Ronald Acuna explains what happened with viral podcast drama as Braves postseason run ends

Despite what fans intially thought, Ronald Acuña Jr. denied taking a shot at his former Braves manager, Brian Snitker on his podcast “La Bestia” this week.During Monday’s episode of the podcast with Brewers stars William Contreras and Jackson Chourio, the former asked Acuña in Spanish about the Braves’ coaches and seemed to point to how things have been in the first season without Snitker — though the catcher didn’t name the manager.“All good bro.They didn’t bother me again.

You know that c–ksucker thought he was the king,” Acuña responded as reported by Phillip Feliz, a known Spanish-to-English athlete translator on X.On Wednesday night after the Braves were eliminated by the Dodgers in the NLDS, the outfielder told The Athletic he did not take a swipe at Snitker in that moment.He declined to name the coach he was speaking about.“I’m not going to violate that code,” he said via an interpreter.

“We were just talking about the past, even things all the way back to the minor leagues.”Before Acuña finished his next sentence on the podcast, Contreras began to say, “El gerente,” a term that means “manager” in Spanish, but it’s specifically used for a general manager rather than the skipper of a team.The interpretation led to intense speculation that Acuña’s comment was directed at Snitker.Many questioned Feliz’s translation and went after him online.Feliz later posted a video defending his translation of the podcast clip, insinuating the Braves questioned him directly.“I want to make something clear.

My job on social media is not to care for any MLB team’s reputation.Want me to care for your reputation? Hire me.

Any MLB team, hire me.Reach out to me,” Feliz said on Tuesday morning in a video on X.

“If I do that willingly on the timeline, I chose to.It’s not because I’m getting paid to.

If you want to question my translations when you don’t even speak the language, you’re a fool.“You want to quest...