Acuña, Mauricio Continue Their Winter Ball Slate

A duo of young New York Mets infielders are continuing their play in Winter League. Luisangel Acuña is excelling while Ronny Mauricio has yet to really hit his stride thus far in the Venezuelan Winter League.

Saturday night, Acuña went 3-for-6 with a triple. Meanwhile, Mauricio went 1-for-4 with a hit-by-pitch and two RBIs.

Acuña is now slashing .285/.399/.555 (.954 OPS) with 18 extra-base hits and 32 RBIs. He has 25 walks to 32 strikeouts across 137 at-bats. His OPS ranks sixth in the league while his eight home runs rank eighth.

Meanwhile, for Mauricio, he is only slashing .186/.265/.349 (.614 OPS). He has a much smaller sample size than his infielding peer, with only 43 at-bats. He last played in the Venezuelan Winter League in 2023-24, when he injured his knee. He had a 1.178 OPS before going down.

As we have seen in the past, Winter League results can often hold little-to-no weight when it comes to regular season performance. For example, Acuña his .337 with a .914 OPS last Winter League season, but struggled mightily in the regular season with the Mets. Regardless, nice to see him playing well once again.

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