Major League Baseball selected Braves left fielder Austin Riley (Danville 2015) as the National League Rookie of the Month of May.
Major League Baseball selected Braves left fielder Austin Riley (Danville 2015) as the National League Rookie of the Month of May.
Riley, 22, has been a force since debuting with Atlanta on May 15. The Mississippi native homered Saturday to join Rhys Hoskins (2017), Trevor Story ('16) and Carlos Delgado (1994) as the fourth player in Major League history to go deep at least eight times in his first 16 career games. Riley's first 15 games in May included seven dingers, two doubles and 20 RBIs as he slashed .356/.397/.746. According to Statcast, Riley's 23 hard-hit balls (those hit with 95-plus-mph exit velocities) led the Braves for all of May -- even though he didn't debut until halfway through the month.
