Austin Riley might be the most underappreciated player in baseball right now. Dude is 24 and just put up a .303/.367/.531 season and MLB Network not gonna give him top 10
*dodgers win a big game*
*Freddie Freeman stands up in the clubhouse to deliver an emotional postgame speech*
“Guys this was fun, and I just have to say to all of you, I never actually wanted to be here and I am still angry I’m not an Atlanta Brave. Thanks”
I’m just saying
before Michael Harris’s call up
Mississippi was 22-22
Atlanta was 22-24
Since Michael Harris’s call up
Mississippi has gone 5-12
Atlanta has gone 15-4
I’m not saying he’s the
#GOAT
but…
Hilarious that it was leaked (presumably, by Excel) that the Braves didn’t contact Freddie about the trade. Like yeah no shit you said if you don’t accept this deal then the talks are done what was there to tell you
Also, Kyle Wright man. After what happened last year to come in and pitch one of the most cold-blooded relief outings of the postseason. Well deserved championship dude
I really expected Harris to be valuable fairly quickly, but I’m not sure there’s a person in the sport beyond Mike and his parents that was expecting him to be the best center fielder in the national league for the first month and a half of his career
Vaughn Grissom finished with a double and a walk to extend his on base streak to 36 games. He’s hitting .351/.467/.545 with a 17.6% walk rate and 14.7% strikeout rate in that span. He has committed two errors in that span and none in his past 31 games
You debate all day about whether the Braves underpay for these extensions, but ultimately they guarantee young players a lifetime of financial stability more often than any other team
Vaughn Grissom reached base four times in a Gwinnett win. Over his past 30 games he has hit .330/.453/.477 with a 17.5% walk rate and 16.9% strikeout rate
Gotta be worried about the clubhouse chemistry with Ozuna. If he can’t join the Braves culture and blow bases loaded opportunities he may cause a rift in that dugout
This is going to be a really weird stat but just bear with me.
Austin Riley’s WORST month by xwOBA in 2021 was June. He recorded a .342 xwOBA in June, a number which would have ranked 9th among all 3B over a full season
His WORST month would have made him the 9th best 3B
I’m somewhat surprised the Braves got an actual human being in return for Newcomb, much less an actual human who can pitch actual useful innings for them. Trade win, and we’re finally free
What Kyle Wright did tonight is another big step in his maturation. Being able to come out off of your game and still give a team 6 effective innings is huge and something he couldn’t have done 12 months ago