Back when Ronald Acuña Jr. was initially diagnosed with a Grade 1 hamstring strain, there was a feeling that Acuña’s stint on the IL might be a quick one — one where the starting right fielder for the Braves would simply just take some rest before ramping back up for a return within a 10-day span.
The fact that Acuña was in high enough spirits to be trolling his good buddy Ozzie Albies back in Colorado appeared to be anecdotal evidence that he was going to be fine and that this wouldn’t be a serious
injury situation and now that does appear to be the case. Mark Bowman of MLB.com shared the news from Braves manager Walt Weiss that there’s a very good chance that Acuña could be back in action on this coming Wednesday, which would be the first day where he’s eligible to come off of the IL.
It also helped that Acuña was on the field before tonight’s game against the Dodgers getting in some exercise work.
Needless to say, this is very good news for the Braves as it really does appear that they could be getting their primary right fielder back in action as soon as possible. Usually it’s safe to assume that this is the type of injury that’ll take anywhere from 2-to-3 weeks to recover from so the fact that Acuña may be back in 10 days is a very positive development. I’d imagine that they’ll take it easy with bringing Acuña back into the fold once h is activated but the fact that this could be just 10 days after all is pretty solid news.
Hopefully there aren’t any more setbacks for Acuña between now and Wednesday so that this could come to pass. For now, the Braves can keep going knowing that it probably won’t be long until they get one of their star players back from injury. We’ll see what happens.
