Austin Riley: MLB Player Prop Bets for Braves Vs Rangers – May 17, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on May 17, 2023

On Wednesday, May 17 at 8:05 PM ET, Austin Riley and the Atlanta Braves will match up with starter Nathan Eovaldi and the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field, airing on BSSW.

Looking to place a bet 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 -147
Runs 0.5 -118
RBI 0.5 -118
Strikeouts 1.5 +107

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Stats and Trends for the Texas Rangers

  • The Rangers’ Eovaldi (5-2) will make his ninth start of the season.
  • The right-hander allowed three hits in 8 2/3 scoreless innings pitched against the Oakland Athletics on Friday.
  • The 33-year-old’s 2.70 ERA ranks 17th, .994 WHIP ranks 12th, and 9.5 K/9 ranks 24th among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign.
  • The Rangers strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 15th in MLB.
  • The Rangers have pitched to a 3.82 this season, which ranks seventh in baseball.
  • Rangers pitchers have a 1.185 WHIP this season, fourth-best in the majors.
  • With just 44 homers allowed, the Rangers rank 10th in the league at preventing long balls.

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Austin Riley Stats vs. the Rangers

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
5/16/2023 Dane Dunning 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 0/0 0
5/15/2023 Cody Bradford 1-for-5 1 1 2 1 1/0 0
5/1/2022 Taylor Hearn 1-for-2 0 0 1 0 1/1 0
4/30/2022 Dane Dunning 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
4/29/2022 Garrett Richards 2-for-5 2 1 2 1 2/0 0

Riley Stats and Trends

  • Riley has collected a base hit 29 times this season in 42 games played (69.0%), including multiple knocks on nine occasions (21.4%).
  • Out of the 42 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s gone yard in seven contests (16.7%), taking the pitcher deep in 3.8% of his plate appearances.
  • He has scored at least one run in 20 of 42 games this season (47.6%), which includes more than one run scored in three of them (7.1%).
  • Riley has driven in at least one run 15 times this year in 42 tries (35.7%), including plating more than one run in 11.9% of games (five times).
  • He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 30 out of 42 games this year (71.4%), while fanning multiple times in 15 of those contests (35.7%).
Home Away
19 GP 23
13 (68.4%) Games w/1+ Hit 16 (69.6%)
6 (31.6%) Games w/2+ Hits 3 (13.0%)
10 (52.6%) Games w/1+ Run 10 (43.5%)
1 (5.3%) Games w/1+ HR 6 (26.1%)
5 (26.3%) Games w/1+ RBI 10 (43.5%)

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