Matthew Lugo #14

Matthew Jabel Lugo...Instagram: @_matthewlugo...Nephew of MLB All-Star Carlos Beltran and attended the Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy in Puerto Rico...Played for Criollos de Caguas in the Puerto Rican Winter League in 2022-23...Signed by Red Sox scout Edgar Perez.

2024

Began season with Double-A Portland and slashed .315/.405/.664 with 10 doubles, four triples and 11 home runs in 43 games...Promoted to Triple-A Worcester on June 4...Appeared in 35 games and batted .250 (31/124) with 15 extra-base hits and a .792 OPS...Acquired by Angels in a package with minor league INF Niko Kavadas, RHP Ryan Zeferjahn, and RHP Yeferson Vargas for RHP Luis Garcia on July 30...Finished the year with Triple-A Salt Lake...Played in just one game before being placed on the injured list for the remainder of the season.

2022

Played 114 games with High-A Greenville and 3 with Double-A Portland, his debut at each level. Was 1 of 13 minor leaguers with at least 10 triples, but he and fellow Red Sox prospect Ceddanne Rafaela were the only 2 with at least 10 triples and 15 HR. Led Greenville in RBI (78), hits (134), total bases (233), doubles (25), triples (10), XBH (53), and games (tied, 114). Led High-A in hits, total bases, XBH (tied), and triples (tied)...His 10 triples tied for the Red Sox organization lead (see table on right). Made 72 starts at SS, 26 at 3B, and 9 at 2B. With RISP, was 45-for-145 (.310) with 5 HR. Recorded an OPS of at least .800 in April (.905), May (.856), June (.800), and August (1.013). Opened the season with an 8-game hitting streak from 4/8-17 (.538 AVG, 19-for-37, 6 2B, 2 3B, HR)... Recorded multiple hits in 6 of those games.  Recorded his first career multi-HR game on 6/14 at Hickory (2 HR)...Recorded back-to-back games with 2 HR and a career-high 5 RBI on 8/19-20 at Bowling Green (7-for-10, 7 R, 4 HR, 10 RBI). Named South Atlantic League Player of the Month for August (25 G, .353 AVG, 1.013 OPS, 36-for-102, 22 R, 5 2B, 7 HR, 24 RBI)...Tabbed SAL Player of the Week for 8/15-21. Following the season, was named Rookie of the Year in the Puerto Rican Winter League after playing in 39 games with Caguas and posting a .275/.360/.450 batting line (33-for-120, 6 HR, 3 2B, 19 RBI, 20 R).