Ronald José Acuña Blanco Jr. is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball. He made his MLB debut in 2018 and won the National League Rookie of the Year Award.
Who is Ronaldo Acuña Jr’s father?
The father of Ronald Acuna is Ronald Acu Sr. Both Ronald Acua Sr. and Romualdo Blanco, Acua’s grandfather and father, were minor league baseball players. Venezuela was represented at the 2011 Pan American Games by Acua Sr. The oldest of Acua Jr.’s four sons.
Ronald Acuña, Sr. still remembers clearly his response when his oldest son told him at age 14 that he wanted to become a professional ballplayer. “Don’t make the same mistakes I did,” Ronald Sr. told Junior
He continued saying, Practice, he said. Lift weights. And above all, always hustle.
“Show people who you are. Run every time you hit the ball because running hard will take you far,” Ronald Sr. said.