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Ronald Acuña Junior's injury nightmare refuses to end. The Braves right fielder left Tuesday's game against Chicago after appearing to hurt his left leg while running to first base in the fourth inning. For a player already carrying the weight of past knee trouble, this is a gut punch Atlanta simply cannot afford.
Shifting to the Bay Area, Brandon Aiyuk is turning up the heat on the San Francisco forty-niners for the second time in three days. The wide receiver has been firing pointed comments at the organization over how they've handled his situation across the past couple of years. The relationship looks increasingly fractured, and at this point, it's hard to see how both sides find their way back to neutral ground.
And out in Seattle, Jaxon Smith-Njigba is riding as high as any player in the league right now. Fresh off a Super Bowl title with the Seahawks, the twenty-four-year-old locked up a four-year, one hundred sixty-eight point eight million dollar extension in March, making him the highest paid wide receiver in the NFL. He has earned every penny of it.
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