Austin Riley signs 10-year, $212 million contract extension with Braves

Austin Riley isn’t going anyplace any time quickly. 

Monday night, Riley and the Atlanta Braves agreed to a 10-year, $212 million contract extension, the franchise introduced in a press launch. The deal runs via the 2032 season and features a $20 million membership possibility for 2033. 

The 25-year-old Riley has emerged as one in every of baseball’s premier hitters, slashing .302/.364/.560 because the begin of the 2021 season. He ranks tenth in all of baseball with a 4.6 fWAR, tallying 29 residence runs, 31 doubles and a league-leading .604 slugging share via 101 video games to this point this season.

Austin Riley is leading the majors in slugging.
Austin Riley is main the majors in slugging.
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Riley’s extension comes on the heels of a red-hot July by which he led all of baseball in batting common, slugging share and WAR. 

Initially a supplemental first-round choose by the Braves in 2015, Riley will earn $15 million subsequent season, $21 million in 2024 and $22 million every year in  the rest of the deal.

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