Braves star Ronald Acuna Jr. needed to be hauled off the field after suffering an evident injury to his right leg or knee in todays video game versus the Marlins. Acuna suffered the injury while trying to make a jumping catch of a Jazz Chisholm fly ball that rather chose an inside-the-park homer. Acuna attempted to stroll off the field under his own power, however he had to halt midway to the dugout, and was noticeably in pain as he sat on the ground.
More will be understood about Acunas status after the game, but initially glimpse it definitely appears like a possible season-ending injury for the super star outfielder. This is in fact the fourth time Acuna has had to make an early exit from a video game this season due to an injury, however while those previous circumstances led to just a number of missed out on video games, todays injury seems much more serious in scope.
Acuna is enjoying yet another huge well-rounded season, as soon as that made him a beginning nod on the NL All-Star group. The 23-year-old has struck.283/.394/.596 with 24 house runs over 360 plate looks, together with 17 stolen bases and an NL-leading 72 runs scored. Only Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Fernando Tatis Jr. had accumulated more fWAR this season than Acunas 3.9 mark, additional cementing his status as one of the sports brightest talents.
It now appears like Acunas fourth MLB season will be at least put on hold, and rather perhaps ended altogether. It isnt a reach to say that the Braves fate is connected to Acuna, and if he is undoubtedly dealing with a long-term lack, the group might choose to surrender and choose to cost the July 30 trade deadline. Atlanta got in todays play 4.5 video games behind the Mets for first location in the NL East, but the Braves have only a 43-44 record, and (according to Fangraphs) a 14.8% possibility of reaching the postseason.