By means of the to start with half of the time, no player has garnered far more awareness than Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani, who does a little something that is never been finished right before in baseball seemingly on a everyday foundation. But around in the Nationwide League, Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. is undertaking much more than his aspect to make some history in his individual proper.
Acuña’s scorching initial fifty percent ongoing Monday night, with the 25-calendar year-aged swiping his MLB-leading 40th foundation of the time. In accomplishing so, he turned the very first player in the history of the American or Nationwide Leagues to have at minimum 20 house runs, 40 stolen bases and 50 RBIs right before the All-Star break.
Acuña also grew to become the swiftest player to achieve 20 homers and 40 stolen bases, needing just 84 online games to arrive at individuals benchmarks. He’s presently on rate for 41 residence runs and 77 stolen bases.
Acuña is spearheading a Braves offense that has blitzed the relaxation of the competitors in the NL, primary the league in runs and homers. Atlanta heads for the All-Star crack on a tear, profitable 24 of its previous 27 games following Monday’s 4–2 victory above the Guardians to make improvements to to 57–27 on the season.
