Matt Olson
29-Year-Old
2024 Stats
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.000
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Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
A marriage made in baseball heaven, Olson has done nothing but rake since Atlanta acquired him from Oakland in March of 2022. He turned it up to an even greater level in 2023, his second year with the organization, pacing all major-league hitters in home runs (54) and RBI (139) while registering the fourth-highest OPS in the bigs at .993. He finished in the 99th percentile in both average exit velocity and hard-hit rate and ranked in the 97th percentile in xSLG, all en route to a fourth-place finish for NL MVP. Olson enters his age-30 season firing on all cylinders and surrounded by one of the best supporting casts you can find. He again has a chance to lead the majors in homers and should feast on RBI opportunities as the locked-in cleanup man for the reigning National League East champions. With first base lacking some of the depth it had a decade ago, it's probably worth reaching for Olson in the opening rounds of drafts this spring. Read Past Outlooks
Launches first spring homer
Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Monday's Grapefruit League game against the Twins.
ANALYSIS
The first baseman crushed a Pablo Lopez offering in the first inning for his first long ball of the spring. Olson set an Atlanta franchise record with 139 RBI in 2023 while adding a career-high 54 homers, and the 29-year-old is a safe bet to reach triple-digit RBI for the fourth straight season while batting in the heart of one of the most potent lineups in MLB.
The first baseman crushed a Pablo Lopez offering in the first inning for his first long ball of the spring. Olson set an Atlanta franchise record with 139 RBI in 2023 while adding a career-high 54 homers, and the 29-year-old is a safe bet to reach triple-digit RBI for the fourth straight season while batting in the heart of one of the most potent lineups in MLB.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+23%
OPS vs RHP
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OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .772 | 395 | 17 | 66 | .243 | ||||
Since 2022vs Right | .946 | 1024 | 71 | 176 | .269 | ||||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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2023vs Left | .798 | 182 | 10 | 30 | .252 | ||||
2023vs Right | 1.061 | 538 | 44 | 109 | .294 | ||||
2022vs Left | .749 | 213 | 7 | 36 | .235 | ||||
2022vs Right | .824 | 486 | 27 | 67 | .242 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
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Since 2022Home | .915 | 690 | 44 | 120 | .265 | ||||
Since 2022Away | .881 | 729 | 44 | 122 | .258 | ||||
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2023Home | 1.046 | 348 | 28 | 73 | .301 | ||||
2023Away | .943 | 372 | 26 | 66 | .266 | ||||
2022Home | .784 | 342 | 16 | 47 | .230 | ||||
2022Away | .819 | 357 | 18 | 56 | .250 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Matt Olson compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
BB/K
0.62BB Rate
14.4%K Rate
23.2%BABIP
.302ISO
.321AVG
.283OBP
.389SLG
.604OPS
.993wOBA
.421Exit Velocity
93.7 mphHard Hit Rate
42.4%Barrels/PA
10.1%Expected BA
.264Expected SLG
.557Sprint Speed
21.6 ft/secGround Ball %
38.7%Line Drive %
17.8%Fly Ball %
43.6%Advanced Batting Stats
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Turns down HR Derby
MLB expressed interest in Olson participating in the 2023 Home Run Derby, but he declined the invitation, per Justin Toscano of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
ANALYSIS
Olson leads the NL and ranks second in MLB with 28 long balls, but he won't be taking part in the home-run festivities. The 29-year-old set a career high with 39 homers in 2021 with Oakland, and he's well on his way to crushing that mark this year. He'll still be in Seattle for the All-Star Game after making the NL squad as a reserve infielder.
Olson leads the NL and ranks second in MLB with 28 long balls, but he won't be taking part in the home-run festivities. The 29-year-old set a career high with 39 homers in 2021 with Oakland, and he's well on his way to crushing that mark this year. He'll still be in Seattle for the All-Star Game after making the NL squad as a reserve infielder.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Olson handled the impossible task of replacing a face of a franchise as best he could, but the 2022 results were still a fantasy disappointment. Olson was coming off a career year in a bad ballpark with a lesser lineup, so the relocation to Atlanta and its roster was expected to be more of a boon for Olson, yet the performance was closer to 2019 than it was 2021. In hindsight, we should have looked at the risks of changing leagues, replacing Freeman and getting a new contract as a Bermuda Triangle of risks with the slugger, as that is how the season played out. He took advantage of the lineup to continue to drive in runs, and the 34 homers, with the baseball manufacturing issues, were still solid, but he gave back the strikeout gains from 2021, going back to his pre-2020 levels as he worked to adjust to a different league. The 2023 season should allow him to resume the trajectory of 2021 with more familiarity with the National League. That said, how he handles non-fastballs makes or breaks his batting average, and off-speed stuff really ate him up in 2022 (.224 avg., 26 percent Whiff rate) over 2021 (.267 avg., 18 percent whiff rate).
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Caps historic season with 139 RBI
Olson went 1-for-1 with a two-RBI single in Sunday's 10-9 loss to the Nationals.
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Goes yard in Thursday's win
Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Thursday's 5-3 win over the Cubs.
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Four hits in doubleheader
Olson went 4-for-8 with a double, a walk, one RBI and two runs scored over both games of Sunday's doubleheader versus the Nationals.
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Sets franchise record
Olson's home run during Saturday's win over the Marlins was his 52nd of the season, setting a new franchise record for Atlanta, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports.
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Goes deep again Tuesday
Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, a walk and an additional run scored in Tuesday's 7-6 win over the Phillies.
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