Matt Olson
30-Year-Old
2024 Stats
AVG
.228
HR
7
RBI
26
R
19
SB
0
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
Goes deep in win
Olson went 2-for-5 in Wednesday's win over the Cubs with a solo home run.
ANALYSIS
Olson launched a two-out, solo homer in the top of the seventh to extend Atlanta's lead to seven runs, giving the first baseman his fourth long ball this month and seventh overall on the season. The veteran infielder also added a single on the night, marking his ninth multi-hit performance of the campaign and fifth in his last nine games. He's now hit safely in eight of his last 10 contests, tallying three homers and eight RBI over that stretch.
Olson launched a two-out, solo homer in the top of the seventh to extend Atlanta's lead to seven runs, giving the first baseman his fourth long ball this month and seventh overall on the season. The veteran infielder also added a single on the night, marking his ninth multi-hit performance of the campaign and fifth in his last nine games. He's now hit safely in eight of his last 10 contests, tallying three homers and eight RBI over that stretch.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+19%
OPS vs RHP
2024
+6%
OPS vs LHP
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .773 | 452 | 19 | 72 | .242 | ||||
Since 2022vs Right | .920 | 1164 | 76 | 196 | .263 | ||||
2024vs Left | .773 | 57 | 2 | 6 | .240 | ||||
2024vs Right | .726 | 140 | 5 | 20 | .223 | ||||
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
Since 2022
+5%
OPS at Home
2024
+24%
OPS at Home
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022Home | .902 | 790 | 48 | 135 | .265 | ||||
Since 2022Away | .855 | 826 | 47 | 133 | .250 | ||||
2024Home | .817 | 100 | 4 | 15 | .261 | ||||
2024Away | .659 | 97 | 3 | 11 | .193 | ||||
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
0.39BB Rate
10.7%K Rate
27.4%BABIP
.288ISO
.187AVG
.228OBP
.325SLG
.415OPS
.740wOBA
.325Exit Velocity
93.5 mphHard Hit Rate
35.0%Barrels/PA
8.6%Expected BA
.264Expected SLG
.488Sprint Speed
21.4 ft/secGround Ball %
33.1%Line Drive %
24.6%Fly Ball %
42.4%Advanced Batting Stats
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
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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Homers in first game of twin bill
Olson went 3-for-8 with a home run, a walk and two total RBI across both games of Monday's doubleheader split with San Diego.
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Mashes fifth homer
Olson went 2-for-3 with a walk, a double, a home run and four RBI in Tuesday's 7-0 win over the Cubs.
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Finally snaps slump
Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Friday's win over the Mets.
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Few concerns about slump
Olson hasn't hit a home run in 18 straight games, slashing .167/.291/.242 over that stretch with three doubles, one triple and seven RBI, but he remains among the league leaders in key hitting metrics, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports.
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Swats third homer
Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's win over the Diamondbacks.
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