Born05/25/1976 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
ProfileHt.: 6'4" / Wt.: 228 / Bats: R / Throws: R
Debut09/22/1998
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Background: Gonzalez is unique for a Dominican, having not played much baseball growing up. He still has never pitched in the Dominican winter league. He has spent his last three seasons as a reliever after primarily starting in his first three seasons. Strengths: Gonzalez has the size and stuff to be an overpowering, intimidating closer. He has a mid-90s fastball that is perfectly complemented by a lethal split-finger pitch that will occasionally touch 90 mph but is regularly thrown in the high 80s. Weaknesses: Gonzalez could use a slider to give him a pitch other than the fastball that he can throw for strike one. He gets himself in trouble with his command. The split-finger fastball would be more effective if he got ahead in the count. The Future: The Rockies envision Gonzalez as their future closer. He had a strong enough second half last year that he is ready to move to Colorado Springs.
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