Austin Riley: MLB Player Prop Bets for Braves Vs Yankees – August 16, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on August 16, 2023

Austin Riley will be eyeing his 30th homer of the season against starter Randy Vasquez when the Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees match up on Wednesday, August 16 at 7:20 PM ET.

Looking to place a wager on Riley ahead of his matchup on Wednesday? Keep reading for everything you need to know, then head over to DraftKings Sportsbook to place your bets!

Player Prop Odds for Riley

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 0.5 -149
Runs 0.5 -122
RBI 0.5 -119
Strikeouts 1.5 +110

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Stats and Trends for the New York Yankees

  • The Yankees will hand the ball to Vasquez (2-1) for his fourth start of the season.
  • The right-hander’s last appearance came in relief on Friday when he threw 3 2/3 innings out of the bullpen against the Miami Marlins, giving up two earned runs while allowing three hits.
  • The 24-year-old has pitched in four games this season with a 1.89 ERA, 5.7 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .171.
  • The Yankees strike out nine batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 11th in MLB.
  • The Yankees have the 13th-ranked ERA (4.07) in the majors this season.
  • The Yankees have a combined 1.252 WHIP as a pitching staff, 10th-lowest in MLB.
  • The Yankees have given up 149 home runs so far this season (the 20th-ranked total in MLB play).

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Austin Riley Stats vs. the Yankees

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
8/15/2023 Luis Severino 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 3/0 0
8/14/2023 Clarke Schmidt 2-for-5 1 1 1 2 1/0 0
8/24/2021 Andrew Heaney 3-for-3 0 0 1 1 0/0 0
8/23/2021 Jordan Montgomery 1-for-4 1 0 0 0 2/0 0
4/21/2021 Corey Kluber 2-for-2 1 1 1 3 0/2 0
4/20/2021 Jameson Taillon 1-for-3 0 0 0 0 0/1 0

Riley Stats and Trends

  • In 70.6% of his 119 games this season, Riley has notched a base hit (84 times). He’s also registered 40 multi-hit games in 2023 (33.6%).
  • He has hit a long ball in 27 of 119 games in 2023 (22.7%), which is 5.5% of his trips to the dish.
  • He has scored at least one run 64 times this season in 119 games played (53.8%), including 20 times when he tallied multiple runs (16.8%).
  • Riley has picked up at least one RBI in 38.7% of his games this year (46 of 119), including two or more RBI in 20 of those contests (16.8%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in six contests.
  • He has struck out at least once in 68.9% of his games this year (82 of 119), striking out multiple times in 34 of those contests (28.6%).
Home Away
59 GP 60
43 (72.9%) Games w/1+ Hit 41 (68.3%)
23 (39.0%) Games w/2+ Hits 17 (28.3%)
33 (55.9%) Games w/1+ Run 31 (51.7%)
13 (22.0%) Games w/1+ HR 14 (23.3%)
21 (35.6%) Games w/1+ RBI 25 (41.7%)

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