Jarred Kelencic, Braves player at center of double standard call-out by Ronald Acuña Jr, sent down to Triple-A

The Atlanta Braves person optioned outfielder Jarred Kelenic to Triple-A, astir 1 week aft being the halfway of contention successful the clubhouse. 

Ronald Acuña Jr., the Braves prima outfielder, took objection to manager Brian Snitker’s reply to a newsman aft the skipper didn’t reprimand Kelenic for a deficiency of hustle during the team’s April 19 game. 

Kelenic smashed a shot to close field, and helium was walking retired of the batter’s container similar it was going to beryllium a location run. But, erstwhile it deed the apical of the partition and stayed wrong the ballpark, helium tried turning what should’ve been a azygous into a double. 

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Atlanta Braves close fielder Jarred Kelenic (24) catches a alert shot against the Philadelphia Phillies successful the ninth inning astatine Truist Park. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)

Kelenic was thrown retired astatine 2nd base, wherever helium apt would’ve had a stand-up treble if helium hadn’t jogged retired of the box. 

After the game, Snitker didn’t recognize the reporter’s question astir disciplining Kelenic, which led Acuña to dependable his sentiment connected X.

"If it were me, they would instrumentality maine retired of the game," helium wrote. 

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Acuña aboriginal deleted the post, but galore radical saw it and brought it up to Snitker. 

To Acuña’s treble modular post, helium does person past connected his side.

Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuna Jr. reacts aft hitting a two-run location tally against Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler during the 5th inning of a shot game, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, successful Philadelphia.  (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

In 2019, Snitker benched him for mishaps connected the bases, erstwhile helium did the aforesaid happening arsenic Kelenic. Acuña, though, decided to enactment astatine archetypal basal aft realizing the shot didn’t spell retired arsenic helium had hoped. 

"He didn’t run," Snitker said astatine the time, via ESPN. "You’ve got to run. It’s not going to beryllium acceptable here."

Now, Kelenic’s demotion to Triple-A Gwinnett isn’t straight correlated with his deficiency of hustle, but alternatively his deficiency of accumulation to commencement the 2025 season. He is hitting conscionable .167 with a .531 OPS successful 65 sheet appearances frankincense far. 

Once 1 of MLB’s apical prospects with the New York Mets, Kelenic hasn’t had the champion clip successful the bigs, which began with the Seattle Mariners arsenic portion of the commercialized for Mets person Edwin Diaz and erstwhile Met Robinson Cano. 

Atlanta Braves near fielder Jarred Kelenic (24) celebrates with teammates aft scoring a tally against the Philadelphia Phillies successful the sixth inning astatine Truist Park. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)

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He deed conscionable .204 with 32 homers and 109 RBI successful 3 seasons with Seattle earlier being traded to Atlanta earlier the 2024 season. 

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