{"id":74563,"date":"2024-05-26T23:20:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T03:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=74563&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=74563"},"modified":"2024-05-26T23:20:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T03:20:06","slug":"acuna-acl-braves-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/26\/acuna-acl-braves-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr Out For The Year With Torn ACL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the Atlanta Braves battle it out with the Philadelphia Phillies for the National League East division title, Atlanta will now be without their best player for the remainder of the season. On Saturday night, the Braves announced that outfielder and last year&#8217;s unanimous MVP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/acunaro01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr.<\/a> to a torn ACL during their game with the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">OF Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. tonight underwent an MRI that revealed a complete tear of the ACL in his left knee. He is set to undergo surgery at a date yet to be determined and will miss the remainder of the 2024 season.<\/p>\r\n\u2014 Atlanta Braves (@Braves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Braves\/status\/1794915571605393588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 27, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>It was a non-contact injury as Acu\u00f1a was trying to get back to second base.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. has left today\u2019s game after a non-contact injury on the basepaths<br \/><br \/>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BravesOnBally?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BravesOnBally<\/a>)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2MEPS7U9OR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/2MEPS7U9OR<\/a><\/p>\r\n\u2014 FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBONFOX\/status\/1794788148620509526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 26, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\r\n<p>This is now the second time in the last four years that Acu\u00f1a suffered a complete tear of an ACL. Back in 2021, a year where the Braves ended up winning the World Series, he tore his right ACL while trying to field a fly ball. This time, he tore the ACL on his left knee. After an historic 2023 that saw him steal 70 bases, Acu\u00f1a will finish the 2024 season with 4 home runs, 15 RBI, 16 stolen bases, 47 hits and slashing .246\/.348\/.356. Suffering ACL tears to both of the knees in just four years by the age of 26 is a tough blow for Acu\u00f1a.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Injuries Mounting For Atlanta<\/h3>\r\n<p>The loss of Acu\u00f1a is devastating for a Braves team looking to go back to the World Series. It&#8217;s also not the only big injury they&#8217;ve suffered this year. Atlanta already lost ace pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stridsp01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spencer Strider<\/a> for the season with an UCL injury that required <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/04\/13\/spencer-strider-season-ending-surgery\/\" target=\"_self\">surgery<\/a>. Catcher Sean Murphy has been on the injured list since suffering a left oblique strain on Opening Day. Murphy is currently on rehab assignment and could return by next week.<\/p>\r\n<p>Third baseman Austin Riley has been out since suffering a left intercostal strain on May 12th. The Braves did not place him on the injured list, although it&#8217;s expected that he will return on Monday. Atlanta&#8217;s #1 prospect, AJ Smith-Shawver, suffered a Grade 2 left oblique strain during an outing against the Chicago Cubs. He is expected to be out until August.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Main Photo Credits: <em>Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Atlanta Braves battle it out with the Philadelphia Phillies for the National League East division title, Atlanta will now be without their best player for the remainder of the season. On Saturday night, the Braves announced that outfielder and last year&#8217;s unanimous MVP Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. to a torn ACL during their game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4682,"featured_media":74575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1982,3820],"class_list":["post-74563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-braves","tag-ronald-acuna-jr","tag-spencer-strider"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}