jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
He was motoring.
GDT 7/31/22: Braves vs Diamondbacks - Sweepy Sunday
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He was motoring.
msstate7
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Need to try and extend him same years we got Acuna and albies
jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
Needs to channel a little Justin Upton and go ham for the A in the A.
Nerfherders
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That was a pitcher's pitch too from Melancon and he smoked it. I don't think Ive ever seen someone as hot as Austin Riley for this extended a period. Even in Chipper's hottest months, he wasn't playing pepper with the outfield wall when he wasn't hitting HR's. It's insane.
The day-game hitting doldrums continue for the Braves, but tip a cap to Fried and the bullpen for keeping us in the game.
The day-game hitting doldrums continue for the Braves, but tip a cap to Fried and the bullpen for keeping us in the game.
Nerfherders
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Here's a few other record related tidbits:
The Braves are:
98-59 in their last 161 regular season games
18-8 in July, which gained them all of 0.5 games in the division :/
60-32 when one of our current 5 starters pitch. That record was 21-18 before June 1st.
The Braves are:
98-59 in their last 161 regular season games
18-8 in July, which gained them all of 0.5 games in the division :/
60-32 when one of our current 5 starters pitch. That record was 21-18 before June 1st.
VirginiaBrave
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Love that Riley kid!! He's a ballplayer.
Nerfherders
Well-known member
Here's a few other record related tidbits:
The Braves are:
98-59 in their last 157 regular season games
18-8 in July, which gained them all of 0.5 games in the division :/
60-32 when one of our current 5 starters pitch. That record was 21-18 before June 1st.
The Braves are:
98-59 in their last 157 regular season games
18-8 in July, which gained them all of 0.5 games in the division :/
60-32 when one of our current 5 starters pitch. That record was 21-18 before June 1st.
jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
If there's any chance to lock him in early, it has to be in-season this season. Possible, but likely hefty.
A Riley extension starts with about $45M to buy out his 3 remaining arb years, and then as many $25M seasons as he wants to give up.
I imagine it’s either 3/45 with a single option year at $25M, or some massive contract through the most of his 30s like 9/200. A deal like this tied up 1B and DH with Olson and Riley until the next rebuild.
I imagine it’s either 3/45 with a single option year at $25M, or some massive contract through the most of his 30s like 9/200. A deal like this tied up 1B and DH with Olson and Riley until the next rebuild.
DirkPiggler
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Most of us saw the power potential in Riley.
Not even the most homerish of homers saw him becoming a complete hitter, especially after the swing and miss issues in his first two partial seasons.
Not even the most homerish of homers saw him becoming a complete hitter, especially after the swing and miss issues in his first two partial seasons.
He has literally done this his entire career. Is bad in his first look and then adjusts over time. It would make sense the adjustment to major league pitching would have been the longest journey.
UNCBlue012
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He was a really strong minor-league hitter and had a good OPS but what he's doing now is absurd. There's no way you or anyone else could have predicted he'd be at an MVP-level for the last two years and doing things that only Aaron has done in a Braves uniform. Even the most positive posters would be lying if they said so.
Southcack77
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I didn't even see it continuing after his breakout season. I'm a dummy.
When we tore up AA at 20 and then again at 21 I think we should have all expected a potential superstar. Still has hit his top end of projection probability but this was always a potential outcome.
I'm confident someone on this board will tell you they always knew Riley had this in him.
The facts of the matter are that the improvements Riley made in his swing decisions and contact rates are nearly unprecedented, and he should be commended for whatever he did to make it happen. We watched him improve in real time, and the underlying measurables kept getting better and better even as the overall production rose and fell. We got to watch a guy improve his true underlying talent dramatically through MLB statcast data, and that is a rare thing to see.
I suspect the rareness of such improvements is why I'd be hesitant to give Riley a massive extension. There is obviously no data to back it up since this type of player development is so rare (though perhaps it happens at the MiLB level more routinely), but I can't help but feel like his rise is a little Dan Uggla-ish, with a similar early fall off the cliff.