PITTSBURGH — Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. will miss the rest of the season after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee throughout Sunday’s 8-1 victory at Pittsburgh.
The reigning NL MVP led off the sport with a double to right-center box off Martín Pérez. With Marcell Ozuna at the plate, Acuña began towards 3rd on a stolen base try and his left knee gave method. Acuña remained down for a number of mins whilst being handled, pointing at his left leg prior to strolling off underneath his personal energy.
The Braves’ preliminary prognosis used to be left knee soreness. But the staff introduced Sunday night time that an MRI confirmed a whole ACL tear that can require season-ending surgical operation.
Acuña tore his right ACL on July 20, 2021. Wearing a brace in the clubhouse after Sunday’s win, the 26-year-old outfielder mentioned this harm felt much less critical.
“(I) don’t feel that painful, any pop or anything. … Don’t think it’s that bad,” Acuña mentioned.
Acuña mentioned he used to be having a look to take 3rd when he expected a sluggish throw again to the mound from catcher Joey Bart. The toss got here in tougher than anticipated, main to an abrupt pivot again to 2nd with his knee twisting.
Acuña is batting .250 with 4 homers and 15 RBIs in 49 video games. The four-time All-Star hit a career-best .337 remaining season with 41 homers and 106 RBIs.
Atlanta already used to be lacking All-Star right-hander Spencer Strider, whose season ended on April 13 when he had interior brace surgical operation to restore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow. Third baseman Austin Riley is day to day with a left intercostal pressure, and catcher Sean Murphy stays on the 10-day injured record with an indirect harm after he were given harm on opening day.
“It’s just something that everybody goes through,” Snitker mentioned prior to the effects of Acuña’s MRI have been introduced. “We’ve been through it before. Personally, I just hate it for the young men that it affects more than us. These guys love to play the game. When something happens to those guys, I hate it for the individuals more than us, quite honestly.”