Matt Olson
1B ATL
Wed 4/12/23 12:11 PM

Olson went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Tuesday's win over the Reds.
EDGE Analysis
His first-inning shot off Luis Cessa left Olson's bat at 118.6 mph, the highest exit velocity measured on any hit this season and the highest for Atlanta since Statcast began tracking the metric in 2015. The first baseman is slashing .319/.439/.681 through 12 games to begin the season with five doubles, four homers, nine runs and 12 RBI.

Matt Olson
1B ATL
Fri 4/7/23 10:23 AM

Olson went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, a run scored and two RBI in Thursday's win over the Padres.
EDGE Analysis
The first baseman continues to rake to begin the season. Through seven games, Olson is batting ,333 (10-for-30) with four doubles, three homers, seven runs and nine RBI. His 3:12 BB:K is mildly concerning, but it's hard to argue with the results when he's making contact -- he's currently second in MLB in average exit velocity at an even 100.0 mph.

Matt Olson
1B ATL
Wed 4/5/23 6:49 PM

Olson went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Cardinals.
EDGE Analysis
The first baseman cracked RBI two-baggers off Miles Mikolas in the first and fourth innings, and in between he took the St. Louis right-hander deep for a solo shot. Olson has displayed impressive power in the early going, batting .308 (8-for-26) with three doubles, three homers, six runs and seven RBI through six games.

Matt Olson
1B ATL
Sat 4/1/23 10:26 PM

Olson went 2-for-3 with a walk, two home runs and three RBI in Saturday's 7-1 win over the Nationals.
EDGE Analysis
The first baseman went back-to-back with Ronald Acuna in the first inning against Josiah Gray before launching a two-run shot off rookie Thad Ward in the seventh. Olson needed only two regular-season games to show that his spring power display was still in full effect. After posting two straight campaigns with at least 30 homers and 100 RBI, the 29-year-old could be gearing up for a career-best season.

Matt Olson
1B ATL
Tue 3/21/23 12:47 PM

Olson went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in Monday's Grapefruit League game against the Rays.
EDGE Analysis
The first baseman took Zach Eflin deep in the third inning, giving Olson six homers on the spring to lead all hitters, in either Florida or Arizona. His 1.549 OPS is also second among players with at least 30 at-bats, behind only the Phillies' Edmundo Sosa. Tiny samples aside, Olson has launched more than 30 homers in each of the last three full MLB seasons and topped 100 RBI in the last two campaigns, and the 28-year-old already appears locked in at the plate ahead of Opening Day.

Matt Olson
1B ATL
Sat 3/18/23 11:45 AM

Olson went 2-for-3 with two home runs and three RBI in Friday's Grapefruit League game against the Red Sox.
EDGE Analysis
Both blasts came off Tanner Houck -- Olson crushed a solo shot to left-center field in the first inning before pulling a massive blast out of the ballpark entirely in the fifth for a two-run shot. The first baseman appears more than ready for Opening Day, hitting .444 (12-for-27) this spring with five homers and two doubles. He has drawn only one walk, but given how well he's been seeing the ball, it's hard to blame him for swinging away.

Matt Olson
1B ATL
Mon 3/6/23 12:57 PM

Olson went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Yankees.
EDGE Analysis
The first baseman crushed a two-run shot to right field in the first inning off Carlos Rodon, his second homer in as many days and third in five contests. Olson's gone 8-for-12 in total to begin his spring, and while he's never been known as an asset in the batting average category, MLB's new limits on shifting could help the 28-year-old improve on last year's .240 average without costing him any power.

Matt Olson
1B ATL
Sun 2/26/23 12:13 PM

Olson went 2-for-2 with a two-run home run in Saturday's Grapefruit League game against the Red Sox.
EDGE Analysis
He smashed a Kaleb Ort pitch off the top of the wall in right-center field in the third inning, but perhaps more encouraging for his 2023 fantasy value was his first at-bat, in which he snuck a grounder through the right side of the infield that almost certainly would have resulted in an out under the old shift rules. Olson had a .338 wOBA last season against the shift versus a .370 mark when he wasn't hitting into one, offering hope he could see his .240 batting average from 2022 rise somewhat significantly.

Matt Olson
1B ATL
Thu 10/6/22 1:59 AM

Olson went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, an additional run and a double in Wednesday's loss to Miami.
EDGE Analysis
Olson launched a deep shot to right field in the fourth inning, but Marlins outfielder Peyton Burdick made a great play to bring back what looked to be a home run. Undeterred, Olson responded with a double in his next at-bat before launching a two-run homer in the seventh. In his first season in Atlanta, the first baseman finished with a .240/.325/.477 slash line, 34 long balls, 103 RBI and 86 runs. He's hit at least 34 homers in three of the past four seasons, with the exception being the significantly shortened 2020 campaign.

Matt Olson
1B ATL
Mon 10/3/22 1:19 PM

Olson went 1-for-2 with a home run, two walks and two RBI in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Mets.
EDGE Analysis
Olson went yard in all three contests of Atlanta's series with New York, giving him five long balls in his last six games. After a rough first three and a half weeks of September, Olson closed the month on a hot note and has carried over that success to early October. He secured the third 30-homer campaign in the process and now sits at 33 heading into Atlanta's final series of the regular season in Miami this week.