 doubles and 70 runs while increasing his walks to 15. He won the Carolina League batting title by .010 ahead of Cole Freeman and was second in slugging (.022 behind Mario Feliciano) but did not make the top 10 in OBP. He was 5th in OPS, between Freeman and Brewer Hicklen. He joined Hicklen and Steele Walker as the league's All-Star outfielders. Among Indians farmhands, he was 2nd with 141 hits (10 behind Tyler Freeman), tied Ka'ai Tom for 6th with 27 doubles and 7th in RBI.

He then played for the Dominican team in the 2019 Premier 12. He was 0 for 6 with a run and had one putout and one assist in right field. After sitting out the 2020 season because the minor leagues were shut down by the Coronavirus pandemic, he returned in 2021 with Akron before earning a mid-season promotion to the AAA Columbus Clippers. Between the two teams, in 121 games, he hit .293/.329/.542, with 31 homers and 93 RBIs. The major league Indians had trouble all season getting offensive production from their outfielders, but did not give Oscar a shot. In 2022, he started the year in Columbus and was putting up similar numbers as the previous year in his first 41 games, with a .282 average, a .506 slugging percentage, 9 homers and 33 RBIs. On May 26th, the now re-named Cleveland Guardians called him up and inserted him in the starting line-up in right field against the Detroit Tigers. He went 2 for 4 in a 4-3 loss, his first major league huit being a single off Tarik Skubal.

Notable Achievements

• 2016 Player of the Year Arizona League AZL Indians

Further Reading

• Shaun O'Neill: "Gonzalez brings stability in RF for Guardians: Rookie swats solo HR in San Diego, helps power Cleveland to victory", mlb.com, August 24, 2022. [1]

Related Sites

• Oscar Gonzalez on mlb.com
• BR Register page