WATCH: Ronald Acuna shows off arm strength in right field
Braves right fielder Ronald Acuna has showed off his arm lately, and while it didn’t produce an out, he made another eye-popping throw Monday in Pittsburgh.
Acuna caught a deep fly ball from Ke’Bryan Hayes in the right-field corner and fired to third, almost nabbing runner Phillip Evans. The play was ruled an error on Acuna — and the Braves lost 11-1 to Pittsburgh — but it was another example of the All-Star’s rare physical ability. The throw was clocked at almost 96 mph.
“He’s got a great arm,” manager Brian Snitker said. “You know he’s a dangerous outfielder because there’s not a play he thinks he can’t make. I know as a third-base coach, when you had those guys, you looked around and knew where they were all the time because guys like that, there’s not a play they don’t think they can make. And most of the time they’re right.”
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