Riley O’Brien Salary: How Much Does Riley O’Brien Make?

Riley Chun-Young O’Brien is a Major League Baseball pitcher who currently pitches for the Seattle Mariners.



He formerly played for the Cincinnati Reds in Major League Baseball. In 2021, he made his MLB debut.

 Riley O'Brien
Riley O’Brien

O’Brien was a baseball player for Shorewood High School in Shoreline, Washington. After graduating in 2013, he went to Everett Community College.



He transferred to the College of Idaho after two seasons at Everett. He finished 6–3 with a 3.23 ERA with sixty strikeouts in 69 innings as a junior in 2016.

In his senior season, he went 3–4 with a 2.15 ERA in 67 innings pitched. After the season, he was drafted in the eighth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft by the Tampa Bay Rays.

In his first season with the Rays, O’Brien went 1–0 with a 2.20 ERA in 11 games with the Princeton Rays of the Advanced Rookie Appalachian League (ten starts).

He earned Appalachian League Pitcher of the Week honors twice throughout the season.

In 2018, he began the season with the Bowling Green Hot Rods of the Class A Midwest League (where he was named an All-Star) before being promoted to the Charlotte Stone Crabs of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, where he finished the season; he went 8–4 with a 2.75 ERA in 25 games (13 starts) with both teams.

How Much Does Riley O’Brien Make?

Riley O’Brien makes an annual salary of $700,000.