After 611 days and a complicated path between surgeries, Ronny Mauricio returns to MLB

If one of Mets’s promises to suffer a catastrophic injury in the Dominican winter ball, the story of Mauricio’s return to MLB is an arduous work and effort.

Ronny Mauricio is about to return to Major Leagues with New York Mets After 611 days of his last appearance in a regular season game with the team. Mauricioone of the most listed young players of Mets During 2022 and 2023, which still remains as an outstanding player of minor leagues, occupying the 9th place among the team’s prospects, he will return to the light of the injury he suffered Mark winds During the Monday night against Los Angeles Dodgers.

The return of Mauricio to MLB It does not arrive without inconveniences on the road. After a catastrophic injury he suffered in December 2023, while playing in the Dominican winter ball next to Tigers of the Licey. When touring the bases, Mauricio He folded his right leg and immediately, with pain signs, he was removed from the pitch by the medical team of the Quisqueyano team.

A few days later the worst of the news was confirmed, Mauricio He had suffered a tear of the anterior cross ligament of his right knee, which required surgery and although prognosis was positive, things did not come out in the expected manner for the player.

The recovery and subsequent rehabilitation of Mauricio They were slow. Even, Mauricio He had to be intervened a second time to remove healing fabric in his knee, which further delayed a possible return to the pitch.

In fact, in November 2024, the president of baseball operations of the Mets, David Stearnsdeclared that Mauricio He had not been able to start baseball activities about a year after his injury.

“I think the first step with Ronny (Mauricio), is that we can start baseball activities. Right now we are about a year without baseball activities and that is our goal as an organization. It has definitely been much slower than we expected, and I think we are going on the right path, but we must definitely take it to the ground and perform baseball activities before we can think about how it could be seen in a position”, The manager told the media at that time.

About a month later, the own Stearns announced that Mauricio Finally, he would start a baseball activities program, although Mets They were extremely careful and cautious with the way they carried the rehabilitation process and the game time of Mauricio. The player had to travel the entire minor leagues system of the Mets before even thinking about the possibility of playing in Major Leagues.

Throughout 19 games in minor leagues during this 2025, Mauricio He hit .323 with PAHO of .891, three home runs and 11 towed, while scored 13 times and accumulated 33 total bases.

The return of Mauricio to MLBas noted above, it occurs in the midst of an opportunity caused by the injury of Windsas well as its low offensive production in general terms. After an arduous road, only Mauricio’s performance can keep it in Major Leagues For an extended time and it is unlikely that there is someone more hungry to have action again in the team than the 24 -year -old.