Baseball’s New Wave: The Young Superstars Taking Over the Game

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6-foot 180-pound Venezuelan prospect had proved he belonged Debuting in April 2018 Acuña produced 13 hits in his first eight games including five doubles and two home runs He became the first player in Braves history to tally five extra-base hits in his first five games By season’s end the player who was barely known just one season earlier was the league’s Rookie of the Year Scouted as early as 14 years old Acuña signed with the Braves for 100,000 in 2014 That was a modest figure compared with the game’s most sought-after young international players And even one year before his MLB debut Acuña remained relatively unknown When MLB Pipeline