Austin Riley is a thing. New ball aside, he's currently hitting .308/.378/.677 with 13 homers and 33 runs batted in for Triple-A Gwinnett. I'm a fan and own a share in my main squeeze league. In the preseason Top 100 I ranked him 24th overall and had this to say: "He [Riley] has plus power and hit 19 homers in 2018 between AA and AAA. He also hit .294 on the year, which is super. Only blemish is a 28% strikeout rate, but there will be some more seasoning in AAA this year for him to work on that. Speaking of blemishes, have you seen Grey's backne? Gross!" That K-rate has come down to 20% so far in 2019. All of this is horseshit though, because what everyone really wants to know is when Riley will be up and playing every day for the Braves. I didn't include him in the May stash list because I figured a currently healthy Donaldson would trap him in the minors until at least June. But a recent development has me thinking we could see Austin Riley up sooner. I'll save that nugget for after the jump...
