Ronald Acuña Jr.
RF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 205LBS | Age: 26
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 360 297 72 84 24 17 .283 .394 .596 .990
2022 533 467 71 124 15 29 .266 .351 .413 .764
2023 735 643 149 217 41 73 .337 .416 .596 1.012
6 Seasons 3,032 2,626 543 767 161 180 .292 .381 .537 .918
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .283 24 17 .990
2022 .266 15 29 .764
2023 .337 41 73 1.012
6 Seasons .292 161 180 .918
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2018 20 1985 313 42 13.4 8.6 90.9 113.9 13.1 34.2 .271 .535 .388 .375 .473 46.6 25.3 9.2
2019 21 3048 439 66 15.0 9.2 90.6 115.9 14.2 40.5 .279 .574 .369 .390 .502 47.4 26.3 10.6
2020 22 876 100 16 16.0 7.9 92.4 114.8 18.6 34.0 .254 .591 .413 .420 .559 57.0 29.7 18.8
2021 23 1449 217 44 20.3 12.2 93.8 117.9 18.2 39.6 .295 .603 .412 .429 .528 54.8 23.6 13.6
2022 24 2162 344 44 12.8 8.3 91.2 116.6 10.8 32.8 .272 .484 .335 .365 .444 49.7 23.6 9.9
2023 25 2782 562 86 15.3 11.7 94.7 121.2 7.4 33.6 .357 .660 .428 .460 .493 55.2 11.4 10.9
Player 12302 1975 298 15.1 9.8 92.4 121.2 12.2 35.8 .296 .577 .388 .407 .490 51.2 22.0 11.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 43.5 27.8 22.7 6.1 36.7 42.8 20.4 3.2 29.4 22.7 23.3 8.0 13.4 8.6
2019 38.5 29.4 27.3 4.8 38.7 33.5 27.8 5.2 26.9 22.6 21.2 9.1 15.0 9.2
2020 36.0 32.0 24.0 8.0 43.0 34.0 23.0 6.0 18.0 21.0 21.0 18.0 16.0 7.9
2021 31.8 30.9 29.0 8.3 47.9 32.3 19.8 3.7 20.3 25.3 23.5 6.5 20.3 12.2
2022 47.7 24.7 21.2 6.4 40.4 39.5 20.1 5.8 32.3 20.3 21.8 6.1 12.8 8.3
2023 48.8 22.4 26.2 2.7 37.0 40.0 23.0 2.5 34.3 14.9 23.5 9.1 15.3 11.7
Player 42.9 26.6 25.2 5.2 39.4 37.8 22.8 4.1 29.2 20.3 22.5 8.6 15.1 9.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.2 19 856 30.8 206 .305 .615 .438 17.4 11.7 10.2 .336 .644 .453 58.8
2023 Sinker 2.0 12 594 21.4 189 .350 .515 .422 9.7 10.1 14.6 .358 .629 .456 55.6
2023 Slider 2.9 16 551 19.8 135 .347 .661 .461 26.0 14.1 13.3 .374 .683 .472 56.9
2023 Changeup 1.3 3 242 8.7 57 .300 .440 .373 24.8 12.3 11.5 .330 .492 .395 51.2
2023 Curveball 4.2 8 198 7.1 53 .362 .702 .511 16.5 9.4 8.1 .415 .866 .553 57.1
2023 Cutter 2.9 5 161 5.8 40 .459 .649 .499 19.0 7.5 8.8 .407 .646 .468 41.2
2023 Sweeper 0.6 1 103 3.7 32 .290 .548 .366 26.5 6.3 6.9 .332 .755 .459 48.3
2023 Split-Finger 2.8 2 62 2.2 15 .267 .667 .387 34.4 26.7 16.7 .290 .606 .373 45.5
2023 Slurve 18.1 1 5 0.2 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .523 1.905 .980 50.0
2023 Screwball 5.1 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 749 34.6 162 .234 .404 .338 25.2 18.5 12.4 .272 .548 .391 45.1
2022 Slider 1.9 7 390 18.0 115 .314 .457 .369 34.7 33.9 27.1 .247 .417 .324 45.5
2022 Sinker 0.1 0 376 17.4 86 .286 .400 .384 15.6 17.4 18.5 .295 .411 .380 50.9
2022 Changeup 0.5 1 234 10.8 59 .302 .434 .348 25.5 22.0 15.9 .319 .599 .424 62.5
2022 Curveball 2.5 4 181 8.4 49 .267 .444 .355 13.6 22.4 18.0 .266 .448 .338 50.0
2022 Cutter -0.6 -1 146 6.8 35 .219 .406 .309 24.7 22.9 23.5 .281 .522 .356 56.0
2022 Sweeper -2.5 -1 46 2.1 12 .167 .250 .179 29.2 33.3 19.0 .238 .489 .312 50.0
2022 Split-Finger -0.6 0 31 1.4 8 .000 .000 .175 43.8 75.0 35.3 -- -- .175 --
2022 Slurve -5.3 0 3 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .540 .886 .594 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 5 536 37.0 120 .269 .663 .414 28.3 27.5 21.0 .311 .731 .453 62.2
2021 Sinker 2.1 6 283 19.5 72 .316 .526 .431 11.1 15.3 16.7 .364 .682 .495 54.3
2021 Slider 2.2 5 215 14.8 59 .311 .756 .506 35.2 23.7 19.4 .278 .602 .467 43.8
2021 Changeup 1.2 2 169 11.7 42 .265 .441 .377 36.5 21.4 17.0 .216 .313 .316 52.0
2021 Cutter 4.5 4 97 6.7 28 .333 .750 .463 23.8 17.9 20.0 .323 .727 .467 65.0
2021 Curveball -0.8 -1 85 5.9 23 .250 .350 .317 29.7 30.4 29.2 .238 .311 .301 38.5
2021 Split-Finger 5.0 2 34 2.3 7 .286 .571 .357 38.5 42.9 20.0 .255 .322 .251 50.0
2021 Sweeper -8.3 -1 15 1.0 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 33.3 .003 .003 .003 0.0
2021 Slurve -13.6 -1 6 0.4 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 33.3 100.0 .122 .194 .127 50.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -1 285 32.5 56 .200 .378 .334 37.3 42.9 24.2 .194 .462 .355 66.7
2020 Sinker 2.2 4 184 21.0 47 .303 .727 .509 18.8 17.0 17.0 .312 .689 .500 52.0
2020 Slider -1.2 -2 159 18.2 39 .235 .412 .329 33.8 28.2 20.4 .235 .427 .334 60.9
2020 Cutter 4.7 4 86 9.8 19 .357 1.071 .613 28.1 26.3 19.2 .333 .993 .580 66.7
2020 Changeup 2.8 2 74 8.4 18 .188 .563 .389 21.6 27.8 17.9 .269 .669 .459 36.4
2020 Curveball 5.9 4 74 8.4 17 .286 .857 .506 32.3 29.4 14.3 .259 .735 .461 55.6
2020 Split-Finger 15.9 2 12 1.4 2 .500 1.000 .625 25.0 50.0 12.5 .290 .542 .334 100.0
2020 Sweeper -69.2 -1 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .440 .542 .425 0.0
2020 Slurve -44.5 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 2 1,115 36.6 245 .234 .464 .351 28.5 31.8 19.9 .241 .504 .362 48.5
2019 Sinker 1.8 11 595 19.5 149 .313 .555 .440 19.5 17.4 15.5 .320 .635 .438 45.1
2019 Slider 1.6 8 525 17.2 123 .261 .441 .369 36.3 30.1 23.6 .289 .578 .392 43.2
2019 Curveball 4.1 11 262 8.6 71 .349 .746 .499 28.9 26.8 20.7 .332 .791 .481 65.9
2019 Changeup 1.4 3 238 7.8 49 .273 .545 .381 20.3 12.2 7.4 .290 .591 .399 47.4
2019 Cutter 1.0 2 219 7.2 47 .356 .533 .398 26.4 25.5 19.4 .281 .514 .346 42.4
2019 Split-Finger 7.5 3 46 1.5 13 .308 .615 .512 43.5 38.5 23.8 .210 .522 .350 25.0
2019 Sweeper -3.7 -1 32 1.0 11 .182 .273 .195 47.1 45.5 38.5 .181 .205 .171 50.0
2019 Slurve 5.1 0 8 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .300 .382 .270 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 2.4 17 708 35.7 155 .328 .776 .490 27.0 23.9 17.7 .312 .728 .469 59.8
2018 Slider 0.4 2 414 20.9 105 .227 .433 .326 29.1 33.3 26.3 .223 .441 .320 43.5
2018 Sinker -0.5 -2 343 17.3 90 .278 .380 .332 18.7 24.4 25.0 .267 .397 .326 39.0
2018 Curveball 1.8 4 191 9.6 57 .315 .463 .355 24.0 24.6 19.2 .271 .395 .309 47.5
2018 Changeup 3.7 7 177 8.9 40 .394 .758 .506 22.8 7.5 6.0 .348 .752 .487 41.9
2018 Cutter 0.1 0 124 6.2 31 .267 .400 .331 44.6 29.0 22.0 .198 .363 .257 23.8
2018 Split-Finger -0.2 0 13 0.7 4 .000 .000 .175 25.0 50.0 28.6 .060 .182 .251 0.0
2018 Slurve -5.9 0 6 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 50.0 .004 .006 .004 0.0
2018 Sweeper 2.1 0 4 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Knuckleball 6.1 0 2 0.1 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .587 2.179 1.114 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 502 2,048 6 -2 16 9 29
2019 734 3,146 8 -11 29 17 44
2020 254 1,091 -7 -2 12 7 10
2021 358 1,449 -13 8 18 8 22
2022 546 2,218 -11 0 16 10 14
2023 749 2,842 16 3 29 16 64
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2018 1,985 48.1 70.3 79.3 24.0 55.9 41.0 35.9 46.2 26.6 7.4 85.6
2019 3,048 48.2 68.7 76.8 24.0 59.6 41.9 33.8 45.5 27.7 7.2 87.3
2020 876 46.8 63.9 73.7 20.0 60.2 43.0 31.3 40.5 29.9 7.5 80.3
2021 1,449 47.6 67.0 77.5 20.8 57.6 42.5 32.9 42.8 27.6 7.9 82.6
2022 2,162 47.9 73.5 80.6 24.3 59.9 42.7 38.1 47.9 24.9 7.7 82.0
2023 2,782 49.0 70.7 85.6 22.6 68.2 40.7 37.2 46.2 18.7 7.3 83.7
Player 12,302 48.1 69.7 79.8 23.1 60.7 41.8 35.4 45.5 25.1 7.4 84.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2018 92 79 96 96 75 86 93 84 93 91 20 58 33 73 97 83
2019 94 82 94 95 86 99 95 76 98 89 19 72 26 80 95 30
2020 97 56 96 99 97 78 95 91 97 99 14 99 28 86 96 72 98
2021 99 94 99 97 98 78 99 98 99 97 34 94 30 90 97 99
2022 94 85 92 86 91 83 88 86 98 92 34 72 47 76 82 6 100
2023 100 100 100 99 100 100 93 100 100 98 97 80 84 84 67 4 98
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 24.6 27 27.2 0 9 15 15 55.6
2019 24.9 42 43.0 -1 12 22 25 59.5
2020 25.9 15 13.3 2 4 8 7 46.7
2021 27.0 24 22.4 2 2 15 11 45.8
2022 28.9 15 17.5 -3 12 8 11 73.3
2023 26.4 41 39.0 2 10 26 20 48.8
Player 26.0 164 162.5 2 49 94 89 54.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 27 30 21 28 27 26 29 28 22 23 25 28 33 25 28 33 28 27 28 28 29 27 31 30 25 25 25 28 30 27 22
2019 42 48 40 50 42 40 47 44 33 38 38 47 46 43 41 44 40 39 43 46 45 46 52 47 43 40 38 48 47 42 33
2020 15 14 10 15 11 14 14 13 9 10 12 12 14 12 14 13 15 15 14 14 15 14 17 14 15 13 10 14 14 15 13
2021 24 26 20 23 21 21 26 25 15 16 21 20 26 18 25 26 25 24 25 22 24 22 27 25 24 21 23 21 24 17 20
2022 15 17 16 17 17 16 17 16 13 15 17 20 23 17 19 19 17 17 16 17 18 18 23 18 15 15 17 17 21 18 19
2023 41 36 31 41 36 38 42 36 35 36 37 39 40 37 44 42 47 40 38 42 40 35 49 45 40 35 36 41 41 38 34
Player 164 171 138 174 154 155 175 162 127 138 150 166 182 152 171 177 172 162 164 169 171 162 199 179 162 149 149 169 177 157 141
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.9 90.6 -0.3 92.4 1.8 93.8 1.4 91.2 -2.6 94.7 3.5
Launch Angle 13.1 14.2 1.1 18.6 4.4 18.2 -0.4 10.8 -7.4 7.4 -3.4
Barrel % 13.4 15.0 1.6 16.0 1.0 20.3 4.3 12.8 -7.5 15.3 2.5
Hard Hit % 46.6 47.4 0.8 57.0 9.6 54.8 -2.2 49.7 -5.1 55.2 5.5
Sweet Spot % 34.2 40.5 6.3 34.0 -6.5 39.6 5.6 32.8 -6.8 33.6 0.8
xBA .271 .279 0.008 .254 -0.025 .295 0.041 .272 -0.023 .357 0.085
BA .293 .280 -0.013 .250 -0.030 .283 0.033 .266 -0.017 .337 0.071
xwOBA .375 .390 0.015 .420 0.030 .429 0.009 .365 -0.064 .460 0.095
wOBA .388 .369 -0.019 .413 0.044 .412 -0.001 .335 -0.077 .428 0.093
xSLG .535 .574 0.039 .591 0.017 .603 0.012 .484 -0.119 .660 0.176
SLG .552 .518 -0.034 .581 0.063 .596 0.015 .413 -0.183 .596 0.183
K% 25.3 26.3 1.0 29.7 3.4 23.6 -6.1 23.6 0.0 11.4 -12.2
BB% 9.2 10.6 1.4 18.8 8.2 13.6 -5.2 9.9 -3.7 10.9 1.0
Swing % 46.2 45.5 -0.7 40.5 -5.0 42.8 2.3 47.9 5.1 46.2 -1.7
Whiff% 26.6 27.7 1.1 29.9 2.2 27.6 -2.3 24.9 -2.7 18.7 -6.2
In Zone % 48.1 48.2 0.1 46.8 -1.4 47.6 0.8 47.9 0.3 49.0 1.1
Out of Zone % 51.9 51.8 -0.1 53.2 1.4 52.4 -0.8 52.1 -0.3 51.0 -1.1
Out of Zone Swing % 24.0 24.0 0.0 20.0 -4.0 20.8 0.8 24.3 3.5 22.6 -1.7
First Pitch Swing % 35.9 33.8 -2.1 31.3 -2.5 32.9 1.6 38.1 5.2 37.2 -0.9
First Pitch Strike % 62.3 61.5 -0.8 57.2 -4.3 53.2 -4.0 60.8 7.6 58.7 -2.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2018 Shifts R 485 165 34.0 .363 .436
2019 Shifts R 710 161 22.7 .374 .353
2020 Shifts R 200 99 49.5 .401 .426
2021 Shifts R 352 212 60.2 .491 .362
2022 Shifts R 529 316 59.7 .350 .326
2023 Shades R 730 73 10.0 .418 .518
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 673 16.1 37.1% 1.6% 251 22.3 1.2% 8.4%
2019 972 17.6 21.5% 1.6% 465 23.0 1.1% 9.5%
2020 293 16.9 30.7% 3.4% 141 22.7 0.7% 7.1%
2021 500 17.9 19.4% 2.4% 205 25.2 0.0% 17.6%
2022 687 18.3 18.2% 4.5% 286 23.5 0.3% 12.9%
2023 896 15.4 44.2% 0.4% 364 19.0 3.6% 0.8%
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Statcast Rankings