Victor Mesa Jr. #25

Full name is Victor Mesa Jr...Signed as an international free agent along with his brother, Victor Victor Mesa, a former Marlins prospect...The brothers signed together in Oct. 2018 after defecting from Cuba...Is the son of longtime Cuban manager Victor Mesa, who played for 19 seasons in the Cuban National Series and won gold at the 1992 Olympics...Led the Cuban League in steals 14 times in a 15-year period...Lives in Kendall, Fla. during the offseason, about 20 minutes south of loanDepot Park...Gained United States citizenship in Feb. 2024.

2024

Participated in his first Major League Spring Training. Went 2-for-16 with two doubles and two walks in nine games before suffering a foot injury. Was reassigned to the Minor Leagues on March 11...Started the season on a rehab assignment with Single-A Jupiter, playing three games there from April 5-7. Made his Triple-A debut on April 9 as the youngest player on the Jumbo Shrimp roster...Combined to hit .255 (85x333) with 48 runs, 15 doubles, one triple, 13 home runs and 51 RBI with 30 walks and five stolen bases in 83 games between Triple-A Jacksonville (80 games) and Single-A Jupiter (three games)...Hit .298 (25-for-84) with an .890 OPS against left-handed pitchers, while batting .231 (60-for-249) with a .689 OPS against right-handed pitchers in 2024...Went 24-for-77 (.312) in 19 games with Jacksonville in April, recording five multi-hit games (three three-hit games)...Reached base safely in 38 of his first 42 games with the Jumbo Shrimp, slashing .289/.358/.474 (50-for-173) in this span, with eight doubles, eight home runs and 32 RBI from April 9-May 26...Played final game of year on July 28 at Triple-A Norfolk due to a season-ending back injury. Was placed on the 60-day IL on July 31...Finished the season ranked as Miami’s No. 17 prospect per MLB Pipeline. Is listed as the No. 11 prospect by Baseball America.

2023

Earned his second Organizational All-Star honors in 2023 after entering the season ranked as Miami’s No. 14 prospect by MLB Pipeline...Spent the entire season with Double-A Pensacola, hitting .242 (117x483) with a .720 OPS in a career-high 123 games...Also set career highs in hits (117), runs (73), home runs (18), RBI (76) and stolen bases (16)...Ranked T-2nd on the Blue Wahoos with his 18 home runs...Clubbed 13 home runs with a .227 AVG (78x344) against right-handed pitchers and a .281 AVG (39x139) with five homers against left-handed pitchers...Hit for the second cycle in Blue Wahoos history on April 18 at Double-A Birmingham (first done by Reds’ prospect Donald Lutz on April 21, 2014)...Achieved in the natural cycle order - single, double, triple, followed by a two-out homer in the eighth inning...Went 4x5 in the contest...Was exactly a week from the date of MIA’s Luis Arraez’s cycle at PHI, which marked the first in Marlins history...Was added to the Marlins 40-man roster following the season.