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

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] His suspension was originally 80 games, but was reduced due to the substance having been ingested via cold medicine.

[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).