While the rest of us continue to deal with the cold winter months, Mets infielder Luisangel Acuña is red-hot.
Playing in the Venezuelan Winter League for the Cardenales de Lara, Acuña had a historic night on Saturday by hitting four home runs in the same game.
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The first long ball came in the second inning, a three-run shot off a right-hander which gave Acuña’s team a 6-4 lead. The next two, one off a lefty and one off a righty and both solo shots, came in the later innings with the infielder’s team up big. The final one, a two-run blast, was off a position player who was in the game because of the blowout.
Here are videos of all four home runs:
Acuña finished the game 4-for-6 with seven RBI and six runs scored, reaching base in all six of his plate appearances thanks to two errors. He’s the first player in Venezuelan Professional Baseball League history to hit four dingers in a single game.
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The 23-year-old has enjoyed a ton of success in Venezuela this winter and will look to carry that into spring training for the Mets starting next month after an inconsistent first full season in the majors where he slashed .234/.293/.274 in 95 games.
After bursting onto the scene as a September call-up in 2024 where he hit three home runs in 39 at-bats (.966 OPS), Acuña’s power disappeared in 2025 (.567 OPS) and he was more valuable with his defensive versatility and speed on the bases (16 steals on 17 attempts).
However, if he’s ever able to tap into his raw power that he displayed on Saturday night and briefly in 2024 on a more consistent basis in the majors (like his older brother Ronald Acuña Jr.), it would open up his game to another level.
