During the Braves’ “At Home Opener” stream on Friday evening – when the team would’ve been playing its first game at Truist Park this season – general manager Alex Anthopoulos revealed an interesting nugget about the Braves’ third-base competition.
Austin Riley and Johan Camargo were playing so well, it’s likely both would’ve made the initial roster.
“Camargo, Riley were playing unbelievably well,” Anthopoulos told Fox Sports broadcaster Chip Carey, who was conducting the pre-recorded interview. “We hadn’t made a decision yet of who we were going to carry. We had started to talk about – the fact that the minor-league season was scheduled to start on April 9 and we were starting March 26 – we started to talk about carrying both.