Andruw Monasterio

Andruw José Monasterio

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 186 lb.

• Debut May 28, 2023

• Born May 30, 1997 in Caracas, Distrito Capital Venezuela

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Biographical Information

Infielder Andruw Monasterio was originally signed by the Chicago Cubs as an international amateur free agent out of Venezuela on March 7, 2014. He played in the Cubs system from 2014 until he was traded to the Washington Nationals on August 21, 2018 in return for Daniel Murphy. He was still playing in Class A at the time and finished the year with the Potomac Nationals of the Carolina League after starting it in the same year with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. He hit .267/.363/.338 in 122 games between the two clubs.

His stay in the Nats system was short-lived, as on December 17th, he was traded again, this time heading to the Cleveland Indians as the player to be named later in an earlier trade that had landed Washington C Yan Gomes. He played in the Indians system in 2019 and 2021, sitting out the 2020 season when the minor leagues were shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic. An injury limited him to 70 games for the AA Akron Rubber Ducks in 2019, and he hit just .217 with 1 homer and 11 RBIs, but he did much better in 2021, combining to bat .287/.371/.442 in 107 games between Akron and the AAA Columbus Clippers. He became a free agent after the season and signed with the Milwaukee Brewers before the 2021-2022 lockout put a freeze on transactions until March.

In 2022, he again split time between AA and AAA, the Biloxi Shuckers of the Southern League and the Nashville Sounds of the International League respectively. In 110 games, he hit .271/.364/.406 with 69 runs, 9 homers and 44 RBIs. He started the 2023 season with Nashville and was hitting .271 in 42 games when he got the call to Milwaukee on May 27th. He made his debut the next day, as a defensive replacement at second base in a 7-5 win over the San Francisco Giants and striking out against Tristan Beck in his first major league at-bat in the 6th inning. He ended up playing 92 games for Milwaukee that season, splitting his time between third base and second base, with a few games at shortstop as well. He hit .259 with 3 homers and 27 RBIs and his OPS+ was 86. He made his postseason debut after the season, appearing in both games of Milwaukee's loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the Wild Card Series and striking out in his only at-bat.

In 2024, he started the season with Milwaukee, then was sent down to AAA Nashville twice in the first few weeks of the season before being called up for good to the Show on May 4th. In 10 games in the minors, he went 9 for 37, but in Milwaukee, he was strictly a back-up at third and second, with a few games at first base, for a total of just 59 games and 125 at-bats. The lack of regular action reflected itself in his stats, as he hit just .208 with 1 homer and 16 RBIs, his OPS+ falling to 63. He was a starter in only 34 games all year and did not see any action in the postseason. Following the season, he played for the Caribes de Anzoátegui and in two and a half months in the Venezuelan League, had more at-bats than in the entire previous season, hitting .302 in 43 games.

He started the 2025 season in Nashville where he hit .250 in 30 games before getting the call to Milwaukee on May 9th. Then the pattern from the previous year repeated itself, as he had very few plate appearances while appearing mostly as a defensive replacement at all four infield positions. He did contribute a big hit on September 13th, however, when his 10th inning single off Kyle Leahy drove in Caleb Durbin with the winning run, capping a two-run rally that gave the Brewers a 9-8 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The win made the Brewers the first team to clinch a spot in the postseason that year. Typically, he had only entered the game in the 8th inning after Milwaukee had used Rhys Hoskins to pinch-hit for SS Joey Ortiz; it was his second plate appearance of the game as in the bottom of the 9th, he had been hit by a pitch by Riley O'Brien and had come in to score as part of a three-run rally that sent the game to extra innings. Overall, he hit .270 in 68 games but just 126 at-bats, with 4 homers and 16 RBIs. His OPS+ of 109 was easily the highest of his career. He appeared in 4 games in the postseason, but with only one plate appearance, which resulted in a walk.

On February 9, 2026, he was included in a six-player trade to the Boston Red Sox, alongside fellow infielders Caleb Durbin and Anthony Seigler and a Competitive Balance Round B pick in the 2026 amateur draft, in return for Ps Shane Drohan and Kyle Harrison and IF David Hamilton. He was joining a crowded infield in Boston and was far from certain of making the team as spring training got under way.

Further Reading

• Rich Rovito: "Crew celebrates clinch in only way they know how -- with a walk-off", mlb.com, September 14, 2025. [1]

Related Sites

• Andruw Monasterio on mlb.com