I guess the question is whether his second half is the Acuna baseline or whether it represents a hot streak. I lean toward the latter because it would be the answer for just about any player.
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Yeah I'm not sure I'm ready to peg Acuna as a player who can sustain a baseline of a 1.129 OPS lol. That would almost definitely make him the GOAT by the end of his career. I think the season stats that we are seeing from Acuna right now are what we can expect moving forward in all likelihood. A 900ish OPS. Its possible that it could be a little better since he is so young, but my God how much can we seriously ask for? Lol
Certainly that kind of production is not sustainable, but he's been consistent for quite a bit longer than your average hot streak. Plus it seems he did this all through the minors... he just kept getting better and better as he adjusted more and more. I don't think he can sustain his second half, but I think he's much better than his first half.
We finally got a beast and he did it with hard work!
Guys this good this young have historically had amazing careers.
First post: K rate was 27.3% which was down from 29% a week+ prior
Second post: K rate was down to 26.1%; 21% in the 2nd half with a 10.2% BB rate
Now (two weeks later): K rate down to 24.8%, BB rate up to 9.6%; 20.1% K and 12.1% BB in the 2nd half.
the progression of the numbers here has me more excited than the homers...tho they are fun as well.
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Chipper tore his ACL when he first came up, so he definitely lost in the scary-knee-injury comps. However, his actual rookie year was great. Should have won the ROY, but some 40-year-old Japanese rookie won it instead. On the other hand, Chipper was 23 his rookie year, practically an old man by Acuna standards. But well younger than Soto.
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Soto sometimes gets confused in the dugout and starts to yell at the other team to get off his lawn.
Soto has his original kangaroo shoes with special bunion comforting inserts.
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