{"id":40268,"date":"2025-03-11T06:30:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T06:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=40268"},"modified":"2025-03-11T06:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T06:30:16","slug":"ronald-acuna-jr-speaks-on-return-to-braves-lineup-following-acl-tear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=40268","title":{"rendered":"Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. speaks on return to Braves lineup following ACL tear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrbl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2025\/03\/FC5C511E04C6020FBF723A92FDD8DFC1.jpg\" alt=\"Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. speaks on return in Spring Training\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>NORTH PORT, Fla (WRBL)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. is set to return to the Braves lineup soon, following a second stint on the injured-list with an ACL tear.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2021, Acu\u00f1a tore his right ACL tracking down a fly ball in a regular season game against Miami. This would keep Acu\u00f1a out for the remainder of 2021, and even into 2022.<\/p>\n<p>But, in 2023 Acu\u00f1a would bounce back in a big way. Putting up a 41 homer season, along with 73 stolen bases. That mark has never been reached. But it doesn\u2019t include the fact that Acu\u00f1a also led the league in runs scored, hits, on-base-percentage, and total bases. Acu\u00f1a was rightfully awarded the National League MVP, as well as being named an All-Star that season.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to 2025, and Acu\u00f1a is hoping to have a similar comeback, following the tear of his left ACL while attempting to steal a base in May of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke with WRBL on his recovery, and what returning alongside his teammates for a chance at the World Series would mean to him personally. Though Acu\u00f1a was a member of the 2021 World Series team, he has never participated in a World Series due to his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Acu\u00f1a\u2019s biggest goal for the 2025 season is the same goal he had for the 2024 season, \u201cstay healthy\u201d. Considering Atlanta\u2019s misfortune across the entire roster with injuries throughout 2024, most of the roster is focusing on doing just that.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit__content\">\n<div id=\"acm-ad-tag-mr1_ab-mr1_ab\" data-slot=\"{&quot;is_oop&quot;:false,&quot;is_companion&quot;:true,&quot;sizes&quot;:[[[1280,0],[[300,250],[620,366]]],[[1024,0],[[300,250],[620,366]]],[[768,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]],[[641,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[325,204],[325,508]]]],&quot;size&quot;:[300,250]}\" data-unit=\"\/5678\/mg.wrbl\/sports\" data-fbonly=\"false\" data-refids=\"\" data-not-refids=\"\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;kw&quot;:&quot;ronald-acuna-jr-speaks-on-return-to-braves-lineup-following-acl-tear&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:&quot;mr1_ab&quot;,&quot;fold&quot;:&quot;atf&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;sports&quot;}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>You can see the full interview with Ronald Acu\u00f1a in the video player above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NORTH PORT, Fla (WRBL)\u00a0\u2014 Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. is set to return to the Braves lineup soon, following a second stint on the injured-list with an ACL tear&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40268","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 - 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