Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson went 1-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and two strikeouts in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Seattle Mariners. The home run was his 13th on the year and his third over his past five games. Olson has been on a great run lately. He's recorded at least one hit in nine of his last 11 games. Over that 11-game stretch, he has five home runs, three doubles, six RBI and 10 runs. He has a .264/.348/.564 slash line over 45 games on the year.

Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson has been crushing the ball over the past week. Across his last seven games, he's hit three home runs and a double. He is now slashing .259/.338/.532 with 10 home runs over 38 games on the year. Olson currently has a career-best 17.3% barrel rate as well as a career-best max exit velocity of 115.3 mph. He's also shown improved plate discipline so far this year with a 19.1% strikeout rate, down from 31.4% last year. Olson looks to be on the verge of an ...

Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson is off to a slow start to the month of May. Through nine games, Olson is slashing .194/.324/.355. He hit a home run in his first game of the month on May 2, but hasn't homered since. He also has 11 strikeouts over his 37 plate appearances this month. Olson's season-long numbers are looking fine as he has seven home runs and 21 RBI over 31 games to go along with a .268/.352/.518 slash line. He ranks in the top 5% of the league in both barrel rate ...

Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson went 3-for-5 with a home run and two runs scored in a win over the Orioles on Sunday. Olson (eye) missed two games after fouling a ball into his face during batting practice last week. The layoff didn't slow down Olson, who has been one of the hottest hitters in baseball for the first month of the season. Olson is batting .314 with a whopping .628 slugging percentage and 169 wRC+ making the 27-year-old a must-start player in fantasy. A home series ...

Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson (eye) is back in the starting lineup for Sunday's finale with the Orioles. It's Olson's first game back since being hit in the eye by a ball that ricocheted into his face in the batting cages on Thursday morning. He will bat cleanup against Baltimore starter Bruce Zimmerman, as he looks to continue his early season success that has seen him hit .296 with a .943 OPS through 22 games.

Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson (eye) remains out of the lineup on Friday night against the Orioles. Olson was scratched from the lineup on Thursday after being hit in the eye with a ball while in the batting cages yesterday morning, and tests and x-rays have all come back negative. It looks like the Athletics want to give Olson one more day off before he's back in action. Check for updates on his status on Saturday, but he should return sometime this weekend.

Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson (head) underwent x-rays Thursday after being hit in the eye in the batting cages, and the results came back negative, according to Alex Coffey of The Athletic. Olson was scratched from Thursday's lineup after an incident in the batting cages where a ball ricocheted and hit him in the eye. Manager Bob Melvin confirmed that there was no break found on the x-ray, "but he's got quite a shiner though." Consider Olson day-to-day for now, as Mitch Moreland ...

Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson (head) was scratched from the lineup Thursday after being hit in the eye with a ball during batting practice, according to Shayna Rubin of the Mercury News. Olson was in the batting cages Thursday morning, when a ball ricocheted off the cage and struck him in the eye. He's being examined now, and will not play Thursday, as Mitch Moreland will now get the start at first and hit sixth against Shane McClanahan and the Rays. Olson has looked much ...

Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson went 1-for-4 with a grand slam in a win over the Twins in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday. Olson is off to a hot start this season with four homers and a .571 slugging percentage through 14 games. The 27-year-old is crushing the ball thus far with a 93.5 MPH average exit velocity and a strong 14.3 percent barrel rate. Olson bats cleanup for an A's lineup that walks a ton so expect more multi-run homers from Olson as the season wears on. ...

Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson is heating up at the plate after a slow start to the season in some brutal matchups. Over the last week, the big first baseman is batting .375 with three homers and seven RBI as it's not a coincidence the A's eight-game win streak is being fueled by Olson and Matt Chapman, whose bat has also come alive. Olson is scorching the ball with a 93.4 average exit velocity that is in the top-10 percent of hitters and an expected slugging percentage at a cool ...