{"id":20162,"date":"2025-07-30T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/acuna-jr-to-the-injured-list-calf-discomfort-sidelines-mvp\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:17:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:17:00","slug":"acuna-jr-to-the-injured-list-calf-discomfort-sidelines-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/acuna-jr-to-the-injured-list-calf-discomfort-sidelines-mvp\/","title":{"rendered":"Acuna Jr. to the injured list: Calf discomfort sidelines MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. Suffers Calf Injury<\/h2>\n\nThe <b>Atlanta Braves<\/b> announced this Wednesday that their star, <b>Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr.<\/b>, has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 strain in his right calf.\n\nAlthough there is no defined deadline for his return, the diagnosis alleviates any fears about a more serious injury to the Achilles tendon.\n\nPreviously, the Braves placed Acu\u00f1a on the 10-day injured list and called up outfielder <b>Jarred Kelenic<\/b> from Triple-A Gwinnett to take his place on the roster.\n\nAcu\u00f1a felt discomfort in his calf on Monday night, while scoring from first base thanks to <b>Austin Riley<\/b>&#8216;s double, in the 10-7 victory over the <b>Kansas City Royals<\/b>. Despite this, Acu\u00f1a insisted on playing on Tuesday, and Braves manager Brian Snitker agreed. However, Acu\u00f1a limped off while trying to chase a ball in right field, in a 9-6 defeat.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt happened when I scored from first base,\u201d Acu\u00f1a explained, speaking through an interpreter. \u201cThey are going to examine me (on Wednesday) and we&#8217;ll see how everything goes.\u201d<\/p><cite>Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nAcu\u00f1a, the National League MVP in 2023, has dealt with injuries throughout his career. In 2018, as a rookie, he missed time due to a sprain in the left knee ligament. In 2021, he suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee, ending his season. Last year, while taking a lead on the bases, he tore the ACL in his left knee, ending his season after 49 games.\n\nIn eight seasons, Acu\u00f1a has only managed to play more than 119 games twice.\n\nAfter missing the start of this season, Acu\u00f1a returned on May 23 and began playing at an All-Star level again. He was batting .306 with 14 home runs and 26 RBIs in 55 games, including a 2-4 night with a home run against the Royals on Monday.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. Suffers Calf Injury The Atlanta Braves announced this Wednesday that their star, Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr., has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 strain in his right calf. Although there is no defined deadline for his return, the diagnosis alleviates any fears about a more serious injury to the Achilles tendon. Previously, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[747,5374,290,1768],"class_list":{"0":"post-20162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-braves","9":"tag-calf-strain","10":"tag-injury","11":"tag-ronald-acuna-jr"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}