El mejor momento del pitcheo de Tiburones en las últimas 4 temporadas, coincidió con la llegada de Luis Torrens. Sin desmeritar lo de Rivero, Marchán, Telis en los últimos años, para mí Torrens clave en ese título de LG, puede ser esa pieza q le cambiaría el rostro al bullpen.
🚨🚨🚨BOMBAZO
Daniel Riolo, periodista de confianza de la familia Mbappé, dice que NO se descarta la salida de Mbappé del Real Madrid el próximo verano.
Estamos a punto de salvar al club más grande del mundo. Y lo haremos.
🚨⚾ ¡PIFIA DE RONALD ACUÑA JR.! 😬🇻🇪
Ronald Acuña Jr. no pudo con el batazo en el jardín derecho que permitió que Derek Hill avanzara hasta la tercera base con un triple. 🏃💨
❌ Una jugada complicada para el venezolano que terminó convirtiéndose en una oportunidad extra para Philadelphia.
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Acuña es un jugador de rachas, 2 o 3 semanas malas y 1 buena, además, se lesiona demasiado. Yo lo cambiaría antes de que vuelva a lesionarse, que otro cargue ése piano (soy tiburón y Brave)...
Let's talk about Ronald Acuña Jr., who has not looked anything like himself for most of the season.
The short version: Aside from one four-game stretch, Acuña is having by far the worst season of his career.
If you exclude his four-game homer binge in late May, he's hitting .220 with a .667 OPS and a nearly 25% strikeout rate. For whatever reason, aside from those four games, Acuña has really struggled. He's chased a lot more, he's struck out a lot more and he's had fewer hard-hit balls.
In his first 42 games before the binge, he hit .236 with a .695 OPS, a 21.8% strikeout rate, a 26.5% chase rate and a 44.1% hard-hit rate.
In his 32 games since the binge (interrupted by a six-week IL stint), he's hit .200 with a .627 OPS, a 28.1% strikeout rate, a 31% chase rate and a 44.8% hard-hit rate.
For context, in his 2023 MVP year, he had a 22.7% chase rate and a 55.2% hard-hit rate. Last season, he had a 23.2% chase rate and a 52.5% hard-hit rate.
It seems pretty clear that he's still not quite right. That doesn't mean he's still hurting, just that he's clearly off. We've seen flashes of the MVP Acuña, but it's been preceded and followed by long stretches of mediocre-to-poor play. The question becomes when, or whether, the MVP version will return.
The MVP Acuña, at least the slugging version, could return this season or next (the 70-steal version is probably gone forever, sadly). But his consistent non-production this season -- aside from that four-game stretch in May -- probably shouldn't be waved away as a blip. There are 74 games of evidence.
However, it's possible his timing/swing/confidence have never gotten right after two IL stints, and it'll all eventually come back to stay. But I'm not sure it's something to bank on.
Now for the big bummer ...
It's reasonable to wonder whether Acuña's series of lower-body injuries has changed the type of player he can be. It's way too soon to make a definitive call on that, but it's not something that can be dismissed. The last six weeks of the season will be interesting to watch.
Raisel Iglesias has been a conundrum this season.
On one hand, he’s tied with the 6th most saves in baseball. Only 3 blown saves. His actual & expected stats are solid. His underlyings are still quite good.
On the other, when you watch his outings they always seem so shaky.