Acuña’s Return to Braves Grows Closer

Explosive Rehab Home Run Ignites Hopes of Braves’ Midseason Surge

The Atlanta Braves are cautiously optimistic after a promising display from Ronald Acuna Jr. during Saturday’s minor league rehab game with the Gwinnett Stripers.The star outfielder crushed an explosive home run in the bottom of the third inning—the first since returning from a torn ACL last May—sending a clear message that his long-awaited return to the majors is just around the corner.But as the Braves have ignored the criticism, and have cont…

Acuña’s Return to Braves Grows Closer

LAWRENCEVILLE - The Atlanta Braves have been without their star leadoff man for nearly a full year.

Venezuelan Ronald Acuña Jr. had his third minor league rehabilitation game with a view to his return to the Atlanta Bravos in the major leagues 2025. Ronald Acuña Jr, who saw no action in professional baseball since May 2024, made his debut at the Atlanta Bravos Class-A branch last Tuesday, where he hit 3-1 with a quadrangular and a four-shifted race. However, that was his only game on that level, as the next day he was promoted to Triple-A. In …

Braves: Ronald Acuña Jr. takes big step to returning

While the Braves were busy getting over .500 for the first time all season (doesn’t that feel good to say), Ronald Acuña Jr. continued his rehab assignment on the farm with the Gwinnett Stripers. It was not as exciting a night as Thursday for the 2023 NL MVP, when he went 2-for-3 while logging a couple of batted balls well over 100 MPH. Acuña finished 0-for-2 with two walks, but he did score a couple of runs, and once again, smoked a couple of b…