As if the season couldn’t get any worse for the Braves.
Ronald Acuña Jr. is headed to the 10-day injured listing following an early exit with proper Achilles tightness throughout Tuesday’s 9-6 loss to the Royals.
The Braves star was noticed in a strolling boot after the sport, in accordance with MLB.com.
“It’s an Achilles thing, it’s going to take a while,” supervisor Brian Snitker mentioned after the sport. “He’ll go on the IL, and hopefully in 10 days or so it’ll clear up.”
Acuña was faraway from the sport with an Achilles concern after he appeared to endure the harm chasing a ball within the outfield within the sixth inning.
Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was at bat when he hit a ball into proper discipline that drifted foul.
Acuña was giving chase to the ball when he appeared to drag up as he acquired near the appropriate discipline foul line.
The Braves outfielder appeared to be in some ache when he walked to retrieve the foul ball.
Moments later, Acuña was pulled from the sport, despite the fact that he initially tried to wave off his staff when the teaching employees first tried to take him out.
He ultimately got here out of proper discipline and jogged again to the Braves’ dugout, whereas Eli White got here in to interchange him.
The published confirmed Acuña stroll into the dugout earlier than he was shortly met by a staff coach, who walked with him down the steps and into the clubhouse.
Acuna mentioned he felt the ache whereas working the bases on Monday however wished to remain on the market for his staff.
“I told them yesterday, and everyone said, ‘Take the day if you want it, you can have the day off,’” Acuna mentioned. “I’ve missed a lot time already via accidents, I didn’t wish to miss any extra time.
“It’s an injury; I’m worried. It’s more pain, but it feels kind of, I feel it a lot when I try to put pressure on it.”
That is the most recent harm for Acuña, who handled ACL tears in his left knee on two events, in 2021 and 2024.
He was out of the primary 49 video games of this yr with the knee harm from final season.
Acuña entered Tuesday’s recreation hitting .309 after getting named to the Nationwide League All-Star staff for the fifth time.
