Head to head · 2026 batting

Ronald Acuña Jr. vs Richie Palacios

So far in 2026 Ronald Acuña Jr. has been worth 0.7 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Ronald Acuña Jr.ATL

Richie Palacios TB

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Ronald Acuña Jr.	Richie Palacios
G	102	117
PA	450	381
H	101	77
HR	20	10
RBI	55	53
SB	20	15
AVG	.259	.234
OBP	.351	.330
SLG	.464	.377
OPS	.815	.707
ISO	.205	.143
BB%	11.6%	11.5%
K%	22.2%	17.1%
wOBA	.357	.320
wRC+	125	101
WAR	2.4	1.7

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2015 begins at 2015, not at his real first game.

Career batting totals. AVG and SLG are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; OBP, wOBA and wRC+ need each season’s own constants and are left to the table above.
Statistic	Ronald Acuña Jr.	Richie Palacios
G	919	308
PA	4,116	970
H	1,014	200
2B	175	35
3B	14	3
HR	206	22
RBI	514	103
BB	491	109
SO	921	172
SB	225	42
AVG	.286	.238
SLG	.517	.365
WAR	34.5	3.6

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season’s own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.