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Former top Phillies prospect Jesse Biddle returns home with Braves

A few days after his long-awaited major-league debut, a former top prospect led the Atlanta Braves into Citizens Bank Park on Friday night.

Wait, you thought we were talking about Ronald Acuna?

While baseball continues to buzz about Acuna’s arrival — and his moonshot home run into the upper deck Thursday — lefthander Jesse Biddle is completing an impressive first week in the big leagues. A product of Germantown Friends and a 2010 first-round pick of the Phillies, Biddle didn’t allow a run in 4 1/3 innings over three appearances against the New York Mets and Cincinnati Reds.