Breaking Down Ronald Acuna Jr’s Historic Season

This season, Ronald Acuna Jr became the first player in MLB history to reach 40 homers and 70 stolen bases. But, how much of this does he owe to stat inflation in these two statistics?

Obviously, we’ve been in an era of baseball where the home run is even more common on a per-game average than it was even during the Steroid Era, and 2023 was no different despite balls in play being up. In fact, homers this year were up 13% compared to 2022.