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If Riley stays, is Camargo gone?

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Austin Riley picked up right where he left off in his major league debut for the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.

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Riley's solo home run traveled well into the left-center field stands, estimated at 438 feet with a 109.1-mph exit velocity.

To make room for Riley, the Braves placed center fielder Ender Inciarte on the 10-day injured list with back tightness. But what does the team do when he returns?

FOX Sports South Braves analyst Brian Jordan said the team has to find a way to keep Riley in the lineup but says it's utility man Johan Camargo, not Inciarte, that would be on the one to go.

"Right now, Austin Riley is putting the pressure on the organization to have to make decisions," Jordan said. "If he continues to play well over this next week, 10 days, you can't take him out of the lineup. We need offense."

"You got a guy like Inciarte who's struggling a little bit. Is Inciarte's value good enough to trade? No...but you're going to have to get rid of possibly a guy like Inciarte, possibly a guy like Camargo which I hate to say."