Ronald José Acuna Blanco Jr. is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball. He made his MLB debut in 2018, and won the National League Rookie of the Year Award.
Ronald Acuna: Contract| Injury| Salary| Jersey| Home Run
Contract:
Current Contract
Ronald Acuna Jr. signed a 8 year / $100,000,000 contract with the Atlanta Braves, including $100,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $12,500,000. In 2021, Acuna Jr. will earn a base salary of $5,000,000, while carrying a total salary of $5,000,000.
| Contract: | 8 yr(s) / $100,000,000 |
| Signing Bonus | – |
| Average Salary | $12,500,000 |
| Free Agent: | 2029 / UFA |
Injury:
The Atlanta Braves have lost their best player to a season-ending injury. Ronald Acuña Jr. exited Saturday afternoon’s game against the Miami Marlins with a right knee injury after attempting a leaping catch in right field. He jumped for the ball, landed awkwardly, then went down to the warning track in obvious pain.
Later Saturday night, the Braves announced Acuña suffered a complete ACL tear in his right knee. Tests revealed the extent of the injury and he will undergo season-ending surgery.
Salary:
Shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr.’s new mega-contract with the San Diego Padres, finalized Monday, provides the latest measure of the cost of a dazzling young star in baseball.
Tatis, 22, signed a 14-year, $340 million contract, the longest deal in MLB history. Acuna was 21 when he signed his contract in April 2019 — an eight-year, $100 million deal that will become a 10-year, $124 million deal if the Braves exercise two options at the end of the contract.
Jersey:
Home Run:
Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna hit one of his grandest homers in the team’s 9-5 win over the Phillies Tuesday night. In the third inning, Acuna launched a 460-foot blast. It was clocked at 116 mph, the hardest-hit home run by a Braves player in the Statcast era (since 2015). … The Braves enter Wednesday at 29-29.
