Gabriel Arias #43

GABRIEL ALEJANDRO ARIAS GOMEZ (\\ARE-ee-as\\)...Married, Genesis and has three daughters and one son...Enjoys playing video games, ping pong and soccer in his spare time...Favorite athletes growing up: Fernando Tatis and Ronald Acuña Jr...Favorite musical artist: Bad Bunny.

2025

Established himself as Cleveland’s everyday shortstop, setting career highs in games (129), hits (95), home runs (11) and RBI (54)...Was at his best in the clutch, finishing the season with a .315 (28-for-89) batting average with RISP, the third-highest mark on the team, behind José Ramírez (.321) and Steven Kwan (.336)...Finished third on the club in 2B and fourth in RBI...After the season appeared in 41 games for La Guaira in the LVBP (VZ winter ball, 28 RBI, .880 OPS, 17 XBH)...Broke camp with the Major League club, playing primarily second and third base…Assumed regular shortstop duties on May 9 …Hit safely in 12 of his 15 games, Sept. 3-20, with Cleveland going 14-1 over that stretch...Was 21-for-60 (.350, 9XBH, 15RBI) on first pitch...Suffered a left ankle sprain on June 29 vs. St. Louis and was on the 10-day IL from June 30-July 24...Notched his first career four-hit game on May 7 at Washington (4-for-5, 2B) and drove in a career-best four runs on Aug. 4 at NY Mets...Finished the season with three outs above average, landing him in the 84th percentile of fielders, per Baseball Savant...Owned an average arm strength of 92.5 mph, the highest mark among qualified MLB infielders (2B, 22, 3B) and 23rd overall among all MLB position players…Made 102 starts at SS (3 DRS), three starts at third and 19 starts at 2B (1 DRS).

2024

Split the season between Cleveland and AAA Columbus, making his second straight Opening Day roster... Showed flashes of consistency during his first half tenure with Cleveland, hitting .306 (11-for-36, .898 OPS) in June...Was with the ML club from March 28-July 10 before spending remainder of season in Columbus... Positional/Fielding: 20G/18 GS 3B, 14GS SS, 2G/1GS RF, 2G/1GS LF, 4G/1GS 1B, 6G/4GS 2B, 4G/2GS CF 2 GS DH...Endured a 1-for-16 stretch over his last seven games before July 11 option...Improved against LHP, raising average/OPS to .258/.695 from 2023 levels (.083/.316)...Became only player in club history to play SS, 1B and RF in same game (4/14 vs. NYY; sixth in MLB history; the other five played all nine positions)...Started at seven different positions (all besides P/C; only MLB player other than HOU Mauricio Dubón to do so).…Career-high three RBI, 6/25 at BAL...Improved with Columbus, hitting safely in 35 of 42 games with a plate appearance and ended the season with a 12-game on-base streak (53 hits in 43 total games)...Also had a 13-game on-base streak in mid-Aug. and collected an extra-base hit in five straight games to end season (4 2B 3B)...Hit .357 (15-for-42) off LHP...Made starts at SS (31), 3B (4), RF (3)... Hit a combined .274 (46-for-168) with 11 2B, nine HR and 29 RBI in 39 games for Magallanesi in the LVBP after the season (reg./PS).

2023

Ended season on the 10-day IL (R wrist fracture) after experiencing soreness on Sept. 23 and was limited to four plate appearances after Sept. 22...Hit .211 (16-for-76) in Sept. (20-G, 9 RBI, 25K)...Positional: 35G/14GS at 1B, 14G/11GS 3B, 1GS 2B, 53G/46GS SS, 19G/16GS RF...Homered in back-to-back games, 5/18-19 (first time)...Led the team in avg exit velo (91.1, 77th-MLB percentile) and his 46% hard-hit rate was in 77th %-ile in MLB...Following July 26 trade of Amed Rosario to the Dodgers, batted .228 (39-for-171) with 10 2B, 6 HR, 20 RBI in 48 games to finish the season (37 GS at SS)...Appeared in 27 games in the Puerto Rican winter league following the season.

2022

Spent most of the year at AAA Columbus, making his Major League debut in a doubleheader vs. CWS on April 20 as the 27th player…Overall spent three stints in Cleveland, the last of which came Sept. 21-end of season and was on both Postseason rosters…Debuted in Game 3 of the ALDS vs. NYY, collecting season/career-high two hits…Started last three games of ALDS due to Naylor being limited to DH...Was on the AAA IL, 5/2-6/24, with a right-hand fracture that required surgery and a rehab stint with the ACL club in Goodyear...Appeared in 77 games in Triple-A, batting .240 (69-for-288) with nine 2B, 13 HR, 36 RBI and 25 BB…Batted .250 (7-for-28, 2B, HR, 4RBI, 7BB, .417obp) during final stint in Cleveland after Sept. 20…First career HR, 9/28 vs. TB (T Glasnow)...Overall at Columbus started at five different positions (LF, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS), making his pro debut in left and first base starting in mid-August…Started at all four infield positions with the Guardians.

2021

Made the jump from High-A to Triple-A in 2021, spending the entire season at AAA Columbus...At 21 years of age was 5.4 years below the International League average of 26.4...Also vaulted into the Top 100 Prospects in MLB (#73) according to MLB Pipeline...Led the club in almost every offensive category, including hits (124), runs (64), doubles (29), RBI (55) and OPS (.802)...Was second among Cleveland Minor League players in hits and doubles and third in extra-base hits (45) and total bases (198)...Among Triple-A East leaders, was fourth in doubles, fifth in hits and seventh in total bases...Named as having best INF arm and 5th-best prospect in the system by Baseball America (3rd-overall by MLB Pipeline; 73rd-best in all of MLB)....Homered in his first Triple-A plate appearance, May 4 at Louisville...Struggled in May, batting .211 (16-for-76) with a 2B, 2 HR and 7 RBI in 22 games...Batted at least .286 in the remaining four full months...Over the second half (61 games, July 13-Oct. 2), he batted .316 (77-for-244) with 22 2B, 2 3B, 7 HR, 36 RBI and 28 runs (.357/.508/.865)... Reached base in 27 straight from July 18-Aug. 19...Doubled three times and had 2 RBI on Sept. 18 at Toledo (9 doubles in 11G, 9/5-9/19)...Was named AAA East Player of the Week, Sept. 14-19 (12-for-26, .462, 6 2B, 6RS)...Over his final 19 games (9/3-10/1) he batted .342 (25-for-73) with 9 2B, 3 HR, 18 RBI and 13 runs (1.009 OPS).

2020

Enters 2021 ranks 87th-overall prospect in MLB according to Baseball Prospectus...Was a spring invitee to Major League camp with the Padres, batting .333 (5-for-15) with 1 RBI and 1 SB in 9 games (.444OB%)...Was assigned to the Padres Alternate Training Site at the Univ. of San Diego upon the outset of the season and was transferred to the Lake County site with Cleveland following the Aug. 31 trade...Entering the 2020 season, ranked as the Padres No. 9 prospect per Baseball America.

2019

Spent the entire season with Lake Elsinore (A), batting .302 (144-for-477) with 21 2B, 4 3B, 17 HR, 75 RBI, 62 runs scored and a .809 OPS in 120 games...set career highs in a multitude of offensive categories (AVG, OBP, SLG and HR)...Among California League qualifiers, ranked 3rd in RBI and total bases (224), 4th in AVG, and hits, 6th in SLG (.470) and 7th in OPS...Hit safely in 14 of 17 games from April 15 to May 9, batting .310 (18-for-58) with 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI and 6 BB during that stretch...Hit .353 versus lefties and .288 versus righties while hitting .322 at home versus .280 on the road...Hit .357 (5-for-14) with 1 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI and 2 BB in the Cal League Championship Series vs. Visalia.

2018

Spent the entire campaign with Fort Wayne (A), batting .240 (109-for-455) with 3 3B, 6 HR, 55 RBI and a career-high 27 2B and 41 BB...On August 27, hit FW's 1st cycle since 1993, going 5-for-6 with 5 RBI and 2 runs scored in a 15-5 TinCaps win over the South Bend Cubs...Played 111 games at SS (110 starts), making 30 errors in 492 total chances…also played 6 games (all starts) at 3B...Played winter ball in Venezuela during the offseason for the Tiburones de La Guaira where he slashed .254/.323/.288 in 24 games.

2017

Split his 1st season as a professional between AZL Padres 2 (R) and Fort Wayne (A), batting a collective .265 with 7 2B, 3 3B, 17 RBI, 12 BB and 26 runs scored...Made his professional debut with the AZL Padres 2, slashing .275/.329/.353...During the offseason, played for the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League and hit .271 (29-for-107) with 6 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR and 23 RBI in 29 games.