Austin Riley Total Hits Props • Atlanta
Austin Riley projects as the 16th-best hitter in the league, per the leading projection system (THE BAT X). Austin Riley is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in today's game. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather report predicts the 5th-highest temperatures of all games on the slate today at 82°. Austin Riley hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.1% — 78th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting out towards MLB's shallowest CF fences in today's game. The New York Mets infield defense profiles as the 7th-weakest out of every team on the slate today.