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This is the platonic ideal of the World Baseball Classic. With a nearly packed crowd at Miami’s loanDepot park, Saturday's quarterfinal matchup -- an 8-5 Venezuela win over Japan \-\- started with the
Atlanta Braves right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. made a personal announcement.
Braves' Ronald Acuña Jr. has 41-HR, 73-SB precedent on his side for 2026 MLB season originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Ronald Acuña Jr. has been here before. The Atlanta Braves superstar has torn an ACL twice during his MLB career.
Team Venezuela faced off against defending World Baseball Classic champions, Team Japan, in an intense quarterfinal showdown at loanDepot park on Saturday night.
For the first time in two years, Ronald Acuña Jr. enters the season fully healthy, and just might be Shohei Ohtani’s biggest competition for the National League Most Valuable Player award. The Braves star returned in late May – almost a year after suffering an ACL tear while running the bases a season prior – and picked up right where he left off.
The Atlanta Braves right fielder is playing at his MVP level on the world stage for Venezuela
On Wednesday, New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez ushered in a new chapter of his life, as he tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Nahomi Rojas.