Will Riley Stats & Scouting Report

Full name Will Riley
Born 04/13/2002 in Virginia Beach, VA
Profile Ht.: 6'0" / Wt.: 200 / Bats: R / Throws: R
Drafted in the 8th round (243rd overall) by the Seattle Mariners in 2024 (signed for $120,000).

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Riley is a 6-foot, 201-pound righthander who finished his career with VMI as the leader in strikeouts per nine innings, and this spring posted a 6.78 ERA over 78.1 innings and 14 stars with a 23.4% strikeout rate and 6.4% walk rate. While Riley’s peripherals throughout his career are solid, he gets hit around too much and doesn’t miss many bats with a fastball that sits 92-94 mph and touches 97. He instead relies on a mid-80s slider, upper-80s cutter and mid-80s changeup to avoid barrels though he’ll need to maintain his command and perhaps find a tweaked fastball shape to succeed in pro ball.

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Riley is a 6-foot, 201-pound righthander who finished his career with VMI as the leader in strikeouts per nine innings, and this spring posted a 6.78 ERA over 78.1 innings and 14 stars with a 23.4% strikeout rate and 6.4% walk rate. While Riley’s peripherals throughout his career are solid, he gets hit around too much and doesn’t miss many bats with a fastball that sits 92-94 mph and touches 97. He instead relies on a mid-80s slider, upper-80s cutter and mid-80s changeup to avoid barrels though he’ll need to maintain his command and perhaps find a tweaked fastball shape to succeed in pro ball.