Although it is a small size through 17 Venezuelan Winter League games with the Cardenales de Lara baseball team, New York Mets highly-rated infield prospect Luisangel Acuña has hit a blistering .388 with two doubles, one triple, one home run, nine RBI, nine stolen bases, and an impressive .996 OPS.
Sure, Acuña’s 2024 minor league season was a bit inconsistent at times, but he performed well when the Mets called him up to MLB. He smacked 308 with a triple, two doubles, three home runs, and a stellar .966 OPS over 14 contests, while playing a solid shortstop in Francisco Lindor‘s absence near the end of the regular season.
New York has a lot of minor league infield depth, so baseball insiders are not exactly sure where Acuña will fit in on the Mets’ Major League roster in 2025.
But that is a high-class problem with which New York has to mull over during the off-season. It will be a wait-and-see approach the Mets need to apply to see where Acuna and other highly-touted prospects align in the coming season.
A multi-player trade is a possibility, and may shake things up, with the situation possibly working out on its own after all.
We will see.
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