Gabriel Arias

Given name:	Gabriel Alejandro Arias
Nicknames:	None
Primary Pos:	Thirdbase
Hght/Wght:	6'1" / 217 lbs
Bats/Throws:	R / R
Born:	Feb 27, 2000 in La Victoria VE
Age:	25
Debut:	Apr 20, 2022

Biography

Gabriel Alejandro Arias (born February 27, 2000) is a Venezuelan professional baseball utility player for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.

Career

San Diego Padres

Arias signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in July 2016. He played his first professional season in 2017 with the Arizona League Padres and Fort Wayne TinCaps. After the season he played in the Australian Baseball League for the Canberra Cavalry. Arias played 2018 with the Fort Wayne and 2019 with the Lake Elsinore Storm. In 2020, he was invited to spring training with the Padres.

Cleveland Indians / Guardians

On August 31, 2020, the Padres traded Arias, Austin Hedges, Josh Naylor, Cal Quantrill, Owen Miller, and Joey Cantillo to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Mike Clevinger, Greg Allen, and Matt Waldron. The Indians selected Arias' contract on November 20, 2020, adding him to their 40-man roster.

He spent the 2021 season with the Triple-A Columbus Clippers. After beginning the 2022 season with Columbus, Arias was recalled by the Cleveland Guardians as the 29th man for their April 20, 2022, doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox.

Arias made his major league debut in game 1 of the April 20, 2022 doubleheader, starting at second base. On September 28, Arias hit his first career home run, a solo shot off of Tampa Bay Rays starter Tyler Glasnow.

Batting: Traditional

Clear Selected

Year	Age	Team	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	R	RBI	RP	BB	SO	SB	CS	NS
2022	22	Guardians	.191	.321	.319	.641	16	57	47	9	1	1	1	15	9	5	14	8	16	1	0	1	1	0
2023	23	Guardians	.210	.275	.352	.628	122	345	315	66	15	0	10	111	36	26	62	28	113	3	4	-1	1	1
2024	24	Guardians	.222	.255	.353	.608	53	161	153	34	9	1	3	54	15	15	30	6	53	5	2	3	1	1
2025	25	Guardians	.255	.313	.393	.706	44	161	145	37	8	0	4	57	21	19	40	11	43	2	2	0	2	2
Totals			---	---	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Average			---	---	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting: Advanced

Year	Age	Team	wOBA	wVAL	BpO	XBH	ISO	AB/HR	TB%	RP%	SB%	SBe	BB%	K%	BB/K
2022	22	Guardians	.295	.298	.632	3	.128	47.0	.263	.246	100.0	1	14.0	28.1	0.50
2023	23	Guardians	.277	.274	.562	25	.142	31.5	.322	.180	42.9	-9	8.1	32.8	0.25
2024	24	Guardians	.264	.270	.513	13	.131	51.0	.335	.186	71.4	-1	3.7	32.9	0.11
2025	25	Guardians	.311	.306	.648	12	.138	36.3	.354	.248	50.0	-4	6.8	26.7	0.26