Bio
RHP Pedro Gonzalez joins Sioux City after spending six seasons with the Washington Nationals organization. Gonzalez would compile an 18-23 record in 297.2 innings with a 5.02 ERA, reaching High-A in the Nationals system. In 2023, with Fredericksburg in the Carolina League, the right-hander went 8-3 in 34 games, working all in relief for the Nationals. He posted a 4.32 ERA in 73 career high innings with 50 strikeouts, walking 20 with a 1.384 WHIP. Gonzalez would pick up two saves while finishing eight games for the club.
In 2022, Gonzalez made two stops with the Washington organization, making 12 relief appearances with the rookie-level Florida Complex League Nationals, working in 21.2 innings with15 strikeouts. He would to 1-1 with a 3.32 ERA and finished second on the club with three saves. In nine games at A level Fredericksburg, Gonzalez pitched 14 innings with eight strikeouts. For the season combined, the right-hander would pitch in 35.2 innings with 23 strikeouts with a 1.570 WHIP with a 5.05 ERA.
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The 2021 season was another two-stop season for Gonzalez, repeating his 2022 season. He would spend most of the season at the Nationals Complex League team pitching in 33.1 innings with 33 strikeouts and a 2-2 record with a 5.40 ERA. In six games at Fredericksburg, Gonzalez went 0-5 in six games, making three starts in 9.2 innings. He added 10 strikeouts with a 2.276 WHIP and a 11.17 ERA. For the season Gonzalez would toss 43 innings with 43 strikeouts in 20 games with six starts and a 2-7 record. He had a 6.70 ERA with a 1.791 WHIP in the Nationals system.
Prior to the cancellation of the 2020 season, Gonzalez would split time at rookie-level Gulf Coast and short-season A Auburn in the New York-Penn League in 2019. The righty went 1-2 in the GCL with a 3.81 ERA in 28.1 innings with 21 strikeouts in eight games with two starts while notching two saves. At short season A, he was 1-4 with a 9.69 ERA in 13 innings. For the season he would go 2-6 in 41.1 innings in 13 games with three starts. Gonzalez struck out 30 while posting a 1.597 WHIP for the season.
Gonzalez would go a combined 4-3 with a 3.81 ERA in two stops in 2018 at the rookie-level Dominican Summer League and the Gulf Coast League. He would strikeout 54 batters in 52 innings while making nine starts and adding another three relief appearances with a 1.154 WHIP. In his rookie season of 2017, Gonzalez would spend the entire season with the Nationals team in the DSL. He made 12 starts over 52.2 innings with 44 strikeouts while going 1-3 and a 1.633 WHIP. The Nationals signed Gonzalez on December 27, 2016 as a free agent out of Chitre, Panama.