Off to a red-hot start this season, Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. has opened up about some of the criticism he heard last year in the wake of his return from a torn ACL.
Speaking to ESPN's Alden Gonzalez, Acuña explained he was "motivated" by people questioning his ability to get back to his pre-injury levels of performance.
"I would hear people saying, 'He's not going to run the same anymore, he's not going to be the same baseball player because people don't come back well from this surgery," the three-time All-Star said. "It was frustrating to hear people talk like that.