ATLANTA — Injuries happen. We know that. That is one of the fundamental rules of sports, one that hasn’t changed from the beginning of time. Injuries are one of the hurdles you have to negotiate if you’re going to survive a 162-game season.
Heck, even the Braves, for whom this season has mostly been a splendid joyride, found that out the hard way when Ronald Acuna Jr.’s foot hit the first-base bag at Fenway Park on Sunday afternoon, twisting his leg in a way that legs were never meant to be twisted. Monday the Braves placed Acuna, one of the game’s magnificent young talents, on the disabled list, and we’ll see how long they’ll be without him.