NORTH PORT, Fla. — Ronald Acuña Jr. felt proper knee soreness important sufficient for the Braves to ship him for additional analysis on Friday.
“I don’t assume it will likely be something,” Braves supervisor Brian Snitker mentioned after his membership’s 3-1 loss to the Orioles. “It’s in all probability a kind of issues if this was the [regular] season, he’d play. However we needed to get it checked out if there’s sufficient that he mentioned so.”
Acuña tweaked his proper knee whereas in a rundown between second and third base towards the Twins on Thursday. However he took batting follow on Friday morning and was in Friday’s lineup earlier than being scratched.
The Braves received’t announce the outcomes of the analysis till Saturday.
Whatever the outcomes, Acuña would possibly miss a minimum of a pair extra video games.
“It is likely to be a pair days,” Snitker mentioned. “If a man misses one, he’s in all probability going to overlook two or three.”
There could also be some added concern as a result of this is similar knee that was surgically repaired after Acuña tore his proper ACL two days earlier than the 2021 All-Star break.
Acuña received his first Nationwide League MVP Award in 2023 after changing into the primary participant to hit 40-plus homers and steal a minimum of 70 bases in a single season. His historic season proved much more satisfying given the knee damage he had suffered two seasons earlier.
