The Atlanta Braves season came to a disappointing end on Thursday, as they fell to the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-1.
The Braves’ incredible regular-season offense, one that tied the record for most home runs hit as a team in a single season, went missing when it mattered the most.
Ronald Acuna Jr., for example, hit .337 with 41 home runs and 73 stolen bases in the 2023 campaign.
In the playoffs, he slumped to a .143/.294/.214 line with a .508 OPS, no home runs, and two steals.
The Braves scored just eight runs in four games against the Phillies: no team will get too far with an average of two runs per game.
Acuna didn’t want to talk with the press after the Braves’ elimination, per team insider Mark Bowman.
“Ronald Acuña Jr. didn’t speak after the game. He grabbed his bag and said ‘I have to go to the bus’ as other players remained in the clubhouse,” he tweeted.
Ronald Acuña Jr. didn’t speak after the game. He grabbed his bag and said “I have to go to the bus” as other players remained in the clubhouse
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) October 13, 2023
With time and experience, he will learn that accountability is an important part of the job.
Nobody is perfect.
Nobody will win a World Series every year.
It’s important to be graceful in victory, and accountable when things don’t go your way.
Acuna has all the talent in the world and will likely win the NL MVP award this year after his brilliant performance.
One can understand he is frustrated because his team couldn’t reach the ultimate objective, but he should follow the example of Braves players that took questions from the press and gave their own version of what happened in the series against the Phillies.
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