It\u2019s been nearly a month since Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. went down with his second Grade One left hamstring strain across the span of two months and the Atlanta Braves have kept to their word when it comes to making sure that Acu\u00f1a eases back into things following the latest strain.<\/p>\n
As such, there weren\u2019t many expectations that the Braves would try to rush to get Acu\u00f1a back in action before the break and he will indeed make his return after the All-Star break. The good news is that we may not have to wait long after the break to see Acu\u00f1a make his return to action since Mark Bowman of MLB.com is reporting that Walt Weiss believes that Acu\u00f1a could go out on rehab assignment as soon as next week.<\/p>\n
If that\u2019s the case then I\u2019d assume that Acu\u00f1a could be back with the Braves by the end of the month. I\u2019m guessing that July 24-29 road trip to Baltimore and New York (Citi Field) would be a reasonable time to guess that Acu\u00f1a could be back with the Braves, or they just might push it until July 30 when they come back home from that road trip to play the Nationals.<\/p>\n
By then, it will have been nearly a two-month long stint on the IL but when it comes to that type of injury and potentially aggravating it again, it\u2019s better to play it safe than sorry and the Braves are indeed planning on continuing to take their time bringing Acu\u00f1a back into the fold.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Robert Suarez is also eyeing a potential post-All-Star break return from his forearm issues. Suarez went on the IL back on June 26 with inflammation but apparently those issues weren\u2019t structural and all he\u2019s needed is a bit of rest and recuperation to get his arm back in pitching shape. Even back when the IL stint was reported, Walt Weiss was reportedly \u201chopeful\u201d that their set-up man would be able to come back \u201cshortly\u201d after the All-Star break and I\u2019d say that a couple of extra weeks wouldn\u2019t be too bad.<\/p>\n
With that being said, the bullpen does need him since cracks are starting to show in what\u2019s been a great season for the \u2018pen as a collective so far. Maybe the break will do a lot of those guys some good since it means that the bullpen especially should be fully rested and ready to go once play resumes on July 17 in Cobb County against the Texas Rangers but for now, it appears as if the bullpen will have to hold on just a little while longer while Robert Suarez gets back in shape. The same goes for the outfield and having Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. out there. Slowly but surely, the stars are coming back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been nearly a month since Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. went down with his second Grade One left hamstring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[268979,36682,363,99],"class_list":["post-749365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-atlanta-braves-injuries","tag-atlanta-braves-news","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}