They absorbed another injury hit Friday when third baseman Austin Riley suffered a strained right abdomen that landed him on the 10-day injured list Saturday. The Braves also will go into the break with back-to-back bullpen games due to the depletion of their starting rotation.

Braves star Austin Riley addresses offensive struggles as the team slips in the NL Wild Card race following blowout loss to the Phillies.

Everything that happens in and around MLB has some additional context when viewed from a fantasy baseball perspective. From lineup changes to minor league call-ups to injuries and so much more, the news cycle will constantly affect player values in fantasy baseball.

One weird part of this set of moves is that Nathan Wiles has been sent back to Gwinnett. Wiles was called up, presumably to provide some bulk given the blatant holes in Atlanta’s pitching staff, but is now going back down despite the bullpen covering six innings of work with a tightrope act last night.

After having one of the worst months of his career in June, Austin Riley has looked more like himself in June for the Atlanta Braves.