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Atlanta<\/strong> \u2014 The Atlanta Braves<\/strong> received a mix of relief and caution this Wednesday regarding the health of their star Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr.<\/strong>, who had to leave Tuesday’s game against the Royals due to physical discomfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may be interested in<\/strong>:\u201cI’m worried\u201d: Acu\u00f1a Jr. (Achilles tendon) heading to the injured list<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nAfter undergoing an MRI, the results showed a Grade 1 strain in the right calf<\/strong>, which, according to initial estimates, could keep him out of action for between two and three weeks<\/strong>. The team officially placed him on the 10-day injured list<\/strong> and called up outfielder Jarred Kelenic<\/strong> as a replacement.\n\n\n \u201cIt bothered him a little, but he wanted to keep playing,\u201d explained manager Brian Snitker<\/strong>. \u201cWhen he went to get the ball near the line and then went to the hole, I thought: \u2018He’s going to end up making this worse.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Atlanta \u2014 The Atlanta Braves received a mix of relief and caution this Wednesday regarding the health of their star Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr., who had to leave Tuesday’s game against the Royals due to physical discomfort. You may be interested in:\u201cI’m worried\u201d: Acu\u00f1a Jr. (Achilles tendon) heading to the injured list After undergoing an MRI, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":476903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,40813,13766,41186,40230],"class_list":["post-476902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-theperiodicodelatruth","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-203Y","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Ronald-Acuna-Jr.-MLB-Bravos-080725.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/Ronald-Acuna-Jr.-MLB-Bravos-080725.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Minor injury, but not without worry<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nAcu\u00f1a set off alarms on Monday when he felt discomfort while scoring from first base after a double by Austin Riley<\/strong>, in a play that occurred after he hit an imposing 468-foot home run<\/strong>. Although he insisted on playing on Tuesday, in the sixth inning he was seen limping while chasing a hit by Bobby Witt Jr.<\/strong> and then failing on a play on a double by Vinnie Pasquantino<\/strong>.\n\nDespite jogging on his own off the field \u2014which generated some relief\u2014 his serious and worried expression during the subsequent interview made it clear that it was not a simple scare.\n\n\u201cI was hoping they wouldn’t bat in my direction and, as always happens, the ball ended up going towards me,\u201d Acu\u00f1a recounted.\n\n\n
Injury History<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nConcern grows due to the Venezuelan’s medical history: he tore his right anterior cruciate ligament in 2021<\/strong> and his left in 2024. Despite these setbacks, Acu\u00f1a has made an impressive comeback this year, batting for a .306 average<\/strong>, with 14 home runs<\/strong> and an OPS of 1.006<\/strong> in 55 games since his season debut on May 23<\/strong>.\n\nThe medical team and the coaching staff of the Braves will continue to evaluate his daily progress, hoping to have him back as soon as possible without risking a relapse.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"