Braves: Johan Camargo remains favorite in third base battle with Austin Riley
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There is still a lot of time left in spring training so things can certainly change. But it almost feels like Riley would have to go on a tear to be the Braves Opening Day third baseman.
As much as Braves hitting coach Kevin Seitzer has praised the adjustments Riley has made in the offseason and spring training, at the end of the day it’s still just spring training. We need to see him carry those adjustments into real games.
That’s why I think it’s almost a lock that Riley starts the season at Triple-A unless he just goes bananas over the next couple of weeks, which is certainly possible.
Or, if there is an injury in the outfield — and I certainly hope there’s not — then perhaps Riley makes the team out of spring training to play in the outfield.
But you also still have Nick Markakis and Adam Duvall.
For Camargo, we just need to keep seeing good at-bats and solid defense.
I honestly haven’t been able to see much of Camargo on defense, but I know he still has a rocket arm and can pick it over there.
At times it looks like Camargo just doesn’t care — almost Robinson Cano like — but watching the Braves behind the scenes episode showed me a different side of him that has me really excited about his future with the Braves.
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Both players should get around 50 at-bats this Spring, so they have a lot of swings left. This race is far from over, but right now Camargo remains the heavy favorite.