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Ronald Acuña Jr. RF
2 Scouting Reports
Scouted by John Eshleman (Dec 21, 2017)
Scouted by David Lee (Sep 6, 2016)
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Birth Date	12-18-1997
Height	6' 0"
Weight	205 lbs

Age	27 years, 4 months, 5 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 2015
: 2016
: 2017
: 2.92018
: 4.22019
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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2018	ATL	20	111	487	127	26	4	26	45	123	6	16	5	.293	.366	.552	137	23.2	3.1	-9.5	2.9
2019	ATL	21	156	715	175	22	2	41	76	188	9	37	9	.280	.365	.518	129	30.7	8.6	2.7	6.1
Career			267	1202	302	48	6	67	121	311	15	53	14	.285	.365	.532	132	53.9	11.8	-6.8	9.0

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2015	BRA	Rk	GCL	37	157	.234	.305	.328	.292	118	1.9	4.8	0.1	146	0	-1.4	1.1	0.9	0.5
2015	DNV	Rk	APP	18	80	.263	.334	.376	.388	98	5.3	2.4	-0.2	136	0	-2.6	1.2	0.4	0.1
2016	ROM	A	SAL	40	171	.260	.317	.378	.359	103	9.5	4.5	-0.1	139	0	1.0	2.9	3.4	1.3
2016	BRA	Rk	GCL	2	8	.231	.319	.313	.400	94	0.8	0.2	-0.1	129	0	-0.3	0.0	-0.1	0.0
2016	MEL	Wnt	ABL	20	83	.000	.000	.000	.431			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2017	BRV	A+	FSL	28	126	.255	.325	.374	.411	104	3.2	3.5	-0.2	111	0	-1.7	1.2	1.2	0.4
2017	MIS	AA	SOU	57	243	.242	.312	.371	.396	97	14.3	6.6	-0.6	153	0	-2.2	0.6	12.2	1.8
2017	GWN	AAA	INT	54	243	.251	.318	.391	.404	98	11.2	7.2	-1.3	161	0	4.8	0.0	15.1	2.5
2017	PER	Wnt	AFL	23	99	.000	.000	.000	.357			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2018	ATL	MLB	NL	111	487	.246	.314	.402	.352	93	34.8	13.7	-3	137	8	-9.5	3.1	23.2	2.9
2018	GWN	AAA	INT	23	101	.252	.315	.400	.281	96	-5.4	3.0	-0.7	74	0	-4.1	1.0	-2.5	-0.3
2019	ATL	MLB	NL	156	715	.250	.320	.430	.337	101	31.9	21.5	-1.1	129	5	2.7	8.6	30.7	6.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2015	BRA	Rk	GCL	157	132	31	34	9	2	3	56	11	18	23	11	3	.258	.376	.424	.167	0	0
2015	DNV	Rk	APP	80	69	10	20	5	2	1	32	7	10	19	5	1	.290	.388	.464	.174	0	0
2016	BRA	Rk	GCL	8	6	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.000	0	0
2016	MEL	Wnt	ABL	83	72	15	27	5	1	2	40	13	10	13	13	3	.375	.446	.556	.181	1	0
2016	ROM	A	SAL	171	148	27	46	2	2	4	64	18	18	28	14	7	.311	.387	.432	.122	1	3
2017	GWN	AAA	INT	243	221	38	76	14	2	9	121	33	17	48	11	6	.344	.393	.548	.204	2	1
2017	MIS	AA	SOU	243	221	29	72	14	1	9	115	30	18	56	19	11	.326	.374	.520	.195	3	0
2017	BRV	A+	FSL	126	115	21	33	3	5	3	55	19	8	40	14	3	.287	.336	.478	.191	1	1
2017	PER	Wnt	AFL	99	83	22	27	5	0	7	53	16	12	22	2	1	.325	.414	.639	.313	2	0
2018	GWN	AAA	INT	101	90	9	19	2	0	1	24	3	11	25	5	1	.211	.297	.267	.056	0	0
2018	ATL	MLB	NL	487	433	78	127	26	4	26	239	64	45	123	16	5	.293	.366	.552	.259	3	0
2019	ATL	MLB	NL	715	626	127	175	22	2	41	324	101	76	188	37	9	.280	.365	.518	.238	1	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2018	1985	0.4690	0.4599	0.7327	0.6853	0.2609	0.7962	0.5855	0.2673
2019	3041	0.4725	0.4545	0.7236	0.6771	0.2550	0.7760	0.5990	0.2764
Career	5026	0.4711	0.4566	0.7272	0.6803	0.2573	0.7840	0.5937	0.2728

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
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Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2018	ATL	$
2019	ATL	$1,000,000
2020	ATL	$1,000,000
2021	ATL	$5,000,000
2022	ATL	$15,000,000
2023	ATL	$17,000,000
2024	ATL	$17,000,000
2025	ATL	$17,000,000
2026	ATL	$17,000,000
2027	ATL	$10,000,000

Years	Description	Salary
6 yr	Previous	$56,000,000
2019	Current	$17,000,000
7 yr	Pvs + Cur	$73,000,000
2 yr	Future	$27,000,000
9 yr	Total	$100,000,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
4 y 159 d	Rep 1	8 years/$100M (2019-26), 2027-28 options

Details

8 years/$100M (2019-26), plus 2027-28 club options. 19:$1M, 20:$1M, 21:$5M, 22:$15M, 23:$17M, 24:$17M, 25:$17M, 26:$17M, 27:$17M club option ($10M buyout). 28:$17M club option ($10M buyout). Largest-ever contract for a player under club control with less than 1 year of Major League service.
1 year (2018). Contract selected by Atlanta 4/25/18.
Signed by Atlanta 7/2/14 as an amateur free agent from Venezuela. $100,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	H	2B	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA
90^o	46	12	2	2	4	10	2	1	.293	.370	.488	138	4.5	CF 0, RF 0
80^o	31	8	2	1	3	7	1	1	.286	.355	.464	132	2.7	CF 0, RF 0
70^o	21	5	1	1	2	5	1	0	.278	.350	.500	128	1.7	CF 0, RF 0
60^o	12	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	.300	.364	.400	124	0.9	CF 0, RF 0
50^o	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	121	0.2	CF 0, RF 0
Weighted Mean	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	121	0.2	CF 0, RF 0

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2020-04-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Why are we not seeing as much of an impact for international pitchers? A bunch in the pen, but seems like less starters. Thanks and stay safe! (coffeeguy8806 from Chicagoooo)	Thanks! Hope you're staying safe as well. This is an interesting observation. Part of the reason less international pitchers stand out is simply because the market share of international players is smaller. Players like Ronald Acuna and Juan Soto obviously stand out in a big way, and we do not see any international arms of that caliber. However, we do still have plenty of excellent international talent, including Luis Severino, Luis Castillo, Eduardo Rodriguez, Julio Urias, etc. Not to mention the Asian imports like Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish. Plus, there are plenty of high-end SP prospects are internationals, including Luis Patino, Sixto Sanchez, and Deivi Garcia. Of course, there are less elite I do wonder if teams are more reluctant to dole out hefty bonuses to 16-year-old pitchers, which may force many prospective pitchers to try to make it as hitters. Pitching also has a heavy burnout rate and big workloads beginning at 16 can take a toll. Hard to say. (Jesse Roche)
2020-02-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What is your strategy for trading picks in a dynasty startup snake draft? The #4 and #8 overall picks are on the block. Would you be looking to trade multiple picks to get more first rounders or would you prefer the ability to get more selections in the 2-5 rounds. I’m pick #5 (if that’s any help) (MK from Houston)	MK also noted this is for a 12-team OBP roto league. If you have the opportunity, I would try to acquire high-end picks, especially the 4th overall pick, which should be one of Mike Trout, Ronald Acuna, Juan Soto, or Christian Yelich/Cody Bellinger. I do not love the idea of sacrificing picks, but you can do a 2-for-2 in a trade up. In 12-team leagues in particular, the top talent has even more value because replacement level is higher than for larger leagues. Of course, it does depend on your overall dynasty startup strategy. If you are employing the tanking and prospecting strategy, then you should trade down and accumulate later picks to scoop prospects. For the rest, it is almost always in your interest to trade up. An offer of 2.20 and 3.29 for 1.4 and 5.53 would be a fantastic trade. (Jesse Roche)
2020-01-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	In my long running dynasty league, I've gotten several offers already this offseason for Alexander Canario. Whenever this happens, I usually take it to mean I should hold. The last time I remember getting bombarded about a lesser known prospect during the offseason, it was the year before Ronald Acuna blew up. I'm not suggesting Canario is Acuna but is he right at that tipping point of prospect-dom or something? (Chris from Tempe)	So, I suspect there's going to be opportunities to sell high on guys who post big complex league stats generally. Canario isn't an Acuna level prospect, and Acuna had full-season at bats (And a top 50 ranking from us) before he blew up. Canario isn't at that level yet. I guess it depends on the deal here, but his value might never be higher. I would suspect you aren't going to get such a good deal that it isn't worth holding for another year though. But as I said earlier, not a fantasy guy. (San Francisco Giants Top 10 Chat)
2019-08-28 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Alexander Mojica is the next Marco Luciano, who was last years Wander Franco, who was the previous years Juan Soto, who was the years before that Ronald Acuna? (Jon from NY)	Believe it's Jeferson Espinal actually. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2019-08-23 15:30:00 (link to chat)	I guess we have been spoiled but some recent guys who have lit the majors on fire like Ronald Acuna and Juan Soto but what do you make of Victor Robles' first year? Does he still have the ceiling we originally thought he had? (Daniel from Chicago)	I think it's still there, yeah. I was at a Nats game recently and I still see all the potential, and I think he can get there. It might just be more of a slow burn. (Craig Goldstein)

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Ronald Acuña Jr. RF
2 Scouting Reports
Scouted by John Eshleman (Dec 21, 2017)
Scouted by David Lee (Sep 6, 2016)
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