Jarred Kelenic did not hustle out of the box on Saturday and the Atlanta Braves are still dealing with the consequences on Monday. The trouble started when Kelenic hit a long fly ball that bounced off the wall in right field. Kelenic thought he had hit it out and celebrated. When the ball didn't go out he started to run and tried to stretch a long single into a double. Instead he was thrown out at second.
Later that night Ronald Acuna Jr., who is out recovering with a torn ACL, tweeted and subsequently deleted that if it had been him that did that, he would have been benched, which is exactly what happened back in 2019 when Acuna did something similar.
After the game manager Brian Snitker was asked about the play and said he hadn't seen it.
“I wasn’t watching that play. I know he got thrown out at second. I don’t see it till this morning”
— Raphael Haynes (@rahaynes_) April 20, 2025
Atlanta #Braves manager Brian Snitker addresses the Ronald Acuna tweet that he took down involving not running the bases. @3ptCnvrsn #MLB #ForTheA #3ptcnvrsn pic.twitter.com/RPooQsJn2N
Without being punished during or after the game, Kelenic actually took it upon himself to go to the manager's office to apologize for not hustling.
Kelenic took it upon himself to go in Snitker’s office to apologize for pimping last night’s single. He was not called into the office.
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) April 20, 2025
Acuna is currently on track to return to the Braves this season. Hopefully he hurries.
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