Maximo Acosta #21

Enjoys listening to Gospel music...His favorite movie is Ghost starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg...Says his favorite player growing up was Derek Jeter...Is married to his wife, Yibely. The couple has a son, Maximo Acosta Jr.

2024

Spent his age-21 season with Double-A Frisco of the Texas Rangers organization, slashing .288/.353/.425 (111-for-386) with 23 doubles, three triples, eight home runs, 58 RBI and 26 stolen bases over 104 games played...Posted career highs in all four slash categories while cutting his strikeout rate to 13.4 pct., the second-lowest SO pct. among Texas Minor Leaguers (min. 250 PA) behind only Liam Hicks (12.6%)...Hit .239 (32-for-134) with no homers over his first 36 games, but closed by slashing .314/.380/.484 (79-for-252) with 15 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 38 RBI and 24 walks against 35 strikeouts in final 68 games after June 6...Had season-best nine-game hitting streak from Aug. 24-Sept. 4...Made a team-high 65 starts at shortstop and 36 starts at second base...Played for the Surprise Saguaros in the 2024 Arizona Fall League. Made 15 starts at shortstop, posting a .957 fielding pct. (2 E/47 TC). Made three starts at second base, with a 1.000 fielding percentage...Slashed .338/.413/.521 (24-for-71) with eight doubles, one triple, one home run and 17 RBI in the AFL, with eight stolen bases. Ranked tied for second in doubles and ninth in AVG among all AFL hitters...Added to Texas’s 40-man roster following the season...Was acquired by Miami on Dec. 11 with SS Echedry Vargas and LHP Brayan Mendoza in exchange for 3B Jake Burger...Finished the year ranked as Miami’s No. 18 prospect, per MLB Pipeline. 

2023

Slashed .260/.312/.390 (112-for-431) in 110 games with High-A Hickory. Also reached career highs in hits (112), home runs (11) and RBI (60) while recording 21 doubles, one triple and 26 stolen bases...Ranked T-third in the South Atlantic League in hits, T-seventh in runs (69) and ninth in total bases (168)...Walked 33 times against 100 strikeouts (21.1 pct.) in his third professional season...Hit .286 (2-for-7) with one run, one RBI, one walk, two strikeouts and one stolen bases in two South Atlantic League playoff games before the Crawdads were eliminated in the Semifinals...Following the season, was ranked the Rangers’ No. 26 prospect in the organization per MLB Pipeline.

2022

Played 108 games with Single-A Down East at age 19, slashing .262/.341/.361 (106-for-404) with 26 doubles, one triple, four home runs and 35 RBI...Ranked T4th in the Carolina League in doubles, and 5th in stolen bases (44)...Following the season, was ranked the Rangers’ No. 13 prospect in the organization per MLB Pipeline.

2021

In his professional debut, played 17 games with the Rookie-level Rangers in the ACL...Hit .246 (15-for-61) with two doubles, two triples, one homer, five RBI and seven stolen bases. Walked three times against 15 strikeouts...Following the season, was ranked the Rangers’ No. 6 prospect in the organization per MLB Pipeline.