{"id":35517,"date":"2025-02-21T01:41:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T01:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=35517"},"modified":"2025-02-21T01:41:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T01:41:42","slug":"report-where-does-ronald-acuna-jr-rank-among-players-entering-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=35517","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Where does Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. rank among players entering 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-107781\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sportstalkatl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/953230701119-atl-v-mia.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"MLB: JUL 01 Marlins at Braves\" \/>As always before each season, MLB Network released their top 100 players in the league, with Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. taking a notable step back after his second torn ACL. The Braves star right fielder, who entered the 2024 campaign ranked first, came in at #16 on the list. A considerable drop, but is it a fair one?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Top 100 Players Entering 2025! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Top100RightNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Top100RightNow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rOgm7YSUj5\">pic.twitter.com\/rOgm7YSUj5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBNetwork\/status\/1890432062655480036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>My initial gut reaction is fair. Those are 15 fantastic players in front of Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr., and we do have to be somewhat realistic about the hill he\u2019s climbing entering the season. Not only is he expected to miss at least a month, but this is also his second ACL injury, and it\u2019s not like he came back looking like a star his first time around, finishing with career lows across the board in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that experience could be both a blessing and a curse. There\u2019s a reasonable scenario where the first experience helped Acu\u00f1a learn his body, how to recover, and when to come back, allowing him to hit the ground running when he returns. There\u2019s also a scenario where the sheer number of injuries he\u2019s dealt with begins to mount, and regression follows.<\/p>\n<p>When healthy, there aren\u2019t five better baseball players than Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. He belongs in the same category as Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge, a small group of guys that can challenge history before the start of every season.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s also the elephant in the room. Injury concerns are not just a threat to Acu\u00f1a\u2019s performance this year, but his entire career. He\u2019s dealt with a plethora of issues since making his MLB debut back in 2018, including two season-ending surgeries. There\u2019s no guarantee Acu\u00f1a will come back and perform like he did in 2023, but if he does, it should only further his place among the greatest players to ever step foot on a baseball diamond.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As always before each season, MLB Network released their top 100 players in the league, with Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. taking a notable step back after his second<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":35518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35517","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>REPORT: Where does Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. rank among players entering 2025? - 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=35517\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"REPORT: Where does Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. rank among players entering 2025? 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