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Manufacturer-issued card straight from the pack — no reprints, no reproductions. Orders ship within one business day, tracked, in a penny sleeve and rigid protection. 30-day returns accepted.

Why This Card Matters

Ronald Acuña Jr. is the **2023 National League MVP — a unanimous one, all 30 first-place votes** — off a season that produced **41 home runs and 73 stolen bases**, the **first 40/70 season in major league history**. He hit **.337 with 217 hits, 106 RBI and 149 runs** that year and took the Hank Aaron Award with it. He was **2018 NL Rookie of the Year**, is a **five-time All-Star** (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025) and a **three-time Silver Slugger** (2019, 2020, 2023). In March 2026 Acuña helped **Venezuela win the World Baseball Classic** — a 3–2 win over the United States in the final on March 17 at loanDepot park, and **Venezuela's first WBC title**. It was the country's first baseball world championship since the 1945 Amateur World Series. He hit **.269 with a .424 on-base percentage and two home runs** across seven tournament games. Acuña was **activated from the injured list on July 27, 2026** after a left hamstring strain cost him nearly seven weeks, and went straight back into the leadoff spot for a Braves club sitting **first in the NL East**. His 2026 batting average is a modest .251, but the underlying line is not: a **.371 on-base percentage** on a **14.8% walk rate against a 22% strikeout rate** — the second-best plate-discipline marks of his career.

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Professional Imaging

High-resolution scans and photos so you can inspect corners, edges, surface, and centering yourself. What you see is what you get.

Secure Shipping

Penny sleeve, top loader or card saver, team bag, and rigid protection in every shipment. Packed right, shipped fast, from a smoke-free environment.

Paper Base — Not the Mega Box Chrome

**This is the paper base card from the 2026 Bowman flagship set.** It is worth being explicit, because the overwhelming majority of #23 cards changing hands are **Bowman Mega Box chrome** versions — sold under names like "2026 Bowman Chrome #23" and "Chrome Mojo Refractor" — which are a physically different card on a different stock. Published checklists list the 2026 Bowman base 1–100 as a **paper** set; the chrome versions come out of the Mega Box. Verified: **no serial numbering** on any edge of either side, and no Mojo wave or ripple pattern in the white border or the flat fields. Centering against the symmetric navy wavy outer keyline: **46/54 left-to-right, 50/50 top-to-bottom**. The left-right offset is a consistent 21 pixels along the whole edge rather than a taper, which is a clean cut that simply sits slightly off-center. Corners are sharp and clean white, edges are clean, and the surface is unmarked. Back code CMP135242.