CHARLOTTE — This won’t do anything to calm the Ronald Acuna hype train.
In his second at-bat in his first game at Triple-A, the 19-year-old Braves phenom hit a solo home run. He reached base four times in all in Gwinnett’s 13-4 win Thursday in Charlotte.
“What’s not to to make of it?” infielder Sean Rodriguez — who is in the midst of a rehab assignment with Gwinnett — said of Acuna’s debut. “The kid is pretty phenomenal. He’s got every tool: he runs well, he hits for power and actually puts the barrel to the ball a lot and has an unbelievable arm.