Juan Soto of the Washington Nationals and Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Atlanta Braves are phenomenal young players. Both will have a huge impact on the NL East, and on baseball as a whole, for many years to come.
If the 2018 season wrapped up today, however, Soto would and should win the National League’s Rookie of the Year award. That’s not a knock on Acuna, but an honest assessment of where the race currently stands.
Entering Tuesday’s games, Soto was hitting .302 with 16 home runs, 53 runs batted in, 2 stolen bases, 2 errors and a .