Ronald Acuna Jr. 40-40 Club

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Will Acuna try for 50/50 in future seasons? He's stated that was his goal at the start of the year and I don't think he was really joking about it after the year he's had.

He has 161 hr and 177 steals at age 25. Only 8 players players have done 300/300. But let's look beyond that. Will he join Bonds at 400/400 or beyond?
 
zbhargrove said:
Man... we need to enjoy this man and he HAS to retire as a Brave... please stay healthy for a long career Ronnie

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/40-70-is-cool-you-know-whats-cooler-ronald-acuna-jr/
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From the article:

Mike Trout now shows up at the top of Acuña’s cohort list in ZiPS; literally nobody ever gets a mid-20s Trout comp. ZiPS now projects him to finish with 112 WAR, more than any active player, which includes Trout.
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Venezuelan Trout indeed
 
I’ve said a few times that the only thing standing between Acuna and being the best hitter of this generation is getting his fly ball rage back over 40%. So here’s the scary thing:

This month he got his fly ball rate over 38%, which resulted in 11 HRs. His K rate actually dropped to 8.1%. Needless to say, that’s absurd.

A 40% fly ball rate with something like a 10% K rate in the lead off slot tracks to 60+ HRs for Acuna. When/if that power starts to result in a 20% BB rate we could see him start posting 10+ win seasons in his prime years. The SBs are just icing on the cake compared to what Acuna has a chance to become.
 
Enscheff said:
I’ve said a few times that the only thing standing between Acuna and being the best hitter of this generation is getting his fly ball rage back over 40%. So here’s the scary thing:

This month he got his fly ball rate over 38%, which resulted in 11 HRs. His K rate actually dropped to 8.1%. Needless to say, that’s absurd.

A 40% fly ball rate with something like a 10% K rate in the lead off slot tracks to 60+ HRs for Acuna. When/if that power starts to result in a 20% BB rate we could see him start posting 10+ win seasons in his prime years. The SBs are just icing on the cake compared to what Acuna has a chance to become.
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Best hitter ever. Quit being conservative. Embrace the greatness.
 
Enscheff said:
I’ve said a few times that the only thing standing between Acuna and being the best hitter of this generation is getting his fly ball rage back over 40%. So here’s the scary thing:

This month he got his fly ball rate over 38%, which resulted in 11 HRs. His K rate actually dropped to 8.1%. Needless to say, that’s absurd.

A 40% fly ball rate with something like a 10% K rate in the lead off slot tracks to 60+ HRs for Acuna. When/if that power starts to result in a 20% BB rate we could see him start posting 10+ win seasons in his prime years. The SBs are just icing on the cake compared to what Acuna has a chance to become.
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Zips gives Acuna an 18% chance to go 50/50 next year and a non zero chance at 60/60
 
Acuna is like prime Michael Jackson.

I hope you guys saw those videos in Venezuela of the children dancing when he stole that 70th base.

So fun. So pure.
 
A lot will be determined by how healthy Ronnie is. But he is certainly on an inner circle HOF career path.
 
That at bat the other night that lead to his 70th steal was more impressive than many I have seen. Dude busted him with 2 100 mph pitches up.. Ronnie timed the second one a bit better so dude threw a nasty slider down and outside corner and Ronnie laced it over 2nd. I think if they weren't playing in, 2nd base catches that for another of the many unlucky outs Ronnie has. But to be able to hit that pitch was impressive.
 
thewupk said:
Other topics that may be worth discussing.

Will Acuna try for 50/50 in future seasons? He's stated that was his goal at the start of the year and I don't think he was really joking about it after the year he's had.

He has 161 hr and 177 steals at age 25. Only 8 players players have done 300/300. But let's look beyond that. Will he join Bonds at 400/400 or beyond?
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Zips gives him a 70% chance to join Bonds at 500/500
 
I think an underrated aspect of this whole thing is that Acuna is a winner.

He's never finished anywhere but 1st in the division.

We may win 4-5 world championships while he's here.

Trout can't sniff the playoffs. Bonds never won anything.
 
Acuna has just edged past Betts in fWAR, so there’s no longer much of a debate regarding his base running vs Betts’ defense. The MVP very clearly should be Acuna, and there’s nothing really to debate anymore.
 
Enscheff said:
Acuna has just edged past Betts in fWAR, so there’s no longer much of a debate regarding his base running vs Betts’ defense. The MVP very clearly should be Acuna, and there’s nothing really to debate anymore.
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Pretty crazy that Ronald closed a 1 (1.5?) WAR difference in a month.
 
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