Ronald Acuña Jr. has big night in first game with Stripers

Four innings later, he sent another laser into the left-center field gap, coming just a few feet shy of his second homer in as many games.

After the game, Acuña said he’s still working on some stuff in the field, but the knee feels good and he’s just happy to be playing baseball again.

It might only be minor-league baseball, and admittedly, my memory isn’t nearly good enough to remember clearly what Ronald Acuña Jr. looked like in his rehab assignment three years ago. But am I crazy to think he looks unbelievably good, like the guy that stole 70 bases and rocketed 41 balls over the fence a couple of years ago, good?

If that’s the version of Ronald Acuña Jr. the Braves are getting when he returns to Atlanta, which may only be a week or so away, this offense is about to look entirely different.