“I never was wrong about him,” says Ron Washington. austinriley1308 worked through some early struggles and doubts to become the anchor of a young, enviably talented Braves roster. emmabaccellieri details how he got here
) and Michael Harris II . These extensions have built upon one another—with each additional deal making it easier for players and executives alike to have a sense of the future and what it means to commit to the team long-term.
He broke into the majors with a hot streak in 2019. For a few weeks, his performance matched the best of the reports on him as a prospect: In his first 15 games, Riley was 21-for-59 with seven home runs. But then it started to fall apart. Opposing pitchers figured out that he was extremely vulnerable to anything in the top of the zone, and as he struggled to make that adjustment, other problems spread to the rest of his game.
“You’re going to give him every benefit of the doubt,” Braves skipper Brian Snitker says of his approach to managing Riley through that stretch. “You’re going to give him the opportunity to stay out there, because you know what can happen; you know the impact he can have.” The work was almost meditative for Riley. The practice was reassuring—a space to chat and free his mind and let himself breathe. The conversations with Washington naturally focused on defense. But the approach gave him confidence through every part of his job.
When Riley put it all together in 2021, then, it felt like an organizational triumph almost as much as a personal one. He stood out as a bona fide power hitter with the ability to hit the ball to all fields. He led the team in Baseball-Reference WAR with 6.1. Riley posted a 135 OPS+ and delivered in the playoffs, too, with a series of clutch hits en route to the World Series. And to Washington’s delight—“I never was wrong about him”—he showed that he could stick at third.
“It probably made sense for both parties to wait,” Anthopoulos says, “because last year was the first season he really put it together.”
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