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Ronald Acuña Jr. named NL Player of the Week

Sure, he might be day-to-day with an abdominal injury, but he’s still the best.

Between April 12 and April 18, Acuña put up a .385/.515/.846 line in 33 PAs, good for a 248 wRC+ and 0.7 fWAR. He dingered thrice and had the most fWAR in that span, tied with Jazz Chisholm.

What’s wild about this is that this weekly award-winning performance actually dropped Acuña’s line — he came in to April 12 hitting .444/.462/.917, so his wRC+ actually fell by three points in the past week. And yet, he leads all of baseball with 1.