The injury-plagued Braves signed Gio Urshela one day after losing star third baseman Austin Riley for the rest of the regular season.
Check out the numbers behind the Braves' challenging season after they lost third baseman Austin Riley for six to eight weeks with a fractured right hand.
The Braves announced Tuesday that they signed Urshela to a major-league contract and placed Riley on the 10-day injured list.after clearing outright waivers. The nine-year veteran appeared in 92 games this season for Detroit, batting .243 with five home runs and 37 RBIs. The Braves hope Urshela will help fill the void created by the injury to Riley, who was hit on his right hand by a pitch during Sunday's victory over the on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series and the first of seven contests between the NL East rivals over the next 13 days.Luke Williams
, who is just 2-for-17 on the season, took over Sunday at third base after Riley was injured but hardly seems like a full-time option. The Braves also could move, currently filling in at second base for Albies, over to third and give another shot to top prospect Nacho Alvarez. Alvarez, however, was just 3-for-30 as the first choice to replace Albies, leading the Braves to return him to Triple-A Gwinnett.
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