The MVP of the previous season appears to have recovered from his injuries and is back and ready to play for the Atlanta Braves.
Right now, the Atlanta Braves are doing well.
Ronald Acuña Jr., who is recovering from a mild “irritation” of the meniscus, has resumed to right field defensive duties, allaying most of the team’s injury fears with less than two weeks until Opening Day.
Acuña will be starting and playing right field in today’s split-squad games against the Boston Red Sox at home, while some veterans will go to Sarasota to play the Baltimore Orioles.
The Braves will lineup against Boston in CoolToday Park as follows:
RF Ronald Acuña Jr
2B Ozzie Albies
CF Michael Harris II
1B Matt Olson
SS Orlando Arcia
LF Jarred Kelenic
3B David Fletcher
C Chadwick Tromp
DH Drake Baldwin
Reynaldo López gets the home start for Atlanta. He’s 1-1 in his four appearances (two starts) this spring, striking out nine and walking five in 11.2 innings pitched.
Here’s the rest of the squad, heading to Sarasota to take on the Orioles:
LF Forrest Wall
3B Austin Riley
C Sean Murphy
1B Marcell Ozuna
SS Luis Guillorme
CF Eli White
RF Luke Williams
2B Andrew Velazquez
DH Phillip Evans
Ace Spencer Strider is on the bump for this one, looking to continue his torrid spring. Strider’s 3-0 in his four starts this spring, having struck out twenty-two and walking four in his fourteen innings pitched. He’s allowed only nine hits, good for a WHIP of 0.93.
How to Watch the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, March 17th
This is a typical split-squad matchup for Spring Training; there are plenty of broadcast possibilities for the home game, and there are none at all for the away game. When the Braves play the Red Sox at home, MLB.com subscribers can watch the game live on MLB.tv. The Braves Radio Network will carry the game on 680 AM/93.7 FM. The Admirer. The only coverage of the road game versus the Orioles comes from an Orioles radio feed on 98 Rock FM/WBAL NewsRadio FM/AM. Neither team is airing the game.
