Those who believe that Atlanta Braves phenom Ronald Acuña Jr isn’t hitting are looking at enough data to see what’s really going on.
There’s a graphic that Fox Sports Florida used last night to question whether Acuna is in the throes of a ‘sophomore slump’. Famously now, Acuna seemingly tried to silence that critique on the next pitch.
A well-located slider was deposited over the right-centerfield wall.
Let’s start with the odd stat lines through these first 7 games… embellished with info from Acuna’s pages on BrooksBaseball.net:
- Batting average: .