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Austin Riley could get at bats as a DH

by Brendan Tuma | Braves Correspondent | Thu, Jun 25th 1:51pm EDT

Mark Bowman of MLB.com writes that Austin Riley could get at bats as the Braves' designated hitter this year. (Braves.mlb.com)

Fantasy Impact:

The universal DH is going to help a lot of National League hitters, Riley included. The 23-year-old was hitting .357 in spring training before the coronavirus pandemic shut everything down. Riley got off to a wildly hot start to his big league career before his strikeout rate became too much to overcome. He finished his rookie campaign with a .226 average and a .750 OPS.

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