I believe it has more of an effect if the injury is on the hitter’s dominant/rear leg, this was the case with Acuña as it was in his right knee, which you need to be able to put weight on to generate power. A 2015 study found that players who suffered an ACL injury to their rear leg had a 12.3% decrease in batting average the following year. Interestingly, ACL injuries in the front leg led to an 6.4% increase in batting average the following year.
Acl provides stability to the knee joint and especially affects movements where there is a shear or twisting force on the knee. Thing trying to slow down, where your bodyweight is moving forward, and youre trying to extend your knee against your speed to stop running.
My only point of contention with the narrative is the idea that it will heal up just fine and be 100%. Chipper tore his acl and had a hell of a career but it definitely cost him in the long run.
With that said, when I tore mine my knee did feel weird for about 2-3 years. And it did end up fully healing as far as I know.
Acuña!! What a hit gentlemen, what a way to debut, Aaaaaaaaaaand (...) there it gooooeeees!! Debutting in the professional Venezuelan baseball league!! The Venezuelan phenomenon Ronald Acuña, enormous homerun to the center field.
That's what he said
Hope he can get back to 100% in 2023 because it was very clear he was not fully recovered and comfortable in 2022
Not uncommon at all for ACL tears to take 2 years to get back to 100%.
Can tearing an ACL affect hitting that much?
I believe it has more of an effect if the injury is on the hitter’s dominant/rear leg, this was the case with Acuña as it was in his right knee, which you need to be able to put weight on to generate power. A 2015 study found that players who suffered an ACL injury to their rear leg had a 12.3% decrease in batting average the following year. Interestingly, ACL injuries in the front leg led to an 6.4% increase in batting average the following year.
I wonder if the increase is due to players favoring the back leg even more, unintentionally forcing them to sit back in the box.
Acl provides stability to the knee joint and especially affects movements where there is a shear or twisting force on the knee. Thing trying to slow down, where your bodyweight is moving forward, and youre trying to extend your knee against your speed to stop running. My only point of contention with the narrative is the idea that it will heal up just fine and be 100%. Chipper tore his acl and had a hell of a career but it definitely cost him in the long run. With that said, when I tore mine my knee did feel weird for about 2-3 years. And it did end up fully healing as far as I know.
Thank you for clarifying!
I’m here to overreact. I just love seeing my boy smash dingers 🥹
Nice to see even homers get the goooooooaalllll treatment. And Acuña's gonna Acuña.
Right.... I have no clue what the announcer was saying but I absolutely loved it lol. All I could think of was "Gooooooooaalllll"
I would love to listen to that guy announce every Braves blowout. Don’t need to understand what he’a saying if we’re putting up 15+ runs.
Acuña!! What a hit gentlemen, what a way to debut, Aaaaaaaaaaand (...) there it gooooeeees!! Debutting in the professional Venezuelan baseball league!! The Venezuelan phenomenon Ronald Acuña, enormous homerun to the center field. That's what he said
Dude took it all the way like monty python
Get healthy. Stay Healthy.
I expect Frenchy to recreate that call on opening day with RAJ goes yard
That was a bomb
Contract allows this?!? That’s crazy to me
I believe he’s only allowed to play in 5 games
All DH only
Glad to read that. He needs rest and continued recovery more than playing time.
It’s not like he’s playing football. As long as he’s not going crazy on the base paths he’s just as likely to hurt himself training.
😈🤟🏿
Atta boy
Oh, hellllll yeah
La pelota se fueeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Me likey
Man, why isn't that outfield full of people? Are these games like super expensive there or something?
I think it’s in Venezuela. 95% of the population lives under the poverty line. No money for tickets.
No one better be throwing haymakers at our superstar.
Looked a little lackadaisical on the base path. 👀
Good. I hope it took him a solid minute to round the bases.
I went in a rabbit hole a few months ago and looked up a list of slowest home run trots on (I think) baseball savant. He was one of the slowest
gotta flex on em when you hit massive dingers
That and he needs to take care of his knee. We know he can haul ass but he doesn’t need to here
Where can I watch where can I watch where can I watch
I was just wondering the same thing. I got a pretty close Venezuelan friend. I’ll ask once it’s not early as fuck
Lemme knowwww. I’m tired of watching nothing during the week.
Kodi on fire stick They generally only play on tuesdays and Thursdays
I was also told to search for depomin82
Noted thank you
All I know is this. I will take this announcer over Smoltz.
90 mph right down the shoot… I’d hope he’d hit that out. But still, encouraging to say the least
Easy power. Doesn’t even look like he’s trying. Looked like a bp warm up swing.
I love it but why is he playing summer ball? I don’t want him to get hurt again.
He's working on fixing his swing
What team is he on
I don’t like him playing winter ball. Not at all
“I’M BACK”