Ronny Mauricio

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Ronny Mauricio

  • Bats Both, Throws Right
  • Height 6' 3", Weight 222 lb.

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Biographical Information[edit]

Shortstop Ronny Mauricio was signed by the New York Mets as an international amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic on July 2, 2017. He was highly sought after and the Mets gave him a signing bonus of $2.1 million. He began his professional career the following season when he split his time between the GCL Mets and the Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League, finishing at .273/.304/.410 in 57 games. That year, he began his career with a 20-game hitting streak, drawing immediate notice. In 2019, he spent a full season with the Columbia Fireflies of the South Atlantic League, batting .268/.307/.357 in 116 games. He was named a mid-season All-Star in the Sally League and a Mets organizational All-Star, the first of three straight seasons he would win such a distinction.

However, he had to wait a full year for his next action, as the minor league were shut down by the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020. In 2021, he was mostly with the Brooklyn Cyclones of the High-A East but also played 8 games in AA with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies as one of the youngest players at the level at age 20. In 108 games between the two stops, he batted .248/.296/.449, with his power emerging as he began to fill out his large 6'3" frame. He hit 15 doubles and 20 homers, after a previous high of just 4 homers; he also drove in 64 runs. He was named the top prospect in the High-A east and a league All-Star. In 2022, he played a full season at Binghamton in the Eastern League and batted .259/.296/.472 in 123 games, with 26 doubles and 26 homers, and 89 RBIs.

He first played in the Dominican League with the Tigres del Licey in 2020-21 and became a regular for the team in 2021-22. In 2022-23, he helped lead the team to a record-breaking 23rd league title by batting .287 with 5 homers and 31 RBIs in 46 games; he also scored the winning run of the championship series against the Estrellas Orientales in the 10th inning of Game 5 on January 18th. He followed that up by hitting .292 in 116 games for the Syracuse Mets of the AAA International League in 2023, with 30 doubles, 23 homers, 76 runs and 71 RBIs. He was called up to the big league club on September 1st and in his debut went 2 for 3 as the starting second baseman against the Seattle Mariners. One of the hits was a double that was crushed at 117.3 mph - the hardest-hit ball by any Mets player in two years, and the hardest first hit by any player since the introduction of Statcast in 2015! He hit .248 in 26 games for the Mets with 2 homers and 9 RBIs, while playing mainly second base and third base.

The Mets had big hopes for Ronny heading into 2024, but these were dashed when he suffered a torn right ACL in a Dominican League game in December, playing for Licey. The injury cost him the entire season, but he was back in spring training in 2025 hoping to show that he was still a top prospect, although given the time missed, he was expected to start the season in the minors. He got back on the field at the end of April, first completing short rehabilitation stints with the St. Lucie Mets and with Binghamton, before joining Syracuse in mid-May. He tore the cover off the ball in AAA, going 17 for 33 (.515) with 3 homers in 9 games, giving the Mets no choice but to bring him up when Mark Vientos was placed on the IL. In his first game on June 3rd, he started at third base and went 0 for 4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. His first homer of the season was a beauty, a 456-foot bomb that landed in the third deck at Coors Field on June 7th. He crushed a hanging knuckle-curve from German Marquez in an 8-1 win over the Colorado Rockies. He ended up playing 61 games for the Mets that season, batting .226 with 6 homers and 10 RBIs, for an OPS+ of 87. His most common defensive position was third base, but he also played a few games at second and shortstop.

In 2026, the Mets completely revamped their infield heading into the season, by adding Bo Bichette, Marcus Semien and Jorge Polanco. That left no room for Mauricio to start the season, so he headed to Syracuse, but was also called up briefly to New York and appeared in a couple of games as the Mets were trying to figure out what to do with him. He was hitting .293 after 15 games in AAA when he received an emergency call to the Big Apple, after SS Francisco Lindor was sidelined for a number of weeks with a leg injury and the whole team was scuffling. He started at shortstop on April 23rd, going 0 for 4, and was hitting .219 on May 2nd when it was his turned to be felled by an injury, a broken thumb which also put him on the sidelines for an extended period.

Further Reading[edit]

  • Anthony DiComo: "Mets to call up No. 4 prospect Mauricio", mlb.com, August 30, 2023. [1]
  • Anthony DiComo: "Mauricio's 117 mph double highlights winning MLB debut: No. 4 Mets prospect goes 2-for-3, including hardest-struck first hit by rookie since 2015", mlb.com, September 2, 2023. [2]
  • Anthony DiComo: "Mauricio clears fences -- and then some -- with 1st homer", mlb.com, September 12, 2023. [3]
  • Anthony DiComo: "Brimming with potential, nearly healthy Mauricio can 'finally see the light'", mlb.com, February 19, 2025. [4]
  • Anthony DiComo: "Mauricio shows off 'stupid power' with monster homer vs. Rockies", mlb.com, June 8, 2025. [5]
  • Sam Dykstra: "What to expect from Ronny Mauricio in the Majors", mlb.com, August 31, 2023. [6]

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