When the Atlanta Braves got off to a slow start offensively, there was plenty of finger pointing going around within the fanbase. Austin Riley did not really get off to a slow start at the plate hitting .299/.409/.442 with a 135 wRC+ over the first month of the season, but had not shown the type of power that we had seen from him in the past.
Riley has continued to surge in May and has taken his game to another level as the power has returned. He homered two more times in Sunday’s 7-1 win over the Pirates and became the first Braves third baseman to record two homers and five RBIs in a game since Chipper Jones back in 2009.