Luisangel Acuna is spending his winter in his home country of Venezuela doing a good job at convincing the New York Mets he can hit. After not hitting a single home run in over 300 plate appearances last year in Triple-A or MLB, Acuna has been hammering baseballs this offseason.
Through 174 trips to the plate, just 19 fewer than he had with the Mets in the regular season, Acuna has 8 home runs to go along with his .282/.397.542 slash line.
It’s nice to see. Acuna hit a light .234/.293/.274 in the majors last year. Just because it’s nice doesn’t mean we should buy much into this.