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Atlanta Braves Top 100 Scouting Report: 16. Ronald Acuna

By Benjamin Chase

Mar 5, 2016; Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA; Atlanta Braves special assistant to baseball operations Andruw Jones before the start of the spring training game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Champion Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 5, 2016; Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA; Atlanta Braves special assistant to baseball operations Andruw Jones before the start of the spring training game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Champion Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jul 19, 2015; Anaheim, CA, USA; A general view as workers try and brush the water off the outfield as the game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Boston Red Sox at Angel Stadium of Anaheim was officially called a rain out. This is the first time the Angels have been rained out at home since June 16, 1995. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 19, 2015; Anaheim, CA, USA; A general view as workers try and brush the water off the outfield as the game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Boston Red Sox at Angel Stadium of Anaheim was officially called a rain out. This is the first time the Angels have been rained out at home since June 16, 1995. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports /

Future Outlook

Seriously, I thought I had put Acuna a bit high by having him in my top 20 after one season. I’m not so sure after watching him more if he wouldn’t work his way into my top 5, certainly my top 10 in the entire system. He is one of the prospects in the wave after Ozzie Albies/Dansby Swanson/Rio Ruiz get here in the next year or so that Braves fans should get very excited about. I seriously believe that he’s that type of prospect that makes an milb.tv subscription worth it. The Rome team has a few players like that, but Acuna is absolutely one of those guys.

I would wager that Acuna spends the majority of this season in Rome, but I wouldn’t put it beyond the Braves to promote him to Carolina in late July to give him some run in Carolina. Excellent play there could even encourage a similar path as Albies saw this year, playing his age 19 season starting in Mississippi.

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That would be an incredible leap, but I do think there’s a measure of power here along with speed that will be exciting for Braves fans for years to come.

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