Riley Greene - Stuck in deep power drought Greene has gone 20 consecutive games without a home run for Double-A Erie -- a span of 87 plate appearances in which he's hit .237/.333/.316 with just one RBI, two steals and a 10:... Impact The 34.4 percent strikeout rate he's posted in that span is troubling, and it's not improving, as he's whiffed eight times in the last four games. He also hasn't collected an extra-base hit of any sort in more than a week. One of the most highly regarded hitting prospects in the game, Greene still has a palatable .275/.364/.449 season line with Erie, so this could just be a spell of normal regression for a 20-year-old playing at a fairly high level of baseball. Nonetheless, it certainly isn't going to accelerate his progress toward the big leagues; in fact, it's made it all but certain that he won't crack the majors this year.
AUGUST 6, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
