Although the Braves lost on Saturday, Austin Riley hit another homer, tying a franchise record 5th straight game with a homer, and hitting his sixth in that span. It’s really good to see Austin’s luck and performance turn around after he had been largely an average hitter this season by production, although his batted ball profile has been better than that. Although he is still underproducing his xwOBA, he is now producing like a solidly above average hitter, which is what you really want to see after the Braves gave him that big contract last year. One really promising development has been that his defensive metrics have significantly improved this season up to solidly above average from really bad in previous seasons.
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