Braves uber-prospect Ronald Acuna left the team’s game Sunday in Boston with knee and lower-back pain, the team announced. The 20-year-old outfielder exited in the seventh inning after suffering a gruesome-looking injury (video via Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports), though he eventually was able to walk off the field on his own power, David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution notes. Acuna’s currently undergoing an exam at a nearby clinic, O’Brien tweets. The up-and-coming Braves and the baseball world in general are holding their breath that isn’t a serious injury for the exciting Acuna, who has emerged as one of the game’s best rookies and a key part of a playoff contender.
More from around the NL…
- Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will come off the disabled list and start against the Phillies on Thursday, Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times was among those to report. All told, Kershaw will miss just under a month after going on the DL on May 7 with biceps tendinitis. He’ll rejoin a team that has won seven of nine since reaching a season-worst 10 games under .500 on May 16, though LA still entered Sunday just 23-28 and 3.5 games out of the NL West lead.
- Mets third baseman David Wright last appeared in a major league game on May 27, 2017, exactly two years ago today. A laundry list of upper-body injuries have kept Wright off the field for all but 75 games since 2015, and he may be in the midst of yet another lost season. However, the captain isn’t calling it a career. Rather, the 35-year-old Wright continues to hold out hope that he’ll return to the field, and he’ll go for a re-evaluation by the end of the month, Tim Healey of Newsday writes. Healey spoke to a few of Wright’s Mets teammates about his plight, and each offered effusive praise for the seven-time All-Star. Wright, of course, is still under contract through 2020 for $47MM – including $20MM this year – but the team has an insurance policy covering about 75 percent of that money.
- Wright’s injuries helped open the door for the Mets’ offseason signing of veteran third baseman Todd Frazier, who has dealt with his own injury issues this year. Frazier went to the DL with a hamstring issue back on May 8, but he’s almost ready for a Triple-A rehab assignment, Healey reports. The same goes for reliever and fellow winter free-agent signing Anthony Swarzak, out since the first week of the season with an oblique strain (Twitter link via Mike Puma of the New York Post).
- More injury news on the Mets, who will send reliever AJ Ramos for an MRI on his right shoulder, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com was among those to report. It’s the latest negative development this season for the 31-year-old Ramos, who has posted a 6.41 ERA with 6.86 walks per nine over 19 2/3 innings. Ramos has been especially poor lately, having given up at least two earned runs in three of six appearances, perhaps because of an injury.
May 27, 2017 was one year ago today I think…but if I have somehow missed an entire year I wouldn’t be surprised. lol, as the kids say. Or “Fake News”, as the childish say.
Or your just an idiot as I say
“you’re”
Don’t you have some pencils to sharpen?
Hmmm? I don’t know if you are responding to me or the fellow who doesn’t know how to use grammar, but I actually don’t like pencils and I may not even own one. (I know pencils are preferable to pens but I just can’t get into them).
You are the only way home I have to do something to eat dinner tonight and with a me too much and then go get
Or minds to mold…
astick makes more sense then you!
Smile.
Bravo
I think your “fake news” dig triggered a number of secret bots. HAHA. But yeah I noticed the 2017 as 2 years ago thing. I’m sure it HAS been 2 years since Wright has played.
You missed the comma before but. Grammar police! For the record, I do know the difference between your and you’re. I just chose to text in the quickest response to your dumb statement as quick as I could while waiting on line at the store. Sorry it didn’t meat YOUR standards.
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He last played in 2016 not 2017 he was right about two years ago
But wrong about the date. So either way you string it up, he was wrong.
Yeah, but who cares…I don’t know why people are so quick to jump on typos….like they’ve never made one themselves…
obviously mistakes happen. just look at you, mr met.
Or “collusion” as the in denial say.
Wright sucks anyway so who cares?
Dodgers should just try and trade Kershaw while his value is high… doesnt mean they wont try and contend this year, but this could be their last chance to trade him and get some young pitching talent. Perhaps trade him to the Braves or the Pirates (Assuming both teams are in contension by Mid-late June) and get some young talent.
I would guess the Dodgers would trade Kershaw right about the time that the Rapture happens.
Exactly. He isn’t going anywhere, L/time Dodger mainly and making 35m a year makes him expensive even if they did want to trade a top 5 SP in the game.
I always wonder why teams move hard to develop aces as rare to develop as they are.
Anything short of Dodger for life for Kershaw would be a PR catastrophe for the franchise. Letting him play even a day anywhere else might cause the Rapture, or whatever other form of end-times floats your boat. Even this wire-headed FO has to understand that much about fan relations.
The Dodgers are right in the division race and probably the favorite to win it. Whens the last time you checked the standings 2 weeks ago?
The Dodgers have a slew of young talented pitching prospects, sans Buehler after his graduation today, even after clearing out the upper levels of back end arms. I’m sorry even if they were out of the race, which they clearly are not, the package it would require to trade him is not conducive to his salary, contract status, and his current performance. That’s also before mentioning he’d fully control his own destiny and once traded he’s opting out. Kersh would hand pick his team. He’s not going to ATL or Pitt and his status/ 10/5 rights provide him that. There’s zero chance he’s traded. Zero. It would be a PR disaster as mentioned earlier and would not be close to bringing back what you’d think it would. Trading the face of your franchise also has not worked well in the past for the Dodgers. It’d have to be a team that could fit his salary and a legitimate chance to win a WS. In theory it might seem logical, but it’s in no way practical.
If the Dodgers were in a place where they were folding their cards they could theoretically pay down a lot of what is owed to Kershaw to maximize the return in a trade. But for a host of reasons that makes little sense. I do question whether he opts out though. I mean, how many days does he have to spend on the DL, season after season, before his durability going forward becomes a factor in how much he should be paid? I think it’s there already as a substantial factor. Either way it’s in the interests of both the player and the team to work out an extension that takes the opt-out off the table and if that doesn’t happen before the end of the season (during the All Star break would be a good time to get it done) then it would be pretty big failure on the part of both the player and the team.
I just don’t see it. For a face of the franchise and HOFer. If it were a smaller market then you could make a compelling argument. But even if such were the case, Kersh dictating the destination
Not sure what part you don’t see but I presume it’s trading Kershaw, in which case we agree. Most of my point here though is about getting him extended, and what the timing and terms might be. The conventional wisdom has him opting out, but I don’t see that happening.
Would mean a legit WS contender. Those teams I highly doubt the Dodgers would even contemplate trading to. You legitimately have to treat it as an expiring contract. And in expiring contracts the value isn’t there, for a myriad of different reasons. In terms of negotiation, I don’t think either the team or Kersh broach that subject until the offseason. I also don’t see it as a failure if they wait. You respect Kersh enough that he has the ability to make that decision on the next phase of his career. I think it’s as simple as, If Kersh wants to finish his career as a Dodger he will.
An expiring contract with a big downside risk tagged onto it. As we’ve seen with these opt-outs many times, an underperforming or injured player will take the out years and the money and leave the team holding the bag. With Kershaw, it isn’t a question of whether his back will act up again, but when, and how many weeks or months he misses as a result. It’s a chronic problem that will only get worse as he ages. I think he has to assume some of that risk if he wants to potentially be the game’s top earner.
My sense is the player and the team already have an understanding in principle. That much was signaled in the spring. Why they haven’t inked it may have more to do with the luxury tax than anything else. Obviously if he doesn’t want to complete his career with the Dodgers nobody can force him to do so. I think we are all acting under the assumption that he does, which I’d call a pretty safe assumption.
I think we’re sort of arguing much of the same thing to be honest. The logistics and PR of a Kersh trade makes it unrealistic no matter what situation they are in.
Where I somewhat differ is the FO and management has somewhat let the market decide on their top players. They did so with their top players in Turner, Jansen, and Grienke. Although I think Grienke is a completely different story than Kersh. So idk about an agreement in principle per say as I think they’ll let the market decide. Grienke was bound to the highest bidder, although for his age and other reasons I don’t think they were willing to match the 11th hour contract even if AZ didn’t give him a take it or leave it offer. Especially since they probably were going to allocate said money towards a Kershaw extension.
Not sure what you mean exactly by the market deciding but that sounds to me a lot like going to the highest bidder. My sense is Kershaw wants to play out his career with LA and the Dodgers need to find a way to make that happen or the fans will howl. So right away, we’re talking about non-market factors playing a big part. During the spring Kershaw made a remark about he and ownership being “on the same page” or some such thing. This tells me they are both trying to figure out something. If they do, it will have a lot to do with the market but also a lot to do with less tangible factors.
Not necessarily highest bidder, but fair market value essentially. Even Kersh has made comments pertaining to those coming after him. After the last winters free agent market there’d undoubtedly be pressure coming from the PA that weighs into that equation. Quite honestly I took that more to mean that both parties want a continued relationship. And of course the Dodgers would for the face of their franchise. What complicates that arrangement is Kersh plying for a new contract and essentially his ability to set the new market. Whether it legitimately sets the market for money over less years, there needs to be an acknowledgement. I don’t think either is mutually exclusive.
Just to be clear, I’m not suggesting any sort of “home town discount,” which as we know, hardly ever happens. Whatever Kershaw gets will be some version of the market rate, with the understanding that he is pretty much in a market of one. Few teams can afford his services and he’d play for even fewer.
My thinking is they should and probably will get to a number without him becoming a free agent, and that if he has a burning desire to be the highest paid player in the history of the game it could happen on few teams other than the Dodgers but it will also take him assuming some part of the risk.
Love Acuna long term but his numbers sure aren’t great this season, despite having quite a few highlights. Actually doubt this moves the Braves needle too much. Freeman, Albies and Markakis are the engine of that team right now.
Yeah, 20 year olds with plus defense, plus speed and an OPS 12% above league average sure aren’t great.
0.3 fWAR so…
Also literally started my post “Love Acuna”, quit being such a homer crybaby, you only make yourself look bad.
The guy is 20 and has played like a month in the big leagues. Calm down
Read the first two words of my post again and you can calm down too.
Your simply an idiot and Idc what your statement starts with. Your post basically says if you don’t kill it from day one your avg. kids 20 hrs gonna have growing pains so stfu
Tommy Hunter
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I don;t think Wright will play again, but this the best case for him and the Mets. They get the insurance money on his contract and he gets paid. Mets have a lot of dead money between him and Cespedes.
Hey Slider-Wright was bad luck. Cespedes was recent stupidity. Who would think that this guy could stay healthy when his history includes lots of DL stints?
Time to give Ramos a phantom injury it seems like, rather than cutting their losses now.
The Holland route
I’m not a big Ramos fan but he’s been OK earlier this season. Maybe he really is injured. If not, it’s still addition by subtraction given his last few games.
Acuna’s injury looked like a season ender. Tough luck for him and the team.