The young infielder struggled in spring training but will begin the year in the majors.<\/p>\n
Infielder Luisangel Acu\u00f1a has made the Mets\u2019 Opening Day roster, per Anthony DiComo\u2019s confirmation of a report about the news. The 23-year-old infielder figures to primarily be on the Mets\u2019 bench as the season gets underway tomorrow, as Brett Baty was impressive in spring training and figures to get the lion\u2019s share of the starts at second base.<\/p>\n
Given the fact that Baty\u2019s a left-handed hitter and that Acu\u00f1a is a right-handed hitter, though, Acu\u00f1a should get some starts. Following several months of struggles at the plate in Triple-A last year, Acu\u00f1a was called upon to make his major league debut in September and happened to have one of the best stints of his professional baseball career. In 40 major league plate appearances, he hit .308\/.325\/.641 with a 166 wRC+. Notably, he did not steal a base during that time.<\/p>\n
In Syracuse last year, Acu\u00f1a hit just .258\/.299\/.355 with a 69 wRC+, but he stole 40 bases. And in spring training games this year, he hit .250\/.304\/.269 with three stolen bases. It\u2019s important to remember that his excellent cup of coffee at the big league level was an extremely small sample.<\/p>\n
With the inclusion of Acu\u00f1a on the Opening Day roster and the official announcement that several other players made it earlier today, things are all but officially set ahead of the first game of the season in Houston tomorrow,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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