{"id":126248,"date":"2025-11-28T12:11:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=126248"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:11:41","slug":"cbs-sports-lists-top-thing-atlanta-braves-can-be-thankful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=126248","title":{"rendered":"CBS Sports Lists Top Thing Atlanta Braves Can Be Thankful For"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure data-player-type=\"mini\"><\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">The Atlanta Braves have had quite a rough go of it over the past couple of years, whether due to injury, slumps or otherwise. However, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, there\u2019s always something to be thankful for.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">In this case, for the Braves, CBS Sports holds one thing above all else that the team can be thankful for: Ronald Acu\u00f1a, Jr.\u2019s healthy start to next season.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">\u201cAcu\u00f1a will have a normal (i.e., non-rehab) offseason though, and figures to go into 2026 without any restrictions on his running,\u201d CBS Sports writer Mike Axisa said. \u201cHe is still only 27. There&#8217;s no reason to think Acu\u00f1a won&#8217;t be one of the game&#8217;s best and most dynamic players (again) next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">Acu\u00f1a, when healthy, is far and away one of the best players in baseball. Even when recovering from injury, like in 2025, Acu\u00f1a slashed .290\/.417\/.518 with 21 home runs despite being limited to just 95 games.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">These heroics were good enough to earn the former MVP Comeback Player of the Year honors, which is a good sign for Acu\u00f1a\u2019s future with the Braves. Even better, he\u2019s finally poised to be healthy heading into an offseason.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">Brian Snitker, the recently retired manager of the Braves, was clear that the ability to enter an offseason without any lingering injury or rehab makes a significant impact on a player\u2019s production.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"inline-text-7\">Sign Up For OnSI\u2019s Free Atlanta Braves Newsletter<\/h3>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">\u201cI think it\u2019s big for a guy to go into the offseason not in rehab,\u201d he said back in July. \u201cI think I\u2019ve seen over the years that\u2019s a big difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">The former MVP turned Comeback Player of the Year is poised for his first truly healthy offseason since all the way back in the pre-2023 offseason, which, you guessed it, was his MVP campaign. If Acu\u00f1a plays anything like he\u2019s become known for in healthy seasons in 2026, he\u2019ll surely prove himself to be what the Braves are most thankful for.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"inline-text-10\">More From Atlanta Braves on SI<\/h3>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Braves aren&#8217;t short on star power, but one of them gives the team an extra reason to be thankful during the holidays<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":126249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CBS Sports Lists Top Thing Atlanta Braves Can Be Thankful For - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=126248\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CBS Sports Lists Top Thing Atlanta Braves Can Be Thankful For - 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