Atlanta Braves News: The reigning unanimous MVP Ronald Acuna Jr. hit his first homer of the season today against the Astros. The solo home run came on an 0-0 count with 0 outs in the top of the 5th inning. J.P. France, who gave up the homer, threw a 78.3 mph hanging sweeper that Acuna took dead center.
Acuna Heating Up
Like most of Ronald Acuna Jr.’s recent hits, this one was hit hard at a 109.5 exit velocity. He gave the Atlanta Braves a 2-1 lead in the 5th that helped the Braves win the game 5-4 in 10 innings. Ronald Acuna looks to have many more home runs this season.
Ronald Acuna Jr. has a .294 BA and a .400 OBP as of now. He has a 46.7% Hard-Hit rate which is in the 73rd percentile of the league right now. He also has a 13.3% BB rate right now, which is in the 83rd percentile.
He has six multi-hit games in his last nine games, and is on a seven-game hit streak now. Even though Ronald was on the fifth largest home run drought for a player coming off of a 40+ home run season, he is poised for power in the future. Do not worry over Ronald Acuna Jr.
Ronald Acuna Jr. has an 89.5 mph Exit Velocity right now, which is the 60th percentile right now. However, Ronald hit four different balls in play with a 100+mph Exit Velocity in the last series versus the Marlins. He hit a home run that went just foul yesterday.
Ronald Acuna Jr. is heating up.
Ronald Acuna Jr. Statistics
- Home Runs: 1
- Runs: 17
- RBI: 5
- Batting Average: .294
- On-Base Percentage: .400
- Slugging Percentage: .532
- OPS: .797
Ronald Acuna is getting hot. Things are about to change a lot around here. After all, he is your reigning NL MVP.
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