Austin Riley is now not the most important
snub from the 2022 MLB All-Star Recreation after the Atlanta Braves third baseman was added to the
Nationwide League roster Saturday.

Riley will change St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado.

Riley is an MVP candidate after backing
up his breakout 2021 season with one other sturdy marketing campaign,
which made it fairly a shock when he wasn’t on the preliminary roster.

The 25-year-old slugger has posted a
.282/.345/.568 slash line with 26 house runs, which is tied for third
in MLB, in 90 video games. His .913 OPS ranks eighth.

“A part of me felt like I did sufficient,” Riley advised reporters. “However
it’s what it’s. I get to spend time with my household and my new child,
so I am not complaining.”

Now he’ll head to L.A. alongside 5
Braves teammates: Ronald Acuna Jr., William Contreras, Travis
d’Arnaud, Dansby Swanson and Max Fried.

Atlanta, the reigning World Sequence
champion, owns MLB’s fifth-best document at 55-37 with two video games left
earlier than the break.

It is the primary All-Star choice for
Riley, who received the Silver Slugger Award and was voted to the All-MLB
first workforce final season.

“He is having an awesome, nice yr,” Braves supervisor Brian Snitker mentioned after the workforce’s 8-4 win over the
Washington Nationals on Friday. “He will proceed to have
one, too. So, I am joyful for him.”

Riley can be a potent bat off the
bench for the NL, which can try to finish an eight-year
dropping streak in opposition to the American League.

The sport will take
place at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.