After much debate as to how the Braves were handling the No. 1 prospect in baseball, Ronald Acuna will join the team for Wednesday's game in Cincinnati.
Acuna is a 20-year-old outfield prospect from Venezuela. The Braves signed Acuna in 2014. He started with the High Single-A Florida Fire Frogs, and worked his way to Triple-A Gwinnett last the summer. He soared to the No. 1 spot in Baseball America’s Top 100 prospects list for 2018 before arguably becoming the major leagues’ best player this spring.
Acuna did not open the season with the Braves. In fact, he struggled a bit with the Braves' minor league affiliate, the Gwinnett Stripers.
A look back on some of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s most noteworthy stories since Acuna’s rise to prominence last summer:
- Despite a sensational spring, Acuna didn't make the opening day roster
- In fact, Acuna was thriving all spring
-Acuna was the youngest player in the International League
- And the youngest player to win Arizona Fall League MVP
- From the moment he was called up to Triple-A, everybody was impressed
-Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos explains what they wanted to see from Acuna prior to promotion
- Acuna could end the team's revolving door at left field
- Gwinnett manager Damon Berryhill compares Acuna to Alex Rodriguez
- Dansby Swanson couldn't help but be blown away by Acuna
- Acuna squashes report that he rejected $30 million from Braves
Credit: ccompton@ajc.com
Credit: ccompton@ajc.com
- The Braves refused to part with Acuna for Marlins outfielder Christian Yelich
- Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox compared Acuna to Braves great Andruw Jones
- Chipper Jones is another Hall of Famer high on Acuna
- The Braves have eight of Baseball America's top 100 prospects, with Acuna leading the charge
- Acuna smacked a long home run off Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka
- Peter Moylan recalls his first memory of Acuna
- Ozzie Albies and Acuna are reunited again
- Last season, he had the hardest hit home run of any Braves player
- Preston Tucker knows what this means for him
- Acuna has been pursuing this opportunity for a long time
