Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. said he apologized to his teammates and manager Brian Snitker for posting a since-deleted tweet on X that implied a double standard by the skipper, according to David O'Brien of The Athletic.
Acuña, who's recovering from knee surgery, caused a stir when he suggested he would've been removed from a game if the 2023 NL MVP did what teammate Jarred Kelenic did April 20 when the latter was thrown out at second base after admiring a long fly ball against the Minnesota Twins. However, Kelenic stayed in the contest, and Snitker admitted postgame that he didn't see the play.
"I talked to them man-to-man," Acuña said Wednesday through an interpreter while on a rehab assignment at Triple-A, according to 680 The Fan. "Admitted that I was wrong. I told them I was not coming here with any excuses. Took accountability for what I did."
The 27-year-old added that he was upset at the time he posted the comment because he couldn't help his then-slumping team, which had a 8-13 record at that point in large part because of a seven-game losing streak to start the season.
"I've always just felt such a strong sense of pride of being a member of this organization," Acuña said. "I want to be here my whole career. So, seeing the team and my teammates going through (struggles) and not being able to help ... was where the frustration was coming from."
Acuña could rejoin the Braves at the end of May or early June based on his rehab games.
