Andrés Giménez


Andrés Alfonso Giménez Osorio is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.

Career

Giménez signed with the New York Mets as an international free agent in July 2015. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Dominican Summer League Mets and spent the whole season there, batting a combined.350 with three home runs, 38 RBIs, and a.992 OPS. In 2017, he played for the Columbia Fireflies where he slashed.265/.346/.349 with four home runs and 31 RBIs in 92 games.
Giménez was rated as the best Mets prospect after the 2017 season by Baseball America. He spent the 2018 season with both the St. Lucie Mets and the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, batting.281/.347/.409 with six home runs, 46 RBIs, and 38 stolen bases in 122 total games between the two clubs. That summer, he played in the 2018 All-Star Futures Game. He returned to Binghamton for the 2019 season, hitting.250/.309/.387 with nine home runs, 37 RBIs, and 28 stolen bases over 117 games.
Giménez was added to the Mets 40–man roster following the 2019 season.
Giménez made the Mets Opening Day roster in 2020, and made his Major League debut on July 24, 2020 at Citi Field as an eighth inning defensive replacement for Robinson Canó at second base. He recorded his first career hit off of Boston Red Sox pitcher Nathan Eovaldi, a single, in the second inning. In the sixth inning, Giménez tripled off Marcus Walden to record his first career RBI.