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    Quote Originally Posted by chipchildress View Post
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    Stealing from B-Ref's social media.

    Ronald Acuña currently has 16 Rbat (the hitting component of WAR) and 4 Rfield (the fielding component).

    He's well on pace to be the 8th player in MLB to have 20+ and 5+ in a season before reaching legal drinking age

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    Quote Originally Posted by zitothebrave View Post
    Stealing from B-Ref's social media.

    Ronald Acuña currently has 16 Rbat (the hitting component of WAR) and 4 Rfield (the fielding component).

    He's well on pace to be the 8th player in MLB to have 20+ and 5+ in a season before reaching legal drinking age

    Six current or future Hall of Famers and an Irish barmaid. Not bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Julio3000 View Post
    Six current or future Hall of Famers and an Irish barmaid. Not bad.
    Top ten Comps to J-Hey through age 27: Moseby, Melvin, Jr., Frenchy, Claudell, Willie Davis, Carlos May, The Melkman, Johnny Callison, Delmon Young, and Chili Davis.


    There's not enough DWar in the world (especially for a RF) to transform any of the above into a HoFer.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Julio3000 View Post
    Six current or future Hall of Famers and an Irish barmaid. Not bad.
    LOL. JHey a future hall of famer? LOL

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    That elbow / arm protector they are making Acuña wear while batting looks cool as hell like it's part of Iron Man's armor but I do wonder if it effects him at the plate at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chipper View Post
    LOL. JHey a future hall of famer? LOL
    Woulda been a shoo-in if only he loved baseball.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ozzie's Chainz View Post
    That elbow / arm protector they are making Acuña wear while batting looks cool as hell like it's part of Iron Man's armor but I do wonder if it effects him at the plate at all.
    It might be much ado over nothing but he moved off the plate some last night and changed his stance a little. Hopefully Seitzer noticed that.
    Aggression with prospects is fine, but being stupid is not. There should be a way to find a happy medium between a Pirates like idea of being overly cautious with prospects and going stupidly fast with prospects.

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    Acuna has caught Soto in fWAR and leads him in bWAR

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    Quote Originally Posted by Orphan Black View Post
    Acuna has caught Soto in fWAR and leads him in bWAR
    yep.
    his k rate is dropping, slowly but surely. was 29% a little over a week ago, down almost 2 points to 27.3%.
    First half of the season he was at 30.4% Ks, at a much more manageable 22.6% in the 2nd half.
    his progression this year is bonkers for a 20 year old.
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    Player of the week for NL.
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    A few more decent-to-solid week and Acuna will have likely had ROY wrapped up.

    Before someone gets their panties in a wad, it's not a slap at Soto, but Acuna's offense AND defense is proving to be incredibly valuable to a team actually in the playoff hunt. lol

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    Acuna 143 WRC+
    Soto 149 WRC+

    offensive advantage is disappearing

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    Entering play today, Acuña is slashing .290/.354/.566 with 18 doubles, 19 home runs, 43 RBI and 10 stolen bases on the season. The dynamic outfielder is on pace to become just the sixth player since at least 1871 to bat .290-or-better with 19 homers and 10 stolen bases in a season while younger than 21 years old, joining Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. (1990) and Orlando Cepeda (1958), as well as Mike Trout (2012), Alex Rodriguez (1996) and Vada Pinson (1959).

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    Entering play today, Acuña is slashing .290/.354/.566 with 18 doubles, 19 home runs, 43 RBI and 10 stolen bases on the season. The dynamic outfielder is on pace to become just the sixth player since at least 1871 to bat .290-or-better with 19 homers and 10 stolen bases in a season while younger than 21 years old, joining Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. (1990) and Orlando Cepeda (1958), as well as Mike Trout (2012), Alex Rodriguez (1996) and Vada Pinson (1959).
    So...Venezuelan Trout confirmed?

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    Quote Originally Posted by CyYoung31 View Post
    So...Venezuelan Trout confirmed?
    I think so. We are gonna need a safe space for all the apology tours around this place
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    Quote Originally Posted by CyYoung31 View Post
    So...Venezuelan Trout confirmed?
    Acuna has played well above my expectations. Time to turn the hype to 11.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tapate50 View Post
    I think so. We are gonna need a safe space for all the apology tours around this place
    When he is projected to hit the 30/30 mark?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    When he is projected to hit the 30/30 mark?
    He was injured.

    Why can't you just get along with people?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SJ24 View Post
    He was injured.

    Why can't you just get along with people?
    At his current pace he would have needed 219 games to steal 30 bases.

    Does his injury have anything to do with the length of a MLB season?

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