Nacho Alvarez summoned to Atlanta in wake of Riley injury
Jul 13 2025
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta Braves
NEWS: The Braves placed third baseman Austin Riley on the 10-day IL with a strained right abdomen and recalled infielder Nacho Alvarez from Triple-A Gwinnett.
IMPACT: Medium
BHQ SPIN: We’ve cut Riley’s playing time projection from 95% to 80% while we see how his injury timeline plays out. Alvarez had an eight game cup of coffee with Atlanta in 2024. He had missed much of this season with first a wrist injury and then an oblique injury. He’s expected to play a utility role and share time at third base with Luke Williams. Both Alvarez and Williams are now projected to play 10% at third and a total of 25% overall. We’ll revisit the playing time allocations once we have a better sense of how Atlanta...
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