Luisangel Acuña Is Off To An Encouraging Start In Camp
The White Sox were active this offseason, as they made a plethora of trades and free agent signings. There is a chance that there are 10 or so new guys on the 26-man roster, creating some significant roster turnover. One of their more interesting moves came about a month ago when they sent Luis Robert Jr. to the New York Mets in exchange for two players. The major piece in the return was outfielder Luisangel Acuña.
Acuña was a former consensus top-100 prospect just a few years ago and had a very good start to his major league career. In 14 games with the Mets in 2024, he hit .308 with a .325 OBP, adding two doubles, a triple, three homeruns, and six RBIs. For his first 14 major league games, that was a pretty good start.
In 2025, Acuña got more playing time with the big league club, as he appeared in 95 games, getting 175 at-bats. In total, he slashed .234/.293/.274, adding seven doubles, eight RBIs, and 16 stolen bases. He also walked 16 times compared to 37 strikeouts. While this wasn’t as good as his 2024 season, he was just 23 years old.
Outside of his limited MLB playing time, Acuña has been a productive minor league baseball player. In his minor league career, he has slashed .282/.351/.400 over 533 games, adding 41 homeruns, 273 RBIs, and 206 stolen bases.
There is a lot of upside with Acuña, as he has just 214 MLB at-bats under his belt to this point. This bodes well for him to continue to get better, as that is not even a full season’s worth of at-bats. While I may be optimistic, I believe that Acuña is going to have a very good season for the White Sox. With that being said, he’s gotten off to a good start in Spring Training, which can hopefully translate come April.
So far, Acuña is three for seven in his first three games with the White Sox. He had himself a very nice game today against the Reds, as he was two for two with a stolen base.
Luisangel Acuna slaps a double to LF. Vargas (1B ) moves to 3rd. White Sox threatening. pic.twitter.com/KIXEHmZJ6C
— FutureSox (@FutureSox) February 21, 2026
While Spring Training stats are to be taken with a grain of salt, as many different players can perform well, it’s certainly better than starting off hitless. Acuña has the top prospect pedigree and has shown some success at the MLB level, which can make this an encouraging sign of what is to come. While this is an extremely small sample size, it still showcases what he can bring to the major league roster. Just today, he ripped a single with an exit velocity of 100+ and beat out an infield hit. He also stole when he got on base. This is exactly what you want to see out of him to this point.
I may be higher on Acuña than most, but I think there is a real chance that he can put up a 2-3 WAR season in center for the Sox this year. Even before his solid start in the Spring, I thought he had the potential to be one of the better overall players on the roster.
If Acuña can replicate this when the regular season comes around, most fans would be very happy. I know it’s just Spring Training, but he is certainly off to an encouraging start, which should start to excite White Sox fans.