Ronald Acuña

Bats R Throws R6'0" 205 lbBorn 1997 La Guaira, VenezuelaDebut 2018Team ATL5x All-StarContract 8 y/$100M (19-26)+27-28 opts 2026: $17,000,000

Awards: TSN All-Star x3, Silver Slugger x2, All-MLB First Team, NL Hank Aaron Award, NL MVP, NL Silver Slugger, Rookie of the Year

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 121.3FIELD+ 94.4 at RFTotal 2.53 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	477	402	111	20	1	21	67	102	21	0.277	0.386	0.491	0.876	0.214	0.380	21.5	14.1	142.7	3.98
2027	444	378	100	17	1	18	57	97	19	0.263	0.366	0.458	0.825	0.195	0.359	22.0	12.9	130.5	3.04

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 138 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Jim Wynn	1969	142.2	140.4	668
2	Al Simmons	1929	140.0	168.7	611
3	Jose Canseco	1992	139.3	103.4	253
4	Andrew McCutchen	2014	147.4	147.2	685
5	Harry Heilmann	1922	133.9	189.9	626
6	Mookie Betts	2020	135.2	129.7	550
7	Matt Kemp	2012	127.7	103.6	290
8	Greg Luzinski	1978	138.7	108.1	525
9	Chick Hafey	1930	131.7	154.2	494
10	Joe DiMaggio	1942	154.7	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			444		100	17	1	18		19	57	97	0.263	0.366	0.458	0.825	130.5
2026*	ATL	75	330	43	68	12	1	13		16	40	77	0.240	0.342	0.428	0.770	120.0
2025	ATL	95	412	74	98	12	1	21	42	9	71	102	0.290	0.417	0.518	0.935	164.9
2024	ATL	49	222	38	48	8	1	4	15	16	27	53	0.250	0.351	0.365	0.716	105.0
2023	ATL	158	735	149	217	35	4	41	106	73	80	84	0.337	0.416	0.596	1.012	168.6
2022	ATL	119	533	71	124	24	0	15	50	29	53	126	0.266	0.351	0.413	0.764	114.9
2021	ATL	82	360	72	84	19	1	24	52	17	49	85	0.283	0.394	0.596	0.990	154.1
2020	ATL	46	202	46	40	11	0	14	29	8	38	60	0.250	0.406	0.581	0.987	153.4
2019	ATL	156	712	127	175	22	2	41	101	37	76	188	0.280	0.365	0.518	0.883	122.7
2018	ATL	111	487	78	127	26	4	26	64	16	45	123	0.293	0.366	0.552	0.917	146.0
Career		816	3663	655	913	157	13	186	459	205	439	821	0.289	0.384	0.524	0.908	142.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	330	90.4	16.9	13.0	46.2	29.9	27.2	0.257	0.487	0.367	27.0
2025	412	92.7	13.3	15.7	52.5	30.3	23.2	0.263	0.535	0.397	27.9
2024	222	92.2	8.5	9.4	48.2	27.5	21.5	0.256	0.430	0.350	27.7
2023	735	94.7	7.4	15.3	55.2	18.7	22.7	0.351	0.668	0.461	28.0
2022	533	91.2	10.8	12.9	49.7	24.9	24.4	0.270	0.496	0.368	28.5
2021	360	93.8	18.2	20.4	54.8	27.6	20.8	0.290	0.610	0.430	29.4
2020	202	92.3	18.1	16.2	56.0	29.9	20.0	0.256	0.594	0.422	29.1
2019	715	90.6	14.2	16.2	47.4	27.7	24.0	0.279	0.574	0.390	29.3
2018	487	90.9	13.1	14.2	46.6	26.9	24.0	0.271	0.535	0.375	29.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	ATL	OF	91	780	164	5	2	2	0.988
2024	ATL	OF	48	428	98	2	2	0	0.980
2023	ATL	OF	156	1361	281	10	5	1	0.983
2022	ATL	OF	92	793	150	4	4	0	0.975
2021	ATL	OF	81	675	134	4	2	0	0.986
2020	ATL	OF	46	377	102	0	0	0	1.000
2019	ATL	OF	156	1364	325	10	3	1	0.991
2018	ATL	OF	108	936	184	3	5	0	0.974

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	24	0 HR, 1 SB	0.263	0.638
2022	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	25	0 HR, 3 SB	0.368	0.941
2018	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	101	1 HR, 5 SB	0.211	0.564
2017	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	243	9 HR, 11 SB	0.344	0.941
2017	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	243	9 HR, 19 SB	0.326	0.894
2017	A+	Florida Fire Frogs	Bat	126	3 HR, 14 SB	0.287	0.814
2016	A	Rome Braves	Bat	171	4 HR, 14 SB	0.311	0.819
2015	Rk	GCL Braves	Bat	157	3 HR, 11 SB	0.258	0.800
2015	Rk	Danville Braves	Bat	80	1 HR, 5 SB	0.290	0.852
2015	Rk	nan	Bat	237	4 HR, 16 SB	0.269	0.818

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.334	0.351	0.351	0.338
2025	0.372	0.419	0.425	0.385
2024	0.340	0.338	0.293	0.380
2023	0.420	0.445	0.449	0.430
2022	0.328	0.352	0.370	0.324
2021	0.444	0.411	0.437	0.394
2020	0.394	0.429	0.458	0.380
2019	0.401	0.392	0.394	0.394

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	4	14	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	0.143	0.294	0.214	0.508
2022	4	15	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0.333	0.412	0.400	0.812
2020	12	46	10	10	4	0	1	3	3	7	17	0.217	0.333	0.370	0.703
2019	5	18	1	8	3	1	1	2	0	4	5	0.444	0.565	0.889	1.454
2018	4	16	1	3	1	0	1	4	0	1	5	0.188	0.235	0.438	0.673
Career	29	109	17	28	10	1	3	9	5	15	34	0.257	0.367	0.450	0.817