In July 2021, Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. suffered a torn ACL in his proper knee.
He missed his workforce’s World Sequence run and was restricted within the 2022 marketing campaign.
He then recovered and gained the NL MVP award in 2023.
Sadly, his 2024 season will now be marked by one other long-term knee harm, this time to his left ACL.
The Braves have already positioned him on the injured checklist and declared him out for the season after he obtained damage over the weekend.
It’s one more blow for the supremely proficient Acuna, whose profession has been marred by accidents and sudden circumstances.
“Ronald Acuña Jr.’s age-22 via age-26 seasons: 2020: COVID season; 2021: Torn ACL; 2022: Restricted by ACL restoration; 2023: Wins MVP; 2024: Torn ACL. Devastating,” Zach Dillard tweeted.
Ronald Acuña Jr.’s age-22 via age-26 seasons:
2020: COVID season2021: Torn ACL2022: Restricted by ACL recovery2023: Wins MVP2024: Torn ACL
Devastating.
You possibly can say that his final “regular” season was 2023, and he was in a position to present all his expertise and gained the MVP.
He additionally had comparatively common campaigns in 2018 and 2019, however the pandemic shortened his season and everyone else’s in 2020.
After that, it has been a rocky highway that included his lone absolutely wholesome season in 2023, and the ACL harm years.
He’s younger and proficient – even when he wasn’t having his greatest season, with a .716 OPS – and ought to be again in full swing subsequent yr.
The Braves, nevertheless, will miss their star man this yr as they attempt to mount one other World Sequence problem.
They had been already having some points with the Philadelphia Phillies this yr, and are at present six video games behind them within the NL East standings.
Now, with out Acuna, their possibilities of catching them lower even additional.