Russ2dollas
10 yr, $185 million Extension
Acuna is objectively better in the stats.
ROY Discussion
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Acuna is objectively better in the stats.
UNCBlue012
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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.
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
Soto has the runs from drinking his prune juice from his sippie cup.
UNCBlue012
Well-known member
Acuna can have as many damn threads as he likes.
If it's about him, make a new one! LOL
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.
cajunrevenge
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Soto's 14 year old son is going to be thrilled.
GeorgiaGirl
NL Rookie of the Year
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.
Although that's a little crazy since we're talking about a 20 year old.
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
Soto likes to play checkers at the park on his off days.
Freshmaker
Arbitration Eligible
Acuña’s Bat Flip
NL Rookie of the Year
Can they both win it?
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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striker42
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But it is like Acuna is going up against a 26 year old rookie
Acuña’s Bat Flip
NL Rookie of the Year
It depends on which stats you look at.
CyYoung31
Shift Leader
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
Ronald Acuña, Jr. versus Juan Soto, Sr.
Chipper
Spring Training Invitee
Touché
"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?