Austin Riley Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 3" / 240 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 4/2/1997 (26)
- Experience
- 1
- College
- None
Austin Riley Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Austin Riley News
Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley went 2-for-5 with two home runs, three RBI, and a pair of strikeouts in an 8-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday. Riley opened up the scoring with a two-run shot off Aaron Nola in the bottom of the first inning then victimized Nola again in the bottom of the fifth with a solo shot. Both home runs traveled a combined 917 feet and proved to be the difference in the back-and-forth contest. After a slow start to the season, Riley has really picked things up at the dish over the last 15 games, batting .305 with a .896 OPS. For the year, the 26-year-old is slashing .264/.338/.456 to go along with nine home runs and 26 RBI across 193 at-bats.
Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Riley got things going for the Braves, who were facing a one-run deficit in the bottom of the eighth inning. He doubled off of Bryan Baker for his only hit of the ball game and would come around to score two batters later on a pinch-hit home run from Kevin Pillar. Through 34 games, the 26-year-old slugger is slashing .256/.342/.434 with six home runs and 18 RBI. After struggling toward the end of April, Riley is now working on a six-game hitting streak. May is looking like it will be a prosperous month for him.
Entering Grapefruit League play on Friday, Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley is hitting a strong .316 (6-for-19) with a double, two home runs, four RBI and three runs scored in nine games played. He made his first All-Star team in his fourth year in the big leagues in 2022 by slashing .273/.349/.528 with an .878 OPS, career-high 38 home runs, 93 RBI and 90 runs scored in 693 plate appearances and 159 games played. The 25-year-old is an elite power option in fantasy at the third base position, and he consistently barrels baseballs up, hitting a combined 71 round-trippers in his first two full MLB seasons in 2021 and 2022. Fantasy managers should consider him a top-five third baseman heading into 2023.
Batting Order
| 1 | Ronald Acuña Jr. |
| 2 | Matt Olson |
| 3 | Austin Riley |
| 4 | Sean Murphy |
| 5 | Eddie Rosario |
| 6 | Ozzie Albies |
| 7 | Marcell Ozuna |
| 8 | Orlando Arcia |
| 9 | Michael Harris II |
Austin Riley Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Ronald Acuña Jr. |
| 2 | Matt Olson |
| 3 | Austin Riley |
| 4 | Sean Murphy |
| 5 | Eddie Rosario |
| 6 | Ozzie Albies |
| 7 | Marcell Ozuna |
| 8 | Orlando Arcia |
| 9 | Michael Harris II |
Austin Riley didn't quite live up to his outstanding 2021 campaign in 2022, slashing "only" .273/.349/.528 with 38 HR as a centerpiece of Atlanta's offense. That's fine for fantasy managers, especially since it appears we can count on Riley to perform similarly moving forward. Riley was never maintaining his .368 BABIP from 2021, but his .315 BABIP last year is a possibility and puts his average solidly in the .270-.280 range. His plate discipline also improved slightly last year with an uptick in BB% (7.9 to 8.2) and a decline in K% (25.4 to 24.2). His HR/FB essentially repeated (21.8% in 2022, 20.9% in 2021) and was backed by outstanding Statcast power indicators. Riley's 97.7 mph average airborne exit velocity ranked eighth among qualified hitters last year while his 15.7% rate of Brls/BBE ranked 10th. As such, 30+ homers should be expected in 2023. Hitting third for the Braves should give Riley plenty of counting stat opportunities as well, making the 26-year-old third baseman well worth his ADP of 23.17.
