Ronny Mauricio signed with the Mets as a 16-year-old in the Dominican Republic...Entering the 2024 season, was ranked by ESPN as the 72nd best prospect and the 87th best prospect by Baseball America. ..Played for Tigres Del Licey in the Dominican Winter League for the third consecutive season in 2022-23...Was named MVP of the Dominican Winter League after collecting 54 hits, 15 doubles, five home runs, 31 RBI and 11 steals...His .468 slugging percentage led the league, while his .803 OPS ranked second and his .287 average was third...His favorite players growing up were Jos¨¦ Reyes and Javier B¨¢ez...Enjoys the spark and hustle they bring to the game...His favorite athlete is LeBron James, who he thinks is the greatest basketball player of all time...Frequently posts dance videos on TikTok (@chimy48).
2023
Underwent right knee ACL reconstruction surgery on January 2, 2024¡The procedure was performed by Dr. David Altchek at the Hospital for Special Surgery¡Mauricio injured the knee while playing in a LIDOM game... Hit .248 with two homers, nine RBI and seven stolen bases in his first MLB season, including an eight-game on-base streak from Sept. 11-20... Made his MLB debut on Sept. 1 vs. Seattle and smashed a 117.3 MPH double to right field in his first at-bat...Is the first Met since Steven Matz (June 28, 2015) to have a multi-hit game in his MLB debut...Was the hardest-hit ball by a Met this season and the fourth-hardest hit ball by a Met in the Statcast Era (Since 2015)...Was the hardest-hit first career hit by any player to debut since the Statcast Era began...Courtesy of Sarah Langs... Had five multi-hit games through his first 13 career games, tied with Ron Hunt, Mike Vail and Kazuo Matsui for the third-most such games by a Met through their first 13 career games...Only Pete Alonso (seven) and Bob Heise (six) have had more multi-hit games through their first 13 major league games as a Met...Courtesy of Elias...Cranked his first career home run on Sept. 12, a 440-foot, two-run blast at Citi Field against Arizona...Slashed a two-run double on Sept. 11 vs. Arizona for his first career multi-RBI game... Belted a two-run shot, his second home run and his first career home run from the right side, on Sept. 24 at Philadelphia... Ranked first among all Mets minor leaguers in RBI, average, hits, doubles, extra-base hits and runs scored at the time of his call-up...Also ranked second in homers, third in OPS (.852), fifth in stolen bases and fourth in OBP.
2022
Spent the entire season with Binghamton (AA), where he tallied 26 home runs and 89 RBI...Finished the season batting .259 (132-509) in 123 games.
2021
Belted 20 home runs, 19 of which came for Brooklyn (A+)¡Spent the final week of the season with Binghamton (AA), where he hit .323 (10-31) in eight games...Was named a MiLB.com Organizational All-Star...Was the High-A East Offensive Player of the Week for the period ending May 9...Played for the Tigres Del Licey in the Dominican Winter League...Batted .244 (22-90) in 25 games.
2020
Did not play after the minor league season was cancelled...Arrived at the Mets' Alternate Training Site in Brooklyn in mid-August and spent the remainder of the year there...Struck out in his lone plate appearance for Tigres del Licey in the Dominican Winter League...Played 1.0 inning at shortstop...After the season, was ranked as the No. 65 prospect in the majors (No. 2 Mets prospect) by Baseball America...That publication also rated him as the best athlete and best defensive infielder in the Mets minor league system.
2019
Was a South Atlantic League mid-season All-Star with Columbia (A)¡After the season, Baseball America rated him as the No. 66 overall prospect in the majors and the top prospect in the Mets' system.
2018
Made his pro debut with the GCL Mets (R) and was the Sterling Award recipient there, emblematic of the team's most valuable player...Spent the last week of the season with Kingsport (R) of the Appalachian League.