Austin Riley: MLB Player Prop Bets for Braves Vs Cubs – September 28, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on September 28, 2023

The upcoming game between Austin Riley’s Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs (with Marcus Stroman drawing the start) is scheduled for Thursday, September 28 at 7:20 PM ET.

Looking to put down a bet on Riley ahead of his matchup on Thursday? 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 1.5 -104
Runs 0.5 -141
RBI 0.5 -136
Strikeouts 1.5 -104

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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs

  • The Cubs’ Stroman (10-8) will make his 25th start of the season.
  • The right-hander gave up three earned runs in three innings pitched on Saturday in his last outing, a matchup with the Colorado Rockies.
  • The 32-year-old has an ERA of 3.88, a 2.25 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.248 in 26 games this season.
  • The Cubs have a 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in the majors.
  • The Cubs have pitched to a 4.20 this season, which ranks 15th in baseball.
  • Cubs pitchers have a 1.282 WHIP this season, 14th in the majors.
  • The Cubs have allowed the sixth-fewest home runs this season at just 175, or 1.1 per game.

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Austin Riley Stats vs. the Cubs

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
9/27/2023 Jameson Taillon 0-for-3 0 0 0 1 2/1 0
9/26/2023 Justin Steele 0-for-3 0 0 0 1 2/1 0
8/6/2023 Justin Steele 0-for-5 0 0 0 0 2/0 0
8/5/2023 Javier Assad 1-for-4 0 0 0 1 2/1 0
8/4/2023 Kyle Hendricks 1-for-5 1 1 2 1 1/0 0
6/19/2022 Kyle Hendricks 2-for-4 1 0 1 1 0/0 0
6/18/2022 Justin Steele 0-for-3 0 0 1 0 2/0 0
6/17/2022 Keegan Thompson 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 3/0 0
4/28/2022 Drew Smyly 1-for-4 1 1 1 1 1/0 0
4/27/2022 Mark Leiter Jr. 1-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/1 0

Riley Stats and Trends

  • Riley has picked up a hit in 70.3% of his 155 games this season, with multiple base hits in 34.2% of those games (53).
  • He has homered in 22.6% of his games this season (155 contests), going yard in 5.3% of his trips to the plate.
  • He has scored at least a run in 83 out of 155 games this season (53.5%), which includes more than one run scored in 26 of them (16.8%).
  • Riley has tallied at least one RBI 59 times this year in 155 tries (38.1%), including plating more than one run in 14.8% of games (23 times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on nine occasions.
  • He has gone down on strikes in 71.6% of his 155 games this season, while fanning more than once in 30.3% of them (47).
Home Away
75 GP 80
54 (72.0%) Games w/1+ Hit 55 (68.8%)
25 (33.3%) Games w/2+ Hits 28 (35.0%)
39 (52.0%) Games w/1+ Run 44 (55.0%)
15 (20.0%) Games w/1+ HR 20 (25.0%)
25 (33.3%) Games w/1+ RBI 34 (42.5%)

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