2013 Draft Rivalry Renewed

When Augie Plascencia and Rahim Acy went 1-2 in the 2013 draft, the debates began as to whether the unprecedented ability of Plascencia to get the bat on the ball or the more traditional combination of great average and power of Acy would make a better ballplayer. However, the contest was absolutely derailed when a combination of injuries and drastically different playing environments made any comparison between the two players pointless. By 2017 Acy had cemented himself as the centerpieces of one of the highest octane offenses in the league, and Plascencia was struggling to prove he wasn't a bust. 52 games into the 2018, a stadium change has put an end to that question and revitalized the competition between Acy and Plascencia. Replacing 81 home games in a hitter's hellhole by building a new, more offense-friendly park has roughly equalized the playing environments of the two former prodigies, and the leader boards are showing the results. They are currently 1-2 in RBI (Acy 43, Plascencia 41). Augie is currently at the top of the leader board in average, hits, slugging, runs, and runs created, taking over most of those categories last week when he went 21 for 36 with 3 HR and 11 RBI. Acy on the other hand is top ten in many of the same categories and has been at or near the top at times. It's a young season, but it appears this will be an exciting battle for the rest of the season and perhaps a great rivalry for many years to come.