Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña, Jr. are the presumptive front-runners for the 2018 NL Rookie of the Year award, and they’re getting another chance to go head-to-head one last time in this weekend’s three-game set in SunTrust Park.
Soto started the night on Friday with a .304/.417/.529 line, 22 doubles, 19 homers, 70 walks, 90 strikeouts, 68 runs scored, and 152 wRC+ in 101 games and 430 plate appearances, over which he’s been worth 3.5 fWAR.
Acuña, Jr. came into the series in Atlanta with a .290/.368/.575 line, 24 doubles, 25 homers, 42 walks, 104 Ks, 68 runs scored and 149 wRC+ in 95 games and 418 PAs over which he has been worth 3.