Raúl Adalberto Mondesí (born July 27, 1995) is a Dominican-American professional baseball shortstop and second baseman who is a free agent.

He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals.

Mondesí is the first player in modern MLB history to make his debut in the World Series, doing so with the Royals in Game 3 on October 30, 2015, against the New York Mets.

[2] He made his professional debut in 2012 with the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Rookie-level Pioneer League, hitting .290/.346/.386 with three home runs in 50 games.

On May 10, Mondesi was suspended 50 games after testing positive for clenbuterol which is banned by Major League Baseball.

[11] On August 16, Mondesi hit his first major league home run against Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander.

[12] After beginning the 2018 season in the minors, Mondesi was recalled during the month of June to play shortstop regularly.

In 2020, Mondesi had a .256/.294/.416 slash line with 6 home runs and 22 RBIs in 59 games of the shortened season, and led the AL in both stolen bases (24) and caught stealing (8).

[12] In 2022, Mondesí was batting .140 in 15 games when he sustained a torn left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

[15] Overall with the Royals, Mondesí appeared in 358 regular-season games, batting .244 with 38 home runs, 157 RBIs, and an 83.6% success rate on stolen base attempts (133-for-159).