Mariano Ricciardi
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- Position:
- Player
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- Year:
- 2025
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- Team:
- Worcester Bravehearts
Bio
Mariano Ricciardi is Worcester through and through, having attended Worcester Academy before spending parts of four summers (2017-20) with the Futures League’s Bravehearts during his career at Florida Atlantic University and the University of Dayton. The infielder contributed to two of Worcester’s four all-time championships and helped the Bravehearts advance to the title series in all four of his seasons with the team. Between the regular season and playoffs, he is the franchise’s leader in career games played (133), runs scored (97) and hits (136). Fifteen of those hits came in postseason play, which ranks as the second-most in Futures League history. Ricciardi’s best season in a Braveheart uniform was 2019, as he hit .311 with a franchise-record 17 doubles, 26 RBI and 34 runs scored. He then helped the Bravehearts win it all as the Postseason Most Valuable Player honoree, hitting .364 with four RBI and seven runs scored. He carried an on-base percentage above .400 in both the 2018 and 2019 regular seasons, led by a career-best .448 in the former summer. After graduation from Dayton, Ricciardi was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in 2021 and spent three seasons in their minor league system.