Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr.’s wife, Maria Laborde, shared a mirror selfie to her Instagram Stories in a matching grey gym set, with Myke Towers’ “Te Imagino” playing over the post. The frame is simple: Laborde holding her phone at chest height, most of her face hidden behind it.
She wore a grey sports bra with narrow straps and a small white circular logo on the left side, plus high-waisted grey shorts. A black headband sat low over her hair, with a gold bracelet on her left wrist and red polish on her nails.
The backdrop is a beige paneled wall with a grey tiled floor and white grout lines along the bottom. It looked like a locker room mirror rather than a planned shoot.
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Maria Laborde, a Venezuelan model crowned Miss Teen Carabobo in 2015, met Acuña in 2019 and got engaged in January 2023. They married on Aug. 31, 2023, at Whispering Oaks in Agoura Hills, California.
Hours later, Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a grand slam against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He became the first player in MLB history with 30 home runs and 60 stolen bases in a season.
Ronald Acuña Jr.’s Wife Maria Recalls Son Jamal’s Bold Promise to Outshine His Father
Ronald Acuña Jr.’s wife, Maria Laborde, shared a bold promise made between their second son Jamal and the Atlanta Braves star during an interview with Ozzie Albies’ wife, Andreia. Maria says the exchange began with a strikeout.
“One day Ronald struck out and he was really upset and threw his helmet. And Jamal saw and asked, ‘Mom, why does dad do that? Why does he throw things?’ And I said, ‘Well, when we get home, you can ask him why he does that,’ ” Maria Laborde said.
“Then Ronald told him, ‘When you grow up, you’ll understand why it bothers me.’ And he said, ‘No, dad. When you grow up you’re going to see me hitting it out the park.’ And Ronald just gave him this look.”
Jamal, born in 2022, is named after former NBA guard Jamal Crawford, a nod to Ronald Acuña Jr.’s basketball fandom. Maria Laborde has posted clips of him swinging a bat indoors in an Atlanta Braves helmet.
The story lands because of the framing. Jamal wanted to know why a strikeout produced a flying helmet, then answered the question with a plan of his own. Acuña’s response, according to the account, was a look rather than a lecture.
Edited by Kaushani Chatterjee
