Ronald Acuña Jr. has been voted an All-Star for the fifth time and will be the lone Braves starter when Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game returns to Atlanta on July 15 at Truist Park.Acuña led all National League outfielders in Phase 2 voting, marking his first All-Star selection since undergoing major knee surgery in 2024. He returned to action in May and has impressed with a .350 average, nine home runs, and a 1.077 OPS through just 35 games.“I really have to just give credit to all the fans, because I missed a lot of playing time and without them, I’m not here,” Acuña said through interpreter Franco Garcia. “They’re really the ones who made this dream come true.”The All-Star Game will be held in Atlanta for the first time since 2000, when Chipper Jones homered at Turner Field. Hank Aaron also went deep when the game was played at Atlanta Stadium in 1972.This marks Acuña’s fifth All-Star election, tying Aaron and Dale Murphy for the most in Braves history. He was the top NL vote-getter in 2022 and led all of MLB in 2023, when he became the first player to hit 40 home runs and steal 70 bases in a season.

ATLANTA —

Ronald Acuña Jr. has been voted an All-Star for the fifth time and will be the lone Braves starter when Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game returns to Atlanta on July 15 at Truist Park.

Acuña led all National League outfielders in Phase 2 voting, marking his first All-Star selection since undergoing major knee surgery in 2024. He returned to action in May and has impressed with a .350 average, nine home runs, and a 1.077 OPS through just 35 games.

“I really have to just give credit to all the fans, because I missed a lot of playing time and without them, I’m not here,” Acuña said through interpreter Franco Garcia. “They’re really the ones who made this dream come true.”

The All-Star Game will be held in Atlanta for the first time since 2000, when Chipper Jones homered at Turner Field. Hank Aaron also went deep when the game was played at Atlanta Stadium in 1972.

This marks Acuña’s fifth All-Star election, tying Aaron and Dale Murphy for the most in Braves history. He was the top NL vote-getter in 2022 and led all of MLB in 2023, when he became the first player to hit 40 home runs and steal 70 bases in a season.