Ronny Mauricio

Mauricio tore his ACL playing winter ball last offseason and missed all the 2024 season. Unfortunately, he also needed a cleanup procedure in August on the same knee and general manager David Stearns said in late-October that Maurcio's recovery had been slower than expected and he still hadn't advanced to baseball activities. Pre-injury, Mauricio had top-of-the-scale exit velocities and bottom-of-the-scale swing decisions, making for a difficult evaluation. Mauricio will enter the season eligible only at second base in most formats, and if he reports to spring training fully healthy, he could theoretically compete for a starting infield job in spring training. However, despite the fact Mauricio mastered Triple-A already in 2023, he will likely return to that level to knock some rust off and get his timing back while getting comfortable trusting his surgically-repaired knee in game situations. He's a boom-or-bust option best reserved for draft-and-hold formats until we get a better sense of his physical readiness in the spring.