Ronald

Acuña

RFAge : 28Bats : R

#13

Ronald Acuña Jr.

#13RFAtlanta Braves

Height : 6' 0" · Weight : 93 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2018-04-25

Born in : La Guaira, Venezuela

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Atlanta Braves	107	408	104	20	55	.255	.796
2025	Atlanta Braves	95	338	98	21	42	.290	.935
2024	Atlanta Braves	49	192	48	4	15	.250	.716
2023	Atlanta Braves	159	643	217	41	106	.337	1.012
2022	Atlanta Braves	119	467	124	15	50	.266	.764
2021	Atlanta Braves	82	297	84	24	52	.283	.990
2020	Atlanta Braves	46	160	40	14	29	.250	.987
2019	Atlanta Braves	156	626	175	41	101	.280	.883
2018	Atlanta Braves	111	433	127	26	64	.293	.918
Career totals		924	3564	1017	206	514	.285	.895

ContractAtlanta Braves payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 8 yrs · 2019–2026
Total value: 100.0 M$
AAV: 12.50 M$

2026
17.00 M$
Guaranteed
2027
17.00 M$
Club option
2028
17.00 M$
Club option

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

120

wOBA

.348

xwOBA

.366

OPS

.796

AVG

.255

OBP

.345

RBI

469

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

1.7

Home runs

2026 WAR

1.8

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↓ Declining (-20)

20239.1 WAR · 7.4 per full season
20241.0 WAR · 2.7 per full season
20253.5 WAR · 5.1 per full season
20261.8 WAR · 2.3 per full season

Outlook, age included

-10 · 28 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Star

CON: Contact; 77
POW: Power; 90
EYE: Eye; 88
SPD: Speed; 80
FLD: Fielding; 56
DUR: Durability; 64
EX: Experience; 78

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

1.8

#133 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

73 / 100

#72 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

36 / 100

Surplus $5.1M · salary $12.5M

PAL: dimensions

Offense81

Power76

Discipline68

Speed62

Defense10

WAR, in runs

Batting+11.1

Baserunning+0.3

Fielding-3.6

Positional-5.6

Replacement+14.3

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

89.6 mi/h

58th percentile

Max exit velocity

115.2 mi/h

93th percentile

Barrels

13.0 %

88th percentile

Hard-hit

43.5 %

68th percentile

xBA

.261

72th percentile

Bat speed

75.7 mi/h

91th percentile

Sprint speed

27.1 pi/s

43th percentile

Outs above average

-10

6th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	ATL	1.8	73	90	89.6	115.2	13.0	43.5	.261
2025	ATL	3.5	94	92	92.7	115.5	15.7	52.5	.263
2024	ATL	1.0	67	94	92.2	114.2	9.4	48.2	.256
2023	ATL	9.1	100	96	94.7	121.2	15.3	55.2	.351
2022	ATL	2.4	76	91	91.2	116.6	12.8	49.7	.270
2021	ATL	4.4	99	97	93.8	117.9	20.3	54.8	.290

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 26	@ MIA	5	0	0	0	0	1	.255
Sep 25	@ MIA	4	0	0	0	0	1	.258
Sep 24	vs CIN	5	2	0	0	0	0	.261
Sep 22	vs CIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	.259
Sep 20	@ HOU	3	1	0	0	1	1	.260
Sep 19	@ HOU	3	2	1	4	2	0	.259
Sep 18	@ HOU	5	1	1	2	0	1	.256
Sep 16	@ CHC	4	2	0	0	0	2	.257
Sep 15	@ CHC	5	1	1	2	0	1	.254
Sep 14	@ CHC	4	0	0	0	1	1	.255