This is not going to be a long post. I’m tempted to post the one table in it without comment, but that wouldn’t be much of an “article.” If you’ve been paying any attention to the Braves for the last few years, you are probably aware of the Austin Riley saga:
- First six weeks of major league career, mid-May to June 2019: Riley debuts with a bang, sets or challenges all sorts of “first to X homers in Y PAs/games” records, and has a bunch of hits and dingers in key situations. Life is good.
- Rest of 2019: Riley’s offensive aptitude takes a complete about-face, to the extent that he totally tanks his season line.