Mets prospect Mauricio earns LIDOM MVP honors

A breakout winter league efficiency for Ronny Mauricio was capped off with a prestigious honor.

The Mets’ No. 6 prospect was named the Dominican Winter League MVP after main the league in a number of offensive classes for the Tigres del Licey.

The 21-year-old racked up 15 doubles, 31 RBIs and 54 hits with a .468 slugging share — the very best marks within the league — whereas smacking 5 homers (second within the league), posting an .803 OPS (second), scoring 26 runs (second), compiling a .287 batting common (third) and swiping 10 baggage (third) in 47 common season video games.

His 22 extra-base hits and 88 complete bases additionally led the league by a large margin; no different participant racked up greater than 12 XBH or 63 complete bases.

Mauricio’s stellar effort comes on the heels of an attention-grabbing marketing campaign in his first full style of Double-A. He set a profession excessive in homers (26), doubles (26) and steals (20), however he solely drew 24 walks in 123 video games and posted a .296 OBP whereas hitting .259 with Binghamton.

Signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2017, Mauricio was as soon as a Top 100 prospect who has not but put up the offensive numbers that will have been anticipated of him. But Mets normal supervisor Billy Eppler and proprietor Steve Cohen are dedicated to constructing a sustainable winner in Queens, and if Mauricio’s title was in any commerce talks over the summer season, his LIDOM efficiency will definitely present a case that the dynamic switch-hitter may nonetheless be part of future plans.