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Last Updated: March 06, 2024, 00:30 IST
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National League MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. is anticipated to be prepared for opening day with the Atlanta Braves after a extra thorough examination of his sore proper knee discovered no severe points.
NORTH PORT, Fla.: National League MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. is anticipated to be prepared for opening day with the Atlanta Braves after a extra thorough examination of his sore proper knee discovered no severe points.
Acuña left the Braves’ spring coaching website in Florida to be examined by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles on Monday evening.
The workforce introduced Tuesday that ElAttrache discovered solely irritation within the meniscus of his proper knee. Acuña will have the ability to regularly improve his baseball actions and is anticipated to be cleared to play by the point the Braves open the common season at Philadelphia on March 28.
Acuña is coming off a season by which he grew to become the primary participant in baseball historical past to hit 40 homers and steal 70 bases. He was a unanimous selection for NL MVP after hitting .337 with 41 homers, 106 RBIs and 73 stolen bases, main Atlanta to its sixth straight NL East title.
Acuña tweaked his knee on Thursday whereas he was in a rundown between second and third base throughout an exhibition sport towards the Minnesota Twins. There have been no fast points; he remained within the sport for 2 extra innings earlier than exiting with most of the common starters.
Acuña took batting apply the next day, however the workforce determined to take no probabilities when ache persevered in the identical knee that sustained a season-ending damage in 2021.
As a precautionary measure, the Braves despatched Acuña to be examined by the famed California surgeon who surgically repaired the knee after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in 2021.
ElAttrache confirmed there was no structural harm, offering the Braves with an enormous sigh of aid as they head into one other season of excessive expectations.
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