Ronald Acuña

[comicbooksgo]

Thanks, Salty! Yours is pretty amazing too! (Don't think I haven't been keeping track )

Originally Posted by SaltyCracker

Great collection!!

[SaltyCracker]

Originally Posted by comicbooksgo

Thanks, Salty! Yours is pretty amazing too! (Don't think I haven't been keeping track )

Appreciate it. I really like the Summer Blockbuster card. Right up my alley.

[SaltyCracker]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

what a great time to be collecting!

Did you buy the Delong?? I tried to get cute and made a low offer.

[TheGZA]

Originally Posted by comicbooksgo

Then you have that 2nd homer where he went foul a couple of times and was getting mad at himself. His body language and antics were TELLING Joe Ryan he was PLANNING on going deep again, and he did it. Weather getting warmer here, he's locked in, I could see an 8 homer week. With the overall offense, teams can't afford to walk him but he's also perfectly willing to take his walks. He'll be on 2nd or 3rd before they have a chance to think, and boom another run. I've barely missed a Braves game in over 30 years, and I've never seen anyone even approach being a game changing force the way Ronnie is.

So perfectly put. Just incredible stuff watching every RAJ at-bat. No cheap outs with him, ever.

[TheGZA]

Originally Posted by comicbooksgo

Most of my secret Acuna stash/PC...Most if not all of the non rookie year/1st bowman's are 1/1's. Some of my favorites are the 1/1 Gold Label RC, the 1/1 Topps now from when he hit that majestic grand slam off of Walker Bueller in the playoffs after taking what was clearly ball 4 (probably still to this day my favorite RAJ moment), the Glow in the dark Ginter, the original art for that Gallery card...I could ramble on for a while lol. There's one that I really dig that PSA wouldn't grade..

Jaw hit the floor. Absurd collection

[kyle121592]

The plate discipline this season and improved approach is as or more impressive than anything else to me....14% K rate and almost 1:1 BB/K ratio!

[SupermanBrandon]

Originally Posted by kyle121592

The plate discipline this season and improved approach is as or more impressive than anything else to me....14% K rate and almost 1:1 BB/K ratio!

Agree. I've also noticed that he isn't nearly as phased by the inside pitch this year. Last year he was diving out of the box on balls barely inside. This year, he's staying in there.

[oddstuff]

Originally Posted by kyle121592

The plate discipline this season and improved approach is as or more impressive than anything else to me....14% K rate and almost 1:1 BB/K ratio!

This is probably the toughest thing for any hitter to do...ever...and even more so in the matter of one off season. Some of us talk about that here in the forum, as if any talented hitter can flip the script and start reducing his K rate with some practice. But it's super rare when the it actually happens.

2018: 28.4%
2019: 30.0%
2020: 37.5%
2021: 28.6%
2022: 27.0%
2023: 14.3%

[Rabs]

SB #36!

[ThoseBackPages]

LOVE IT!

[Rabs]

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[Triple B]

Where are all of the people who declared Acuna dead and buried?

[SaltyCracker]

2023 is off to a great start! Don’t believe I’ve shown these off all together on here.

[dream34]

Originally Posted by SaltyCracker

2023 is off to a great start! Don’t believe I’ve shown these off all together on here.

That's just amazing

[SupermanBrandon]

Originally Posted by Triple B

Where are all of the people who declared Acuna dead and buried?

I dont miss those clowns

[Davis]

Originally Posted by Triple B

Where are all of the people who declared Acuna dead and buried?

Replying to their own posts in the Luis Robert thread

[Phoneboy]

Originally Posted by SaltyCracker

2023 is off to a great start! Don’t believe I’ve shown these off all together on here.

Crazy run there. Did they really mess up the labels on the mothers day, fathers day, and camo?

[SaltyCracker]

Originally Posted by Phoneboy

Crazy run there. Did they really mess up the labels on the mothers day, fathers day, and camo?

Thanks. They did mess them up. Going to send them back in soon to be corrected. PSA reached out to fix it. Those 3 are all 10s so grades won’t change at least.

[whitmm]

Originally Posted by Rabs

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But he doesn't lead in the only category that matters, batting average. At least, that's what everyone in the Arraez camp says.

[Onepocketj]

Originally Posted by whitmm

But he doesn't lead in the only category that matters, batting average. At least, that's what everyone in the Arraez camp says.

Well to play devil's advocate, most people don't care about a lot of those stats. Average throw speed?

Top 4 IMO- average, HR, RBI, OPS

Ronald is 2nd, 9th, 15th and 2nd. Which is still awesome.

[TBTC Baseball]

Originally Posted by Onepocketj

Well to play devil's advocate, most people don't care about a lot of those stats. Average throw speed?

Top 4 IMO- average, HR, RBI, OPS

Ronald is 2nd, 9th, 15th and 2nd. Which is still awesome.

Are you looking at all MLB, or just NL?

Still plenty of games left, but Arraez may be the one to deny another Triple Crown opportunity. This time in the NL.

[MiamiMarlinsFan]

Originally Posted by whitmm

But he doesn't lead in the only category that matters, batting average. At least, that's what everyone in the Arraez camp says.

Acuna has my vote NL MVP vote as of now, but let’s not act like “Hardest Throw Speed” is an important category and batting average is for chumps! Haha


Gonna need the Marlins to sneak one more win in against Boston before they get swept by the Braves this weekend.

[Scottish Punk]

Originally Posted by MiamiMarlinsFan

Acuna has my vote NL MVP vote as of now, but let’s not act like “Hardest Throw Speed” is an important category and batting average is for chumps! Haha


Gonna need the Marlins to sneak one more win in against Boston before they get swept by the Braves this weekend.

Yes, some of those stats are silly. Also, they kind of piggyback on themselves to make the list longer. How often are you the leader in wOBA and not xwoba (admittedly I don't know the difference). OPS and OPS+. Extra base hits and total bases, etc. You can take half the list out and it is still impressive and worthy of MVP vote without all the superfluous junk with it.

[phisouza33]

Originally Posted by TBTC Baseball

Are you looking at all MLB, or just NL?

Still plenty of games left, but Arraez may be the one to deny another Triple Crown opportunity. This time in the NL.

Who’s the triple crown contender in the NL?

[MiamiMarlinsFan]

Originally Posted by Scottish Punk

Yes, some of those stats are silly. Also, they kind of piggyback on themselves to make the list longer. How often are you the leader in wOBA and not xwoba (admittedly I don't know the difference). OPS and OPS+. Extra base hits and total bases, etc. You can take half the list out and it is still impressive and worthy of MVP vote without all the superfluous junk with it.

All in good baseball fun.

The bottom line is this: anyone who actually watches baseball should have Acuna easily at the top of the current NL MVP leaderboard. I do think it’s an interesting battle for 2nd place though between Carroll, Arraez, and Freeman.