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Great start tonight. Braves up 5-1.

Hitting the ball hard everywhere and Fried is looking really good.
 
BamaNation said:
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Braves' Acuña 5th player ever with 40-40 season

Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. clubbed his 40th homer of the season Friday night against the Nationals, becoming the fifth member of MLB's exclusive 40-40 club.
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"He is the only player ever to have a 40-60 season, and in fact, no one before this season had ever achieved a 40-50 season."

It seems like every media source is burying this lead for some reason.
 
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tusks_n_raider said:
"He is the only player ever to have a 40-60 season, and in fact, no one before this season had ever achieved a 40-50 season."

It seems like every media source is burying this lead for some reason.
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The bigots despise the "Old South". Even so, it will be difficult to deprive Acuna of his MVP. He has Betts beaten or tied in every stat. He's almost pulled even in WAR 8.1-8.0. As you alluded to, he will likely end up with a 40-70 season, with no one ever doing a 40-50. Acuna has already scored more runs than anyone since the twilight of the steroid era in 2001. Has 140 with 8 games to play. He's doing historic things. If it weren't for the steroid era (I hate it for this very reason), he'll almost surely have the most runs scored in the NL since Chuck Klein in 1932; really most all of baseball except for the cartoon run numbers put up by Ruth and Gehrig, and the meaningless prehistoric numbers put up in the 19th century.
 
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The bigots despise the "Old South". Even so, it will be difficult to deprive Acuna of his MVP. He has Betts beaten or tied in every stat. He's almost pulled even in WAR 8.1-8.0. As you alluded to, he will likely end up with a 40-70 season, with no one ever doing a 40-50. Acuna has already scored more runs than anyone since the twilight of the steroid era in 2001. Has 140 with 8 games to play. He's doing historic things. If it weren't for the steroid era (I hate it for this very reason), he'll almost surely have the most runs scored in the NL since Chuck Klein in 1932; really most all of baseball except for the cartoon run numbers put up by Ruth and Gehrig, and the meaningless prehistoric numbers put up in the 19th century.
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The problem is that there should be some uniformity on how they determine it and the Cy Young but there isn’t. It’s why you are seeing Strider sandbagged against lesser overall stats guy.

MLB has and is still dominated by NY and LA writers and clubs. It’s why every stretch where the Dodgers, Yankees, Sox, and Phillies don’t all make it in a good stretch to the postseason then there is some expansion. It’s why the current LA narrative of being a great run is being sang while the 90 Braves are now being viewed as a group of chokers.

Acuna should have had the MVP locked up about a month ago and Strider should have been seriously considered for the Cy Young. But the LA and NY writers have different plans
 
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