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In other Braves' news, Acuna is playing like the budding superstar he's billed as..

WCDawgWCDawg ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
edited August 2018 in General

The kid has 8 homers and 15 RBIs in the past 10 games. He now is 2nd on the team in OPS. His swing has relaxed and it looks as fast and fluid as they come.

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  • jay_kubzzjay_kubzz ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    The ball just sounds different coming off his bat. He hits “screaming mimis”

  • BoroDawgBoroDawg ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    It’s always difficult to live up to the hype, but this kid certainly has. It’s really unbelievable what he’s doing. A core of Acuña, Albies, Freeman, Newcomb, and Folty is pretty tough to beat. Not to mention Riley, Toussaint, Allard, Soroka, Wright, Anderson, and Pache knocking down the door in the minors. The Braves and their young talent are the envy of baseball.

  • donmdonm ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @jay_kubzz said:
    The ball just sounds different coming off his bat. He hits “screaming mimis”

    Even his ground ball singles seem to always be over 100mph. And he seems to have mastered the much lauded
    "launch angle".

  • MarkBoknechtMarkBoknecht ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    I love the fact that he was moved to the lead-off spot. His hitting just took off after that change. And with the success with guys in the lower part of the batting order like Camargo and Swanson, it gives the power hitting Acuna numerous RBI opportunities.

  • PTDawgPTDawg ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    It's definitely early in his career but he's definitely fun to watch. Future is very bright.

  • donmdonm ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @MarkBoknecht said:
    I love the fact that he was moved to the lead-off spot. His hitting just took off after that change. And with the success with guys in the lower part of the batting order like Camargo and Swanson, it gives the power hitting Acuna numerous RBI opportunities.

    I'm wondering what it is about hitting leadoff that led to this offensive explosion? Or maybe it had nothing to do with it and he was just ready to get hot? Where is the advanced metric to explain that?

  • WCDawgWCDawg ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @BoroDawg said:
    It’s always difficult to live up to the hype, but this kid certainly has. It’s really unbelievable what he’s doing. A core of Acuña, Albies, Freeman, Newcomb, and Folty is pretty tough to beat. Not to mention Riley, Toussaint, Allard, Soroka, Wright, Anderson, and Pache knocking down the door in the minors. The Braves and their young talent are the envy of baseball.

    We're still thin at the plate. We got production from players early in the season who have already faded back into mediocrity. Long term starting pitching and several positions seem strong, but it's still a team in development.

  • WCDawgWCDawg ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @donm said:

    @jay_kubzz said:
    The ball just sounds different coming off his bat. He hits “screaming mimis”

    Even his ground ball singles seem to always be over 100mph. And he seems to have mastered the much lauded
    "launch angle".

    Launch angle is a nerd too far in analysis of hitting.
    It means nothing over a sample size large enough to evaluate statistically.

  • BullyDawgBullyDawg ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Acuna Matata! No worries! :D

  • greshamdiscogreshamdisco ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Acuna is leading the ratio APHRB / UAFB (attractiveness of the women who get your homerun balls / unattractiveness of the day guys who get your foul balls ratio). Seriously, I’m old enough when I remember it was runs scored, SB, HR and batting average you used to measure players. Now there are 197 metrics used to track players. On Acuna, cool that he set the Braves mark for games with consecutive HRs and also leading off a game with HR (three days in a row). If I were the Marlins, I’d open up the game by walking him.

  • WCDawgWCDawg ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited August 2018

    @greshamdisco said:
    Acuna is leading the ratio APHRB / UAFB (attractiveness of the women who get your homerun balls / unattractiveness of the day guys who get your foul balls ratio). Seriously, I’m old enough when I remember it was runs scored, SB, HR and batting average you used to measure players. Now there are 197 metrics used to track players. On Acuna, cool that he set the Braves mark for games with consecutive HRs and also leading off a game with HR (three days in a row). If I were the Marlins, I’d open up the game by walking him.

    Some metrics make obvious sense, OPS being at the top, some like ''launch angle'' probably have value in projecting prospects and clearly do in training, but are completely incidental ( useless) in evaluating actual production.

  • WCDawgWCDawg ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @donm said:

    @MarkBoknecht said:
    I love the fact that he was moved to the lead-off spot. His hitting just took off after that change. And with the success with guys in the lower part of the batting order like Camargo and Swanson, it gives the power hitting Acuna numerous RBI opportunities.

    I'm wondering what it is about hitting leadoff that led to this offensive explosion? Or maybe it had nothing to do with it and he was just ready to get hot? Where is the advanced metric to explain that?

    Some lineup positions like 3rd are somewhat dependent on the next hitter to get pitches to hit. Leadoff seems more about comfort level, some thrive there while others shrink from it.

  • KirbstomperKirbstomper ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited August 2018

    @WCDawg said:

    @greshamdisco said:
    Acuna is leading the ratio APHRB / UAFB (attractiveness of the women who get your homerun balls / unattractiveness of the day guys who get your foul balls ratio). Seriously, I’m old enough when I remember it was runs scored, SB, HR and batting average you used to measure players. Now there are 197 metrics used to track players. On Acuna, cool that he set the Braves mark for games with consecutive HRs and also leading off a game with HR (three days in a row). If I were the Marlins, I’d open up the game by walking him.

    Some metrics make obvious sense, OPS being at the top, some like ''launch angle'' probably have value in projecting prospects and clearly do in training, but are completely incidental ( useless) in evaluating actual production.

    There’s a reason organizations are embracing fly balls!

  • MODawgMODawg ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    @Kirbstomper said:

    @WCDawg said:

    @greshamdisco said:
    Acuna is leading the ratio APHRB / UAFB (attractiveness of the women who get your homerun balls / unattractiveness of the day guys who get your foul balls ratio). Seriously, I’m old enough when I remember it was runs scored, SB, HR and batting average you used to measure players. Now there are 197 metrics used to track players. On Acuna, cool that he set the Braves mark for games with consecutive HRs and also leading off a game with HR (three days in a row). If I were the Marlins, I’d open up the game by walking him.

    Some metrics make obvious sense, OPS being at the top, some like ''launch angle'' probably have value in projecting prospects and clearly do in training, but are completely incidental ( useless) in evaluating actual production.

    I’m glad you will never work in the Braves FO haha. There’s a reason organizations are embracing fly balls!

    Yea bc they keep building the parks smaller and smaller

  • KirbstomperKirbstomper ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    https://www.fangraphs.com/library/pitching/batted-ball/

    Scroll down and check out the stats for the league in 2014 on offensive numbers for grounders liners and fly balls!

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