:Lariel González

{{short description|Dominican baseball player (born 1976)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Lariel González

| image =

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|5|25}}

| birth_place = San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic

| death_date =

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = September 22

| debutyear = 1998

| debutteam = Colorado Rockies

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = September 22

| finalyear = 1998

| finalteam = Colorado Rockies

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Innings pitched

| stat1value = 1

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 0.00

| teams =

• Colorado Rockies ({{mlby|1998}})

}}

Lariel Alfonso González (born May 25, 1976) is a Dominican former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season.

Before the 1998 season, Baseball America named him the 94th-best prospect in baseball. He pitched in the Colorado Rockies' farm system from 1994 until September 7, 1998 when he was called up to the Rockies' Major League roster along with Jim Stoops, Edgard Clemente, Derrick Gibson and Mark Strittmatter.{{cite web |title=Lariel Gonzalez Minor & Independent Leagues Statistics & History |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gonzal001lar |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=25 May 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=BaseballAL: Named Rangers OF Juan Gonzalez Player... |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-09-09-1998252035-story.html |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=Baltimore Sun |date=September 9, 1998}} He made his Major League debut on September 22 against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Coors Field in Denver in relief of Curt Leskanic.{{cite web |title=Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies Box Score, September 22, 1998 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/COL/COL199809220.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=25 May 2021 |language=en}} He faced three batters, Brent Brede, David Dellucci and Jay Bell and retired them all in order. He was returned to the Minor Leagues in 1999 and, in January 2000, was traded to the New York Mets along with Bobby Jones for Masato Yoshii.{{cite news |last1=Curry |first1=Jack |title=BASEBALL; Yoshii Sent to Rockies; Is Edmonds Next Met? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/15/sports/baseball-yoshii-sent-to-rockies-is-edmonds-next-met.html |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=January 15, 2000}} He signed a contract with the Mets for the 2000 season for $202,000.{{cite news |title=Mets Sign Final Five |url=https://apnews.com/article/e1a0f2c94440b39126d002239218eefc |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=Associated Press |date=March 3, 2000}} González spent the 2000 season in the minors with the Triple-A Norfolk Tides and was designated for assignment in December 2000.{{cite news |title=TRANSACTIONs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/15/sports/transactions-704903.html |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=December 15, 2000}} He was subsequently picked up by the Chicago Cubs and spent the 2001 season in the minors with the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. González last played professional baseball in 2002 in the independent Atlantic League with the Camden Riversharks.