Jonathan Araúz
Jonathan Aldair Araúz (; born August 3, 1998), also known as "The Ooze," is a Panamanian professional baseball shortstop and second baseman for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). 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. On July 24, 2020, he made his MLB debut with the Red Sox in the team's first game of the season, batting as a pinch hitter against the Baltimore Orioles. He made his first MLB start on July 30, against the New York Mets, and collected his first MLB hit on August 10, against the  Tampa Bay Rays. Overall with the 2020 Red Sox, Araúz batted .250 with one home run and nine RBIs in 25 games. After the 2020 season, he played for Panama in the 2021 Caribbean Series, batting .269 in six games. Araúz began the 2021 season in Triple-A, with the Worcester Red Sox. He was called up to Boston during May, July, and August. On September 10, Araúz was placed on the COVID-related injured list. He was activated on September 23 and optioned to Worcester. Araúz played in a total of 28 games for Boston, batting .185 (12-for-65 ) with three home runs and eight RBIs. He also appeared in 68 games for Worcester, batting .245 with six home runs and 30 RBIs.