Merandy González
Merandy González is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He has previously played in Major League Baseball for the Miami Marlins.
Career
New York Mets
González was signed by the New York Mets as an international free agent on March 6, 2013. He made his professional debut that season with the DSL Mets and spent the whole season there, going 4–1 with a 2.82 ERA in 44.2 innings pitched. He returned to the DSL in 2014 and pitched to a 3–4 record and 3.51 ERA in 14 games. In 2015, he pitched for the GCL Mets and Kingsport Mets where he compiled a 4–3 record and 2.57 ERA in 66.2 innings pitched, and in 2016 he played with the Brooklyn Cyclones where he posted a 6–3 record, 2.87 ERA, and 1.33 WHIP in 14 starts. He began 2017 with the Columbia Fireflies and was promoted to the St. Lucie Mets in June.Miami Marlins
On July 28, 2017, he was traded by the Mets along with Ricardo Cespedes for A. J. Ramos. Miami assigned him to the Jupiter Hammerheads and he finished the season there. In 22 games between Columbia, St. Lucie, and Jupiter, he was 13–3 with a 1.66 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, and a.212 batting average against. On November 20, 2017, the Marlins added him to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. He began 2018 with the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.González made his Major League debut on April 19, 2018. In doing so, he became the first Columbia Fireflies played to reach the major leagues. He spent the majority of the year with Triple-A Jacksonville, posting a 3-6 record and 4.32 ERA across 14 starts. In 8 appearances for the Marlins during his rookie campaign, González registered a 5.73 ERA with 19 strikeouts in 22.0 innings pitched.
St. Louis Cardinals
On March 2, 2019, González was claimed off waivers by the San Francisco Giants. He was optioned to the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats to begin the year, but was designated for assignment on March 25 following the waiver claim of Tom Murphy.On March 28, González was claimed off waivers by the St. Louis Cardinals and optioned to the Double-A Springfield Cardinals. He pitched to a 6.75 ERA, 2.17 WHIP and 21:19 K:BB in 24 innings for Springfield before he was designated for assignment on June 8 following the promotion of Tommy Edman. González finished the year making 39 appearances for Springfield, but struggled to a 6.64 ERA with 39 strikeouts in innings pitched. He elected free agency following the season on November 4.