The Braves received some fantastic news regarding Ronald Acuña . He should be back in the lineup any day now, but another outfielder is a little further away from returning. Last year’s NLCS MVP, Eddie Rosario, began the year in an almost unfathomable slump, and it turned out there was an understandable reason why. Rosario had severe vision problems, causing him to have surgery on his eye. He’s been out since April 24th, and the Braves expect him to miss at least another month or two.
Yesterday, Rosario took to Instagram to let the fans know he misses them and he’s on his way back.
To be honest, eye surgery is uncharted territory for me. I’ve never covered a player that has gone through it, so I don’t know what to expect when he returns. However, I do think things will turn around for Rosario as long as the issue is fixed. Despite his dreadful start to 2022, there haven’t been many more consistent hitters in the league over the last five years.
Rosario hasn’t finished with an OPS+ worse than 99 since 2016.
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