Ronald Acuña Jr. watched with curiosity when Jarred Kelenic was thrown out at second base after failing to hustle out of the batter’s field on an extended drive within the Atlanta Braves‘ 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins.
Acuña went to social media to criticize the best way supervisor Brian Snitker dealt with the state of affairs.
Acuña, recovering from surgical procedure after tearing his left ACL final Could, replied to a publish on X by MLB.com reporter Mark Bowman on Sunday when Bowman was requested if Snitker had commented on Kelenic. Bowman posted that Snitker “protected Kelenic by replying: ‘Was I alleged to’ when requested if he had stated something to Kelenic.”
Acuña replied to Bowman’s publish: “If it have been me, they’d take me out of the sport.” The response by Acuña was eliminated about one hour later.
Kelenic’s drive on Saturday night time bounced off the wall in proper subject, and he was thrown out at second base by Trevor Larnach.
Acuña was faraway from the Braves’ 5-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Aug. 19, 2019. Then solely 21 however already an All-Star, Acuña was gradual to depart the batter’s field on an extended drive that bounced off the right-field wall for an extended single.
Snitker waited one inning after which took out Acuña.
“He didn’t run,” Snitker stated of Acuña after the 2019 sport. “You’ve bought to run. It’s not going to be acceptable right here. As a teammate, you’re accountable for 24 different guys. That identify on the entrance is much more essential than the identify on the again of that jersey. You possibly can’t try this. We’re attempting to perform one thing and do one thing particular right here, and private issues have gotten to be placed on the backburner. You simply can’t let your staff down like that.”
Acuña had his knee evaluated final week and has been cleared to start chopping as he continues his rehabilitation. He might return to the Braves’ lineup subsequent month.
Acuña was damage after 49 video games final season and hit simply .250 with 4 residence runs, one yr after successful the Nationwide League MVP with 41 residence runs, 73 steals and a .337 batting common.
Kelenic, hitting solely .170, might lose his beginning job when Acuña returns. The Braves entered Sunday’s sport with back-to-back wins for the primary time this season as new leadoff hitter and left fielder Alex Verdugo bought off to a fast begin. Verdugo had 4 hits and drove within the go-ahead run on Saturday night time.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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