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Baseball player
Mateo Gil
Free agent
Shortstop / Third baseman
Born: (2000-07-24) July 24, 2000 (age 24)
Newport Beach, California
Bats: RightThrows: Right

Mateo Elijah Gil (born July 24, 2000) is an American professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent.

Gil was born in Newport Beach, California, while his father, Benji Gil, was playing for the Anaheim Angels. He attended Timber Creek High School in Fort Worth, Texas. As a senior in 2018, he batted .389 with six home runs, 43 RBIs, and six triples over 37 games while also compiling a 1.05 ERA. After the season, he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the third round (95th overall) of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. Gil signed with the Cardinals, forgoing his college commitment to Texas Christian University.

Gil made his professional debut that summer with the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Cardinals, batting .251 with one home run and twenty RBIs over 45 games. In 2019, he played with the Johnson City Cardinals of the Rookie-level Appalachian League and slashed .270/.324/.431 with seven home runs and 30 RBIs over 51 games. He also played in two games for the Palm Beach Cardinals of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. That offseason, he played in the Mexican Pacific League (MPL). He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gil, however, did return to the MPL that winter for the 2020–2021 season, playing with the Tomateros de Culiacan.

On February 1, 2021, Gil (alongside Austin Gomber, Elehuris Montero, Tony Locey, and Jake Sommers) was traded to the Colorado Rockies in the exchange for Nolan Arenado and $50 million. He was assigned to the Fresno Grizzlies of the Low-A West for the 2021 season, slashing .249/.294/.396 with nine home runs and 56 RBIs over 94 games. Gil opened the 2022 season in extended spring training before he was assigned to the Spokane Indians of the High-A Northwest League in mid-May. Over 48 games with Spokane, he batted .247 with six home runs and 26 RBIs.

After the 2022 season, the New York Mets selected him in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft. To open the 2023 season, he was assigned to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies of the Double-A Eastern League. He became a free agent after the 2024 season.

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