{"id":34637,"date":"2025-02-16T13:24:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T13:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=34637"},"modified":"2025-02-16T13:24:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T13:24:23","slug":"breaking-atlanta-braves-superstar-makes-stunning-injury-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=34637","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Atlanta Braves Superstar Makes Stunning Injury Admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta Braves\u00a0superstar outfielder\u00a0Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. is easily among the sport\u2019s premier players when healthy.<\/p>\n<p>The problem, as Braves fans know all too well, is the four-time All-Star often struggles to stay on the field.<\/p>\n<p>A torn right ACL cut Acu\u00f1a\u2019s 2021 season short after 82 games, and he only played 119 games the following year. Another knee injury, this time a left ACL tear, ended his 2024 campaign in late May.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"4\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-50c91fb8a6c142a28d8d28eb8d0ed8eb\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb_2__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Braves fans hoping for an injury-free season might already be concerned. Speaking to reporters Friday, Acu\u00f1a admitted he\u2019s still not 100%.<\/p>\n<p>Acu\u00f1a estimated his knee is at 90-95%, though he\u2019s several weeks away from truly testing himself in running and cutting drills.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"4\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-cf3258ec1d41418996a593415cfe6192\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb_6__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI feel great,\u201d Acu\u00f1a said. \u201cWhen they tell me I need to be there that day, I\u2019ll be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Acu\u00f1a deserves credit for his honesty. It would have been easy to claim he\u2019s fine and won\u2019t change anything after his second severe knee injury in four seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Acu\u00f1a could have insisted he would \u201cdefinitely\u201d be in the Braves\u2019 Opening Day lineup March 27.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\" data-zone-count=\"4\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-de30e3b90e8b4d3e9c290c8c99372b6b\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb_7__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Instead, Acu\u00f1a acknowledged he\u2019s still working through the recovery process. He also noted he may decrease his stolen base attempts; Acu\u00f1a stole 73 bases and mashed 41 homers during his stellar 2023 NL MVP campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\"><a><picture class=\"is-loaded\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjEyODQwOTE2NjczNjM1ODQ5\/ronald-acuna-jr-braves.webp 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjEyODQwOTE2NjczNjM1ODQ5\/ronald-acuna-jr-braves.webp 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEyODQwOTE2NjczNjM1ODQ5\/ronald-acuna-jr-braves.webp 700w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjEyODQwOTE2NjczNjM1ODQ5\/ronald-acuna-jr-braves.jpg 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjEyODQwOTE2NjczNjM1ODQ5\/ronald-acuna-jr-braves.jpg 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEyODQwOTE2NjczNjM1ODQ5\/ronald-acuna-jr-braves.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"m-detail--tml-image m-image\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjEyODQwOTE2NjczNjM1ODQ5\/ronald-acuna-jr-braves.jpg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr.\" width=\"3509\" height=\"2339\" data-src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEyODQwOTE2NjczNjM1ODQ5\/ronald-acuna-jr-braves.jpg\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--tml-image-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"m-detail--tml-image-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\">Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\">Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Acu\u00f1a tallied 16 stolen bases in 49 games last year. However, he only hit .250 with four homers and 15 RBI.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\" data-zone-count=\"4\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-fe07d6cc8a54411791d2a6549b36e451\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb_8__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhen I stay healthy, I can do everything,\u201d Acu\u00f1a declared, according to the\u00a0Braves\u2019 official website.<\/p>\n<p>Acu\u00f1a will not play in the Braves\u2019 Grapefruit League games this spring. MLB.com\u2019s Mark Bowman said the expectation is Acu\u00f1a will return at some point in May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard,\u201d Acu\u00f1a said. \u201cI\u2019m working hard every day. I\u2019m working to be ready for when they come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":34638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34637","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>BREAKING: Atlanta Braves Superstar Makes Stunning Injury Admission - 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=34637\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Atlanta Braves Superstar Makes Stunning Injury Admission - 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