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    Quote Originally Posted by UNCBlue012 View Post
    Eh... Acuna’s last two-plus months has been nothing but a hot streak. Soto has been terrific but I think being the plug on a likely division winner will do it.

    What gets me the most with Acuna is that he has 20 walks to 20 strikeouts over the last month. What an insane turnaround.
    Acuna is objectively better in the stats.

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    The only other things Acuna could do to impress me more is get to 30 homers and improve his batting average to .300. Dude is amazing.

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    This needed a seperate thread outside of the RoY one?
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    Soto has the runs from drinking his prune juice from his sippie cup.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tapate50 View Post
    This needed a seperate thread outside of the RoY one?
    Acuna can have as many damn threads as he likes.

    If it's about him, make a new one! LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tapate50 View Post
    This needed a seperate thread outside of the RoY one?
    and after he just had a good game?
    i expected soto to have zero good games the rest of the year, so i'm surprised he did.
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    Soto's 14 year old son is going to be thrilled.
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    It’s over."


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    I didn't realize Soto could run at his age. That's impressive.
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    This race wasn't really over if you go by the "Soto's a 19 year old kid" stuff (even though the memes have long begun about him looking older than his age). The hope in our case is a few different things like winning team, most of the traditional stats, etc bumps Acuna over Soto.

    Although that's a little crazy since we're talking about a 20 year old.
    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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    Soto likes to play checkers at the park on his off days.
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    It's not like Soto is going up against a 26 year old rookie like Judge

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    Can they both win it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Russ2dollas View Post
    Acuna is objectively better in the stats.
    No such thing - the numbers tell it all.

    The "funny thing" about this particular amazing race is that in a "normal" year Dereck Rodriguez may very well have run away with the bling already - tough to beat somebody coming from as far out of nowhere as he has and doing what he's done.
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    Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chipper View Post
    It's not like Soto is going up against a 26 year old rookie like Judge
    But it is like Acuna is going up against a 26 year old rookie

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    Quote Originally Posted by clvclv View Post
    No such thing - the numbers tell it all.
    It depends on which stats you look at.

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    Quote Originally Posted by clvclv View Post
    No such thing - the numbers tell it all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunrevenge View Post
    Soto's 14 year old son is going to be thrilled.
    Ronald Acuña, Jr. versus Juan Soto, Sr.

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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    But it is like Acuna is going up against a 26 year old rookie
    Touché

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    Quote Originally Posted by CyYoung31 View Post
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    "It depends on which stats you look at."

    This is always the point - if you want to eliminate the *itching when the "wrong guy" wins an award, specify the statistical categories you're using and end all arguments - MVP, Cy, ROY, whatever. Let the numbers be your guide if you're going to eliminate value that can't be measured. If clutch-hitting really doesn't exist, quit tracking the stat, and so on for "value" contributions. If the guy that wins the MVP is supposed to be the "best" player in the game, give it to the guy with the highest WAR (or whatever metric the numbers-crowd agrees is the best measurement) and give it to him even if he's on a team that loses 100 games.

    I think many of us would argue that the ROY debate is pretty much a waste of time since Acuna's accomplishments have been the difference that make the Braves a playoff team instead of Soto's really nice stat line for a team going nowhere. Does that mean Trout should be eliminated from MVP consideration until he's on a team that makes the playoffs? Where's that line, and who decides?
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