Austin Riley: MLB Player Prop Bets for Braves Vs Giants – August 18, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on August 17, 2023

Austin Riley will be eyeing his 30th homer of the season against starter Alex Cobb when the Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants go head to head on Friday, August 18 at 7:20 PM ET.

Looking to place a wager on Riley ahead of his matchup on Friday? 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 San Francisco Giants

  • Cobb (6-4) will take the mound for the Giants, his 23rd start of the season.
  • The right-hander’s last start was on Sunday, when he tossed 4 1/3 innings while giving up six earned runs on nine hits in a matchup with the Texas Rangers.
  • The 35-year-old ranks 26th in ERA (3.62), 52nd in WHIP (1.373), and 41st in K/9 (8.1) among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign.
  • The Giants have a 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in the majors.
  • The Giants have the eighth-best ERA (3.89) in the majors this season.
  • Giants pitchers have a 1.240 WHIP this season, seventh-best in the majors.
  • The Giants have allowed the fourth-fewest home runs this season at just 126, or one per game.

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Austin Riley Stats vs. the Giants

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
9/14/2022 Carlos Rodón 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 3/0 0
9/13/2022 Jakob Junis 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 0/1 0
9/12/2022 Alex Cobb 1-for-4 0 0 0 0 0/0 0
6/22/2022 Carlos Rodón 0-for-1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
6/21/2022 Anthony DeSclafani 1-for-4 0 0 0 1 1/1 0
6/20/2022 Logan Webb 1-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
9/19/2021 Anthony DeSclafani 1-for-4 1 0 0 1 2/0 0
9/18/2021 Alex Wood 1-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
9/17/2021 Logan Webb 2-for-5 0 0 0 2 0/0 0
8/29/2021 Anthony DeSclafani 1-for-4 1 1 2 1 1/0 0

Riley Stats and Trends

  • In 85 of 120 games this season (70.8%), Riley has recorded a hit, and he collected at least two hits in 40 of those contests (33.3%).
  • He has hit a long ball in 22.5% of his games this season (120 contests), going yard in 5.4% of his plate appearances.
  • In 53.3% of his games this year (64 of 120), he has scored at least one run. In 20 of those games (16.7%), he tallied more than one run scored.
  • In 38.3% of his contests this year (46 of 120), Riley has driven in at least one run. In 20 of those games (16.7%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in six games.
  • He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 69.2% of his games this year (83 of 120), striking out multiple times in 34 of those contests (28.3%).
Home Away
60 GP 60
44 (73.3%) Games w/1+ Hit 41 (68.3%)
23 (38.3%) Games w/2+ Hits 17 (28.3%)
33 (55.0%) Games w/1+ Run 31 (51.7%)
13 (21.7%) Games w/1+ HR 14 (23.3%)
21 (35.0%) Games w/1+ RBI 25 (41.7%)

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