Michael

Riley

3BAge : 29Bats : R

#27

Austin Riley

#273BAtlanta Braves

Height : 6' 1" · Weight : 102 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2019-05-15

Born in : Memphis, TN, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Atlanta Braves	159	566	124	19	72	.219	.654
2025	Atlanta Braves	102	416	108	16	54	.260	.737
2024	Atlanta Braves	110	425	109	19	56	.256	.783
2023	Atlanta Braves	159	636	179	37	97	.281	.861
2022	Atlanta Braves	159	615	168	38	93	.273	.877
2021	Atlanta Braves	160	590	179	33	107	.303	.898
2020	Atlanta Braves	51	188	45	8	27	.239	.716
2019	Atlanta Braves	80	274	62	18	49	.226	.750
Career totals		980	3710	974	188	555	.263	.801

ContractAtlanta Braves payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 10 yrs · 2023–2032
Total value: 212.0 M$
AAV: 21.20 M$

2026
22.00 M$
Guaranteed
2027
22.00 M$
Guaranteed
2028
22.00 M$
Guaranteed
2029
22.00 M$
Guaranteed
2030
22.00 M$
Guaranteed
2031
22.00 M$
Guaranteed
2032
22.00 M$
Guaranteed
2033
20.00 M$
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Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.290

xwOBA

.299

OPS

.654

AVG

.219

OBP

.290

RBI

630

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.8

Home runs

2026 WAR

1.0

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-9)

20235.1 WAR · 4.3 per full season
20242.5 WAR · 3.2 per full season
20251.7 WAR · 2.3 per full season
20261.0 WAR · 1.0 per full season

Outlook, age included

-9 · 29 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Established regular

CON: Contact; 55
POW: Power; 85
EYE: Eye; 52
SPD: Speed; 76
FLD: Fielding; 77
DUR: Durability; 78
EX: Experience; 75

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

1.0

#178 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

21 / 100

#211 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

10 / 100

Surplus $-11.4M · salary $21.2M

PAL: dimensions

Offense12

Power69

Discipline1

Speed57

Defense66

WAR, in runs

Batting-14.5

Baserunning-0.2

Fielding+1.6

Positional+2.4

Replacement+19.2

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

91.3 mi/h

85th percentile

Max exit velocity

112.2 mi/h

67th percentile

Barrels

12.4 %

84th percentile

Hard-hit

44.3 %

73th percentile

xBA

.213

7th percentile

Bat speed

75.8 mi/h

92th percentile

Sprint speed

27.9 pi/s

60th percentile

Outs above average

66th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	ATL	1.0	21	76	91.3	112.2	12.4	44.3	.213
2025	ATL	1.7	53	79	92.3	113.9	15.2	50.2	.246
2024	ATL	2.5	80	84	93.3	114.7	14.9	53.4	.265
2023	ATL	5.1	90	87	92.3	116.1	13.9	49.2	.268
2022	ATL	5.9	93	84	92.5	115.9	15.7	50.8	.271
2021	ATL	5.1	83	80	90.1	114.2	13.3	45.6	.275

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	@ MIA	3	0	0	0	1	1	.219
Sep 26	@ MIA	5	0	0	0	0	3	.220
Sep 25	@ MIA	3	0	0	0	0	2	.222
Sep 24	vs CIN	2	1	1	2	1	0	.223
Sep 23	vs CIN	4	2	1	1	0	2	.222
Sep 22	vs CIN	4	1	0	0	0	0	.220
Sep 19	@ HOU	4	1	0	0	0	0	.220
Sep 18	@ HOU	4	0	0	0	0	3	.220
Sep 16	@ CHC	4	1	0	1	0	2	.222
Sep 15	@ CHC	3	0	0	0	1	3	.221