Acosta and his wife, Yibely, reside in Prosper, Texas, with their two sons...Enjoys listening to Gospel music...His favorite movie is Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg...His favorite player growing up was Derek Jeter.
2025
Made his Major League debut with Miami on Aug. 18 vs. St. Louis...In 19 games with Miami over two stints in the Majors (Aug. 18-29 and Sept. 5-15), hit .204 (11-for-54) with seven runs, one double, three home runs and five RBI...On Aug. 20 vs. St. Louis, recorded his first career hit, a home run in the sixth inning; became the 15th Marlin to hit a home run for his first career hit and first since Jerar Encarnacion on June 19, 2022, at New York-NL...His first three hits in the Majors were home runs, becoming the first Marlin ever to accomplish the feat...Became the seventh player in MLB since 1999 to achieve the feat and the first since PHI’s Darick Hall in 2022...At the time of his promotion on Aug. 18, he led Triple-A Jacksonville in hits (88) and was tied for the club lead in RBI (49), slashing .232/.319/.376 (88-for-380) with 13 doubles, three triples and 12 home runs in 106 games...Posted a season-best 11-game hitting streak with Jacksonville from July 27-Aug. 9, going 14-for-44 in this span with eight runs, four home runs and 12 RBI...Among all Jacksonville hitters, he ranked second in games played (115), stolen bases (33) and walks (50) while ranking third in runs (56) and hits (92)...Finished the year with Triple-A, starting for the Jumbo Shrimp in all four games during their postseason (Sept. 23-27) as they clinched the International League title and won the Triple-A National Championship against the Las Vegas Aviators...Played in 26 games for La Guaira in the Venezuelan Winter League following the season, slashing .317/.385/.500 (33-for-104)...Finished the year ranked as Miami’s No. 23 prospect, per MLB Pipeline.
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.
