Luisangel Acuña

Luisangel Jose Acuña

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 8", Weight 181 lb.

• Born March 12, 2002 in Caracas, Distrito Capital Venezuela

BR Minors page

Biographical Information

Infielder Luisangel Acuña is the younger brother of OF Ronald Acuña Jr., the son of minor leaguer Ron Acuña and the brother of Bryan Acuña. He was signed by the Texas Rangers as an international amateur free agent on July 2, 2018.

He began his professional career in 2019 with the DSL Rangers 1, hitting .342 in 51 games and being named a mid0season and pos-season All-Star in the Dominican Summer League. He then had to sit out the 2020 season when the minor leagues were shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, but in 2021 he moved up to the U.S. and the Down East Wood Ducks of the Low-A East, where he hit .266/.345/.404 in 111 games, with 12 homers, 77 runs and 74 RBIs. After the season, he was named a league All-Star and a Rangers organizational All-Star. He played both second base and shortstop that season.

In 2022, he started the year with the Hickory Crawdads of the South Atlantic League before being promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Texas League, reaching AA at age 20. In 91 games between the two stops, he hit .277/.369/.426 with 11 homers and 47 RBIs. Following the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League where he was an All-Star. In 2022, he had batted .317 in Class A but just .224 in AA, but in 2023, returning to Frisco, he conquered that level in brilliant fashion as he batted .315 in 84 games, scoring 68 runs. On July 29th, he was traded to the New York Mets in return for pitcher Max Scherzer, the Mets throwing a lot of money in the deal to make sure they obtained a top-notch prospect in return for one of the best pitchers of his generation.

Further Reading

• Anthony DiComo: "Luisangel Acuña emulating All-Star big bro in journey to the bigs", mlb.com, August 8, 2023. [1]
• Kennedi Landry: "Acuña's brother carving own path with Rangers", mlb.com, March 4, 2022. [2]