{"id":633944,"date":"2026-03-20T18:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/633944\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:07:25","slug":"after-wbc-championship-ronald-acuna-jr-trolls-braves-teammate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/633944\/","title":{"rendered":"After WBC championship, Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. trolls Braves teammate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The gold medal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/category\/world-baseball-classic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">World Baseball Classic<\/a> jersey Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. wore three days ago in Miami were hanging in the Atlanta Braves\u2019 spring training clubhouse on March 20 \u2014 in Ozzie Albies\u2019 locker stall.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/all-star-claps-back-says-u-s-cared-the-most-out-of-every-team-in-wbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">All-Star claps back, says U.S. \u2018cared the most out of every team\u2019 in WBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A picture of the apparent prank was posted to Acu\u00f1a\u2019s Instagram account and shared in a screen grab that went viral.<\/p>\n<p>Albies, who is from Cura\u00e7ao, played for The Netherlands in the 2026 WBC. After going 1-3 in pool play, The Netherlands did not advance to the quarterfinal elimination round. Two WBC semifinalists, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, advanced from Pool D instead.<\/p>\n<p>A 3-time All-Star, Albies went 3 for 15 (.200) with a home run in four WBC games for The Netherlands. Ostensibly Acu\u00f1a didn\u2019t mind having a little fun at his expense after leading Venezuela to its first-ever WBC championship.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela defeated the United States, 3-2, in the WBC championship game on March 20. The meaning of the game went beyond baseball for those wearing their country\u2019s uniform.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of his team\u2019s win, Venezuela manager Omar Lopez said, \u201cwe said to Venezuela today, \u2018This is for you. This is for you. Enjoy it.\u2019 This is a great way to end this World Classic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his own way, Acu\u00f1a is still relishing the win.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy free coverage of the top news &amp; trending stories on The Big Lead <\/a>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>MARCH MADNESS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/predicting-upsets-in-march-madness-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Predicting March Madness upsets in the 2026 NCAA Tournament<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NFL DRAFT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/new-mel-kiper-nfl-mock-draft-shows-major-impact-free-agency\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Mel Kiper NFL mock draft shows major impact of free agency<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/dodgers-announce-shohei-ohtanis-spring-training-pitching-debut\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dodgers announce Shohei Ohtani\u2019s spring training pitching debut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NHL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/oilers-superstar-leon-draisaitl-out-for-the-regular-season-with-a-lower-body-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oilers\u2019 Leon Draisaitl out for regular season with lower-body injury<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENTERTAINMENT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/is-bachelorette-still-airing-taylor-frankie-paul-domestic-dispute\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Is \u2018Bachelorette\u2019 still airing amid Taylor Frankie Paul domestic dispute allegations?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>VIRAL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/livvy-dunne-baywatch-training-bts-swimsuit-set-photos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Livvy Dunne shares \u2018Baywatch\u2019 training with BTS swimsuit, set photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The gold medal and World Baseball Classic jersey Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. wore three days ago in Miami were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2394],"tags":[191,46,4166,5,192,4,921,4820],"class_list":{"0":"post-633944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-braves","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-braves","10":"tag-atlantabraves","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-braves","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-ronald-acuna-jr","15":"tag-world-baseball-classic"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116262840368143066","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}