With spring training in full swing and Ronald Acuña Jr. fully healthy for the first time since his knee injury Dukes & Bell talked about if Acuña could join the elite 40-40 club for the first time in his career?
Dukes talked about the milestone Acuña is trying to reach.
“I think Ronald Acuña Jr. can get 40-40 this year if he's completely healthy, which we think he is. All the reports down at Northport have been saying, hey Ronald looks good, he's running well, these bases are bigger,” Dukes said. ‘You have to believe that he can get to 40-40, now 50-50 right? 50 home runs, 50 stolen bases. That's on a whole other level.”
Carl talked about why he thinks Acuña can reach the milestone.
“I think he can do it and he almost did it a couple of seasons ago and got close. And then at the end of the year we were like, he was so close. These are those special milestones guys that the elite players are able to get, Ronald Acuña when he's healthy is one of those elite players and he's a five tool guy suffered the knee injury. We know he had soreness with the knee last year, pretty much all season. I'm just saying going into this season, if you were to ask me Strider 200 strikeouts? Or Ronald Acuña 40-40 I'm riding with Acuña 40 40. I think he can do it.”