Acuña Jr., Strider, McLain, G. Ashcraft, Scott II

Can Acuña solidify first-round pick status? … After being sidelined for most of the 2024 season and first several weeks of 2025 due to a torn ACL in his left knee, Ronald Acuña Jr. (OF, ATL) batted .290 with 21 HR and 9 SB in 412 PA. What can we expect in 2026?

Year	PA	HR/SB	BA/xBA	bb%/ct%	GB/LD/FB	h%	HctX	PX/xPX	Brl%	HR/F	Spd/SBO/SB%
2021	360	24/17	.283/.277	14/71	31/23/45	31	112	186/139	20%	24%	103/25%/73%
2022	533	15/29	.266/.241	10/73	47/18/34	33	110	103/108	13%	12%	100/28%/72%
2023	740	42/75	.343/.324	11/87	48/20/30	34	169	128/135	15%	24%	131/40%/83%
2024	222	4/16	.250/.241	12/72	51/21/27	32	109	78/86	9%	10%	137/30%/84%
2025	412	21/9	.290/.250	18/69	47/14/38	35	105	142/125	16%	23%	150/ 7%/90%

The skills, aside from SBO, are in fine shape:

• The excellent 2023 ct% has proven to be an outlier, but he...

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