Austin Riley: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights

Bleacher Report isn’t buying this early-season Braves trend

The Braves are 27-17 on the season. Pretty much the exact same spot they were in last year, but you wouldn’t know that if you asked an Atlanta fan. Whether it’s the red hot Phillies or the dead Braves bats, there’s an unreal amount of pessimism around the club this season, and I understand it to a certain extent.

Features

The Morning Bark

The Quiz of the Day

Bark Bets

Austin Riley could need IL stint

The Braves offensive rut continued over the weekend, as they mustered just two runs in two games against the Padres, losing both. Nobody’s been able to get it going offensively, outside of Marcell Ozuna, and it doesn’t help that two All-Stars are missing from the lineup.

Austin Riley News / MLB Trade Rumors / May 18

Braves infield slugger still working through injury concern

Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley has missed almost a week with a side issue, but at least for now, he's not heading to the injured list.

Rangers All-Star third baseman to be out longer than anticipated

Giants All-Star pitcher suffers setback in recovery from injury

Orioles starting pitcher returning from IL stint

Which players have hit the most home runs in a season for every MLB franchise?

The 'Atlanta Braves retired numbers' quiz

Atlanta Braves News / Talking Chop / May 18

Riley still absent, Tromp starts, Arcia hits fifth as Braves take aim at Darvish

The lineup is looking a bit ragged as the Braves look to snap a two-game skid The Braves’ lineup is looking a little ragged, as the absences of Austin Riley and Travis d’Arnaud have created a situation where Orlando Arcia is hitting fifth and Zack Short is hitting seventh.

Atlanta Braves News / Talking Chop / May 17

Austin Riley out of the Braves’ lineup again Friday

Atlanta looks to bring the bats to life in series opener against San Diego The Atlanta Braves will continue their homestand Friday when they begin a four-game series against the San Diego Padres.

Atlanta Braves News / Talking Chop / May 15

Ronald Acuña Jr, Austin Riley out of Braves’ lineup Wednesday

The Braves will be without two of their regulars for Wednesday’s series finale against the Cubs. The Atlanta Braves will be without two of their regulars for Wednesday’s series finale against the Chicago Cubs.

Atlanta Braves News / Talking Chop / May 15

Austin Riley progressing, Atlanta secures series win, and more

Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. The Atlanta Braves received another positive update from third baseman Austin Riley, who exited Sunday’s game with soreness on his side.

Atlanta Braves News / SportsTalkATL / May 14

Braves get more positive injury news for Austin Riley

The Braves are gearing up for the second of a three-game series against the Cubs at Truist Park, and for the second game in a row, Austin Riley isn’t in the lineup.

Atlanta Braves News / Talking Chop / May 14

Reynaldo Lopez, AJ Minter Big in Braves win, Positive Austin Riley Injury Updates, More

Monday is was a nice rebound day for the Braves. Monday featured two of the best National League pitchers so far this season facing off against each other in Shota Imanaga of the Cubs and Reynaldo López of the Braves.

Atlanta Braves News / SportsTalkATL / May 13

Braves get positive update on Austin Riley, Reynaldo Lopez exits early

The Braves got back to their winning ways on Monday night against the Cubs. Carried once again by their pitching staff, Reynaldo Lopez led the way, lowering his ERA to 1.34 after five scoreless innings, allowing just a couple of hits and a couple of walks on 71 pitches.

Atlanta Braves News / SportsTalkATL / May 13

Austin Riley out of Braves lineup, further tests needed

Austin Riley was removed from yesterday’s game against the Mets after this swing in the fourth inning. Austin Riley apparently felt some soreness during batting practice and re-aggravated the issue during that at-bat.

Atlanta Braves News / ClutchPoints / May 13

Braves 3B Austin Riley’s injury scare gets quick Brian Snitker explanation

The Atlanta Braves have stayed relatively healthy in the 2024 MLB season, one of the few teams who can claim that midway through May. The injury bug finally got to the Braves on Sunday when All-Star third baseman Austin Riley was pulled from a 4-3 loss to the Mets.

Atlanta Braves News / SportsTalkATL / May 13

Injury updates on Austin Riley, Pierce Johnson

The injury bug continues to bite the Braves, but the hope is that they avoided an IL stint with another All-Star. Austin Riley left last night’s game against the Mets after an awkward swing where he appeared to grab his right side.

Atlanta Braves News / Talking Chop / May 13

Atlanta Loses To Mets in Walk-Off Fashion, Austin Riley Injury, more

After a good week of bounce back production. Sunday proved to be less than ideal for Atlanta. Overall, this was a nice bounce back week for the Braves after an abysmal trip out West the week before.

Atlanta Braves News / MLB Trade Rumors / May 12

Braves star leaves game early due to left side soreness

A top-seven finisher in NL MVP voting in each of the last three seasons, he has hit only .245/.319/.388 over his first 163 plate appearances, with just three home runs.

Braves ask Bryce Elder to continue strong pitching run vs. Mets

Watch: Braves lose no-hitter in the most brutal fashion

Which MLB players have the most career games played?

The '2023 MLB stolen base leaders' quiz

Atlanta Braves News / ClutchPoints / May 2

Austin Riley’s brutally honest Braves admission will get fans hyped

Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley struggled throughout April, but he remained confident in his approach and that he would eventually get results.

Atlanta Braves News / FanNation Braves Today / April 29

Braves Slugger Is Primed to Break Out of Slump

The Atlanta Braves have one of the deepest lineups in baseball. Despite slow starts from the top of their lineup, including reigning National League MVP Ronald Acuña Jr, MLB homer leader Matt Olson and slugger Austin Riley, Atlanta’s sitting on the best winning percentage and most runs per game of any team in baseball.

MLB News / Field Level Media / April 28

Austin Riley knocks in winner as Braves beat Guardians

Austin Riley's one-out single in the 10th inning drove in automatic runner Ronald Acuna Jr. with the winning run to give the Atlanta Braves a 3-2 victory over the visiting Cleveland Guardians on Sunday in the rubber game of a three-game set between two division-leading teams.

MLB News / Yardbarker / April 24

Watch: Braves walk-off Marlins in wild NL East battle

The Braves-Marlins game on Wednesday night probably shouldn't have gone into extra innings, but the Braves persevered after a weird error to walk it off in the bottom of the 10th.

Braves pitching depth beginning to flex its muscles

Will the Marlins ever find a solution at catcher?

The greatest postseason moment for every MLB team

The '2023 MLB stolen base leaders' quiz

MLB News / Yardbarker / April 7

What we learned after the Braves' sweep of the Diamondbacks

With a relatively calm 5-2 victory on Sunday, the Braves closed out a sweep of the reigning National League champions. Here's what we learned after a wild weekend in Atlanta.

Astros' Ronel Blanco sees his hitless streak end after 15 innings

Watch: Maligned Yankees slugger blasts grand slam against Blue Jays

Struggling umpire has another brutal performance in Blue Jays-Yankees game

Alek Manoah takes another step back with disastrous outing in minors

Watch: Orioles' costly error leads to a disastrous loss to the Pirates

MLB News / Yardbarker / April 5

Watch: Braves walk-off Diamondbacks in wild ending

If there's one thing other MLB teams have learned from watching the Atlanta Braves over the past few years, it's that you never put dirt on them until the final strike is in the catcher's mitt.

Braves seem to have unique plan for AJ Smith-Shawver

Former World Series-winning catcher signs with Braves

Four takeaways from the Braves first four games

The 25 best Major League Baseball play-by-play broadcasters

The '2023 MLB stolen base leaders' quiz

Atlanta Braves News / LWOSports.com / March 10

3 Bold Predictions for the Braves’ Austin Riley in 2024

The Atlanta Braves‘ Austin Riley will be on the southside of Chicago on April 2nd for his fifth game of the 2024 Season and his 27th birthday. All baseball enthusiasts know that 27 is the magical age in which baseball players break out and mature into their prime. Take legendary Braves HOF third baseman Chipper Jones, for example.

Atlanta Braves News / FanNation Braves Today / December 14

Is this the season Austin Riley becomes an MVP contender?

Fangraphs is releasing their updated ZiPS projections for each MLB team, and our own Jake Mastroianni covered at length about the exceedingly positive

MLB News / Yardbarker / October 9

Watch: Braves' Riley helps Atlanta even NLDS with go-ahead blast

Watch: Braves' Austin Riley helps Atlanta even series with go-ahead blast

Austin Riley may have saved the Atlanta Braves postseason...with only one hand. With Atlanta down 1-0 in their Division Series with the Philadelphia Phillies and down 4-3 in Game 2, Riley launched reliever Jeff Hoffman's 3-2 pitch deep into the left field seats.

Watch: Wheeler loses no-hitter, shutout to Braves in Game 2

Phillies manager says Bryce Harper made mistake in Game 2

Phillies blister Braves' Max Fried early

Braves manager offers explanation for Fried’s shaky Game 2 start

D-backs nearing first NLCS berth since 2007 with Game 2 win over Dodgers

Atlanta Braves News / FanNation Braves Today / July 24

Braves Briefing: Austin Riley is on fire

The Atlanta Braves seem to always have a different batter step up throughout the season and right now it's Austin Riley. Riley entered the final game of the series against the Brewers in red-hot form, standing out as the sole player in Braves history to achieve an impressive five-game stretch with at least six home runs and 16 RBIs.

Atlanta Braves News / FanNation Braves Today / July 18

Watch: Austin Riley goes deep…again

Austin Riley is a man among boys this evening. He now has two home runs and seven RBIs so far tonight, oh, and we’re only in the sixth inning. The Braves and Diamondbacks are in an all out slugfest.