Ronald Acuña Jr. is forcing his way into the conversation for starting the All-Star Game in Atlanta in a few weeks. In the most recent voting update, the Atlanta Braves outfielder has amassed 1,140,061 votes, putting him in fourth place among National League outfielders. He's fewer than 80,000 votes behind Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker.
The sample sizes doesn't matter to the fans. He's playing out of his mind, and he's turning heads. He's nearly doubled his votes in a week. When the first voting update came out a week ago, he was sixth in the voting for outfielders with 596,363 votes,
"The fact that Acuña is in fourth place despite making his season debut in late May speaks volumes about just how hot he’s been in the batter’s box," MLB.