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By Andrew Wright
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When your superstar, the face of your franchise, and a former MVP makes an alarming comment on social media, it is always going to catch the attention of national media and turn into a story.
That is exactly what has happened with the Atlanta Braves and Ronald Acuña Jr. Acuña has been in the headlines since Sunday when he took to X to express his displeasure over manager Brian Snitker's comments on a play from Saturday's game.
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In Saturday's win against the Twins, Braves outfielder Jarred Kelenic hit a fly ball that he thought was a home run. Kelenic did not hustle out of the box and ended up being thrown out at a second base.
Prior to Sunday's game, manager Brian Snitker was asked if he addressed the situation with Kelenic and he gave a rather interesting response.
"Yeah, you don't run and it's a big time (in the game) like that, yeah," he said, via The Athletic. "But quite honestly, I don't look for (Kelenic) to not do that, because he plays with his hair on fire all the time and he's laying out (for fly balls). And I didn't know it till I saw this morning. I went in and I looked at it when I got here, and then I had a discussion with him, and we got it squared away."
Evidentially, Acuña did not take too kindly to those words and he had a rather shocking response under an X post from Braves beat writer Mark Bowman.
A superstar like Acuña commenting on the matter in that way was rather shocking, and it left a bad taste in the mouths of former Atlanta players, including former outfielder Jeff Francoeur. He went on 680 The Fan's radio show on Tuesday and gave his assessment on the entire situation.
When listening, it is evident Francoeur was not a fan in the least bit of Acuña's actions, going even as far to say the Braves don't need him, as shown by their World Series championship in 2021 with Acuña on the injured list.
Braves fans are surely hoping this entire situation will blow over and both former and current Atlanta players can move on from the situation. Acuña is set to return to action at the end of May, and he will hope to help the Braves win their second World Series championship in a five-year span.
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