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| Jun 24 2025 | Olson went 2-for-4 with three RBI, a double, a run scored and a walk in Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson extended his on-base streak to 25 games in his big night at the plate, during which he racked up three RBI for the fourth time in June. Over his last 112 plate appearances, the star first baseman is slashing .304/.420/.522 with three home runs, 11 doubles and 23 RBI. Olson has also tallied at least one hit in 13 of his last 15 outings. |
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| Jun 20 2025 | Olson went 2-for-3 with two walks, two doubles, two runs scored and three RBI in Thursday's win over the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman continues to swing a hot bat in June. Olson has hit safely in 10 straight games, slashing .378/.467/.676 over that stretch with five doubles, two homers, seven runs and 14 RBI to go along with a rock-solid 7:7 BB:K. |
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| Jun 18 2025 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 5-0 win over the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson blasted his 15th long ball of the season, pushing his hitting streak to nine games and his on-base streak to 25. During this latter period (110 plate appearances), the All-Star first baseman is slashing a healthy .271/.355/.542 with six big flies, eight doubles, 20 RBI and 16 runs scored. Olson has seen a considerable boost in RBI production since Ronald Acuna rejoined the lineup -- the former has collected 17 RBI over his last 23 games after recording just 28 across his first 49 outings without Acuna. |
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| Jun 14 2025 | Olson went 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored and three RBI in Friday's win over the Rockies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman was at the heart of a 12-run eruption by the Atlanta offense. Olson has hit safely in 13 of his last 15 games, slashing .291/.403/.527 over that stretch with two homers, 11 runs and 13 RBI as he puts a sluggish start to the season firmly behind him. |
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| Jun 10 2025 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and two walks in a 7-1 win against Milwaukee on Monday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson broke a 1-1 tie and put Atlanta up for good with a two-run blast to center field in the fifth inning. The veteran first baseman has knocked in eight runs over his past five contests despite going a modest 4-for-16 at the plate during that span. Olson has also walked six times during the five-game stretch, and all four of the hits (two doubles and two homers) have gone for extra bases. He's up to 14 home runs, 39 RBI and an .817 OPS on the campaign. |
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| Jun 8 2025 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run double and an RBI fielder's choice during Sunday's 4-3 loss to San Francisco. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson notched his second three-RBI game of the campaign Sunday and has logged a hit in nine of his last 11 appearances. The first baseman is 10-for-40 (.250) with eight RBI, seven runs scored and a 7:9 BB:K during that span. On the year, Olson is slashing .236/.342/.460 with 13 long balls. |
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| Jun 6 2025 | Olson went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run, two walks and a second run scored in Friday's 5-4 extra-inning loss to the Giants. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson's seventh-inning blast tied the game at 4-4 and ultimately was enough to force an extra frame. The first baseman hadn't gone deep since May 24 versus the Padres, which ended a stretch of five homers in seven games for him. For the season, Olson is at a .239/.344/.465 slash line with 13 homers, 34 RBI, 37 runs scored and 13 doubles across 62 contests in a near-everyday role. |
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| May 30 2025 | Olson went 1-for-4 with an RBI in Friday's 5-1 loss to Boston. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson tallied his 15th RBI of the month and his 30th of the season, and he remains a strong source of power despite a subpar batting average. Across 103 at-bats in May, the All-Star first baseman is hitting just .243 but has eight home runs, five doubles and 15 RBI. Olson entered Friday with an elite 18.7 percent barrel rate and 56.0 percent hard-hit rate in 2025, and he's begun to return to form in the slugging department following a slow start to the year in this area. |
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| May 22 2025 | Olson went 3-for-5 with a solo home run, an RBI double and two total runs scored in Thursday's 8-7 extra-inning loss to Washington. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson opened the scoring with a solo shot in the first inning. He also forced extras with an RBI double in the ninth, but Atlanta ultimately fell in the 10th. The first baseman is 11-for-21 (.524) with four homers, three doubles, seven RBI and six runs scored during his current five-game hitting streak. Overall, he's up to a .250/.357/.483 slash line with 11 homers, 28 RBI, 29 runs scored, nine doubles and no stolen bases across 49 contests. |
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| May 20 2025 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to Washington. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson put Atlanta on the board in the second inning when he took Mitchell Parker deep to center field for a solo homer. Olson has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last four games, going 8-for-16 with three home runs and five RBI over that span. He has slashed .250/.315/.531 across 73 plate appearances since the beginning of May. |
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| May 19 2025 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a walk, two doubles, a run scored and an RBI in Sunday's win over the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman has reeled off three straight multi-hit performances, with four of his seven hits during that stretch going for extra bases including homers Friday and Saturday. Those were Olson's multi-hit efforts in May however, as he began the month slashing .173/.254/.365 with a 35.6 percent strikeout rate in 14 games. Despite that cold spell, he has respectable power numbers on the year with nine homers and 25 RBI in 47 contests, and he's more than capable to stretching his current heater straight through into June. |
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| May 17 2025 | Olson went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson helped Atlanta get off to a fast start, slugging a two-run shot to center field in the first inning. He added a pair of singles to finish with his second straight multi-hit effort. Olson had gone 15 games without multiple hits before collecting a pair of knocks Friday, and over his past two contests he's gone 5-for-9 to lift his season batting average 18 points (from .214 to .232). |
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| May 16 2025 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 4-2 win over Boston. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: It was the first multi-hit game of the month for Olson, who did go deep for the fourth time in May. The All-Star first baseman has only four multi-hit efforts in 2025, and he's batting a mere .196 with seven RBI and seven runs scored over his last 56 at-bats. Olson is ninth in the National League in walks (29), however, and he figures to see a boost in RBI upside once Ronald Acuna (knee) is ready to make his season debut. |
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| May 5 2025 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk in Monday's 4-0 win against Cincinnati. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson was credited with an inside-the-park homer in the third inning when Tyler Callihan injured himself attempting to catch a flyball in the left-field corner. The Atlanta first baseman has been a walk machine over his last 10 games, drawing 10 walks while posting a .378 OBP and nine runs scored. Overall, Olson is now slashing .225/.372/.417 across 148 plate appearances. |
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| May 2 2025 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: It was Olson's first RBI since April 23, and he extended his on-base streak to 19 games Friday. During this streak, the star first baseman is batting a healthy .265 (18-for-68) with four home runs, two doubles, 10 RBI and 15 runs scored. Olson's pedestrian .418 slugging percentage in 2025 figures to see some positive regression at some point, as he entered the day with a top-notch 57.1 percent hard-hit rate on the season. |
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| Apr 30 2025 | Olson went 3-for-5 with a double and three runs scored in Tuesday's win over the Rockies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman continues to put a slow start to the season behind him. Olson's hit safely in 11 of the last 13 games, slashing .298/.431/.532 over that stretch with three homers, seven RBI and 13 runs. |
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| Apr 20 2025 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Twins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson opened the scoring with a two-run blast off Joe Ryan in the first inning. The first baseman has picked things up over his last 10 games, hitting safely in eight of them while driving in eight runs. On the season, he's slashing .233/.371/.411 with three homers, 13 RBI and seven runs scored across 89 plate appearances. |
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| Apr 16 2025 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's loss to the Blue Jays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson's home run came in the sixth inning on a 412-foot blast to center field off Kevin Gausman. It was his first extra-base hit since he last homered April 4. Olson's surface numbers have been a bit unlucky, as he's been making good contact, but it hasn't led to many hits yet. He's been seeing the ball well, as evidenced by his 13:13 BB:K thus far. For the year, Olson's slashing .200/.342/.350 with two homers, nine RBI and five runs scored. |
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| Apr 4 2025 | Olson went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored in Friday's 10-0 win over Miami. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Although he went hitless in his first three at-bats of the night, Olson went back-to-back went Marcell Ozuna for a solo homer in the seventh inning and singled to drive in two more runs during the eighth frame. While Olson is batting just .222 through 34 plate appearances thus far, the star first baseman does have five RBI, three doubles, three runs scored and seven walks across eight outings. |
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| Mar 3 2025 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Yankees. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He went back-to-back with Austin Riley in the first inning off Marcus Stroman. The blast was Olson's second of the spring in 13 at-bats, and the 30-year-old first baseman will look to rebound this season after what was by his standards a disappointing 2024 campaign in which he produced "only" 29 homers and 98 RBI. |
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| Sep 19 2024 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a pair of home runs, four total RBI and three total runs scored in Thursday's 15-3 win over Cincinnati. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson got the scoring started with a solo shot off Julian Aguiar in the second inning before adding a three-run homer in the fifth, extending Atlanta's lead to 8-1. While it's been a down year overall for Olson, he's been on fire down the stretch, going 15-for-36 (.417) with a pair of home runs and 15 RBI in his last 10 games. The 30-year-old first baseman has boosted his slash line to .243/.326/.459 with 28 homers, 94 RBI and 76 runs scored across 647 plate appearances this season. |
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| Sep 14 2024 | Olson went 2-for-5 with two doubles, four RBI and one run scored in Saturday's 10-1 win over the Dodgers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson has gone 13-for-45 (.289) with nine RBI and five doubles over 12 contests in September. He hasn't hit a home run since he swatted two of them Aug. 29. The first baseman is up to a .238/.317/.442 slash line with 25 homers, 86 RBI, 71 runs scored, 36 doubles and no stolen bases across 148 games this season. |
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| Aug 29 2024 | Olson went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI in Thursday's 5-4 loss to Philadelphia. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson went deep in the third and sixth innings to give Atlanta a 4-0 lead, but it didn't last. The first baseman's power has been on full display in August -- he's batting .265 (27-for-102) with eight homers and 26 RBI over 27 contests this month. While Olson is nowhere near the pace that saw him slug 54 homers over 162 games in 2023, he's got a good chance of reaching the 30-homer mark for the fifth straight full-length campaign. He's slashing .234/.313/.447 with 25 homers, 76 RBI, 65 runs scored, 30 doubles and a triple over 134 contests this season. |
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| Aug 27 2024 | Olson went 3-for-5 with a home run, two doubles, five RBI and two runs scored in Monday's win over the Twins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson drilled a three-run homer in the first inning and drove in two more runs with a second-inning double, and he's now gone deep in back-to-back games. After hitting only 15 long balls through his first 106 games, Olson has eight over his last 25 games. The hot streak has pushed his season slash line to .230/.312/.432 with 52 extra-base hits and 71 RBI through 552 plate appearances. |
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| Aug 25 2024 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run during Sunday's 5-1 loss to the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson provided Atlanta's lone run in the game, tagging Jacob Barnes for a solo homer in the sixth inning. The first baseman has 22 home runs this season and is slashing .226/.309/.420 with 58 runs and 66 RBI in 547 plate appearances. |
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| Aug 15 2024 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk and three runs scored in Wednesday's win over the Giants. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson drew a walk in the opening frame before coming around to score on a Michael Harris grand slam. The first baseman would then add a home run of his own to lead off the third, giving him his fourth long ball this month and his 21st on the campaign. Olson has now hit safely in six consecutive games, tallying three homers, a double, eight RBI and six runs over that stretch. He's also driven in at least one run in three of his last five contests. |
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| Aug 11 2024 | Olson went 2-for-4 with two homers, six RBI and two runs scored while also drawing a walk in Saturday's win over the Rockies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson walked in his first trip to the plate before launching a two-out grand slam in the third to put Atlanta on top 5-3. But the first baseman wasn't done there, adding a second long ball in the seventh to give him a season-high six RBI in the contest. Olson has now recorded multiple hits in three of his last seven games, batting .307 (8-for-26) over that stretch with four extra-base hits, eight RBI and three runs scored. It marked his second multi-homer game of the campaign. |
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| Aug 2 2024 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in a 4-2 victory against the Marlins on Thursday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson hit one of three Atlanta homers, swatting a two-run shot to right field in the first inning. The first baseman has gone deep in two straight games and in four of his past six contests, belting five homers and driving in eight runs during that span. While he's very unlikely to come close to the 54 long balls he racked up last year, Olson has given himself a shot to reach 30 homers for the fourth straight season with his recent power surge, as he's now up to 18 on the campaign. |
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| Jul 31 2024 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a walk and two solo home runs in Wednesday's 6-2 win over the Brewers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The slugger took Freddy Peralta deep in the fourth inning before clobbering a Nick Mears offering in the eighth. Travis d'Arnaud followed up each blast with a homer of his own, as they became the third pair of Atlanta teammates to go back-to-back twice in a game -- Fred McGriff and David Justice accomplished the feat in 1993, with Javy Lopez and Andruw Jones also doing it in 1998. Olson's first multi-homer performance of 2024 comes as part of a hot streak that has seen him bat .290 (9-for-31) over the last eight games with four long balls and six RBI. |
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| Jul 28 2024 | Olsen went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run Sunday against the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson's fourth-inning blast was his 15th of the season and plated three. After going nearly three weeks without a homer, Olson went deep Sunday for the second consecutive day. He now holds a modest five-game hitting streak, batting 7-for-20 (.350) during that stretch. |
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| Jul 7 2024 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's win over the Phillies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson took rookie Michael Mercado deep in the second inning to break out of a 14-game homerless drought. It was Olson's second separate streak of 14 or more games without a homer this season, after only having one such streak all of last season. The 30-year-old entered the game in a 10-for-65 slump with just two extra-base hits and three RBI in his last 18 games, so he'll try to find some positive momentum headed into the All-Star break. |
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| Jun 22 2024 | Olson went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and a second run scored in Friday's 8-1 win over the Yankees. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: His fourth-inning shot off Carlos Rodon helped chase the southpaw from the game as part of a three-homer, eight-XBH barrage from Atlanta. Olson's bat has come alive in June, and through 74 plate appearances on the month he's slashing .309/.365/.574 with four of his 12 long balls on the year and 10 of his 40 RBI. |
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| Jun 17 2024 | Olson went 3-for-3 with a walk, a double and two runs scored in Sunday's loss to the Rays. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman extended his hitting streak to 10 games, and his extra-base hit streak to five games, with another impressive performance. Olson is batting .410 (16-for-39) over that 10-game stretch, pushing his slash line on the season to .261/.342/.471 with 11 homers and 38 RBI in 69 contests. |
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| Jun 15 2024 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run in a 9-2 win against Tampa Bay on Saturday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson was part of a big fifth inning for Atlanta, swatting the team's third and final homer in the frame. The first baseman extended his hitting streak to nine contests, a stretch during which he is batting .361 (13-for-26) with two home runs and five RBI. Olson's 11 homers are second-most on Atlanta but are well off the pace of the 54 long balls he belted last season. |
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| Jun 13 2024 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman spoiled Baltimore's combined shutout bid by taking Keegan Akin deep in the eighth inning. Olson has hit safely in six straight games, and over his last 16 contests he's slashing .328/.385/.586 with three of his 10 homers on the season. |
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| May 26 2024 | Olson went 3-for-5 with a home run, double, three RBI and a run scored Sunday against the Pirates. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson's eighth-inning blast off Aroldis Chapman was a no-doubter over the right field wall, clearing the stadium and splashing down in the Allegheny River. Olson had previously added a two-run double and finished the game just a triple short of the cycle. Over his last 13 games, Olson has six multi-hit efforts, batting .308 with four homers, two doubles, 11 RBI and six runs scored in that span. |
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| May 23 2024 | Olson went 2-for-5 in Wednesday's win over the Cubs with a solo home run. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: 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 first baseman 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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| May 20 2024 | 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. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson did most of his damage in Game 1, swatting a solo homer and adding another RBI on a single. The first baseman has gotten off to a slow start this season with a .230/.332/.410 slash line and just six homers through 44 games after going deep a career-high 54 times last year. Olson has been perking up with the bat of late, though, hitting .393 (11-for-28) with two home runs and seven RBI over his past eight contests. |
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| May 15 2024 | 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. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: After hitting the ball hard most of the early part of the season with little to show for it, Olson got rewarded for his efforts Tuesday, driving in his first run with a first-inning double that had an exit velocity of 105.2 mph before he belted a three-run bomb off Jameson Taillon in the fourth that left his bat at 108.2 mph. Over the last eight games, Olson is batting .310 (9-for-29) with two of his five homers on the season as he gets back into his 2023 form. |
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| May 10 2024 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Friday's win over the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson hit Atlanta's third and final homer during the third inning and it proved to be the game-winning blast. It was his first long ball since April 7, snapping an uncharacteristic 26-game skid. During that extended drought, he posted a .508 OPS with 30 strikeouts. On the year, Olson is now slashing .202/.311/.372 with 13 extra-base hits and 18 RBI through 35 contests. |
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| Apr 29 2024 | 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. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Despite the first baseman's lack of production in April, Olson sits in the 97th percentile in hard-hit rate and average exit velocity on the season, numbers comparable to what he posted during his career-best 2023 campaign. It seems only a matter of time before the 30-year-old gets dialed in and begins racking up hits and homers. |
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| Apr 8 2024 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's win over the Diamondbacks. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman took Ryne Nelson deep to lead off the second inning and set Atlanta on its way to a 5-2 victory and a series sweep. Olson has picked up where he left off after slugging a career-high 54 homers in 2023, and through eight games this season he's batting .303 (10-for-33) with five doubles, three home runs and eight RBI. |
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| Apr 5 2024 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double and two runs scored in Friday's win over the Diamondbacks. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson slammed a monstrous 424-foot home run off Arizona left-hander Tommy Henry for his second of the season. The Atlanta first baseman later added a double off Kevin Ginkel and scored the game-tying run in the ninth inning. Olson appears to be headed for another solid season as he's opened with a .269/.321/.654 slash line in his first 27 plate appearances. |
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| Mar 29 2024 | Olson went 3-for-5 with three doubles, a run scored and three RBI in Friday's 9-3 win over the Phillies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman celebrated his 30th birthday in style by rapping out two-baggers in three straight at-bats, including two in a seven-run eighth inning for Atlanta. Olson set career highs last year by batting .283 with 54 homers and 139 RBI, and he's off to a quick start in 2024 as he looks to put together another stellar campaign. |
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| Mar 5 2024 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Monday's Grapefruit League game against the Twins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: 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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| Oct 2 2023 | Olson went 1-for-1 with a two-RBI single in Sunday's 10-9 loss to the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson drove in Atlanta's first two runs of the game with a single in the first and then was replaced by Nicky Lopez. His base knock extended the modern franchise record to 139 RBI. He led all of baseball in RBI and home runs. The 29-year-old concludes the 2023 regular season slashing .283/.389/.604 and posted his third straight campaign with at least 100 RBI. |
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| Sep 28 2023 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Thursday's 5-3 win over the Cubs. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson put Atlanta ahead in the first inning with his blast. He's up to 54 homers this year, 11 of which have come in September, a month in which he's batting .343 with 24 RBI over 26 games. For the year, the first baseman has a .281/.387/.605 slash line with 136 RBI, 126 runs scored and one stolen base through 159 contests. If he remains in the lineup each day for the three-game series versus the Nationals, he'll achieve his fourth campaign of playing in every contest. |
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| Sep 24 2023 | 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. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson did most of his damage in a 3-for-5 performance in the nightcap. The first baseman has been dialed in at the plate in September, batting .352 (31-for-88) with 10 home runs and three doubles over 23 contests this month. He's up to a .281/.388/.606 slash line with 53 homers, 133 RBI, 124 runs scored, one stolen base and 27 doubles through 156 games overall. |
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| Sep 18 2023 | 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. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Andruw Jones held the old record of 51, which he set in 2005. Olson leads the majors this season in both homers and RBI (129), and the biggest obstacle to him winning the NL MVP Award in 2023 could be the historic numbers put up by teammate Ronald Acuna (calf), who sits three long balls short of the first 40-60 season in baseball history. |
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| Sep 13 2023 | 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. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 29-year-old slugger was at it again Tuesday, launching a solo shot of Zack Wheeler in the fourth inning. The homer was Olson's 51st on the campaign, tying Atlanta's franchise record, which was set by Andruw Jones in 2005. Olson is now seven clear of Pete Alonso and Shohei Ohtani for the MLB lead in long balls, while Atlanta is on the cusp of clinching an NL East title. |
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| Sep 11 2023 | Olson went 2-for-3 with two homers and four RBI in Monday's 7-5 loss to the Phillies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson got Atlanta on the board with a three-run homer off Michael Lorenzen in the third inning before adding a solo blast, his 50th of the season, in the sixth. Olson has been on a sensational run of late -- he's hit safely in nine straight games, going 17-for-33 (.515) with seven homers and 15 RBI in that span. He leads the league in both homers and RBI (127) while batting a career-best .279 with a 1.000 OPS through 645 plate appearances this season. |
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| Sep 9 2023 | Olson went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Saturday's 8-4 loss to the Pirates. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson has five homers and five multi-hit efforts during his six-game hitting streak. Unfortunately, all of those homers have been of the solo variety. The first baseman is up to 48 long balls, 118 RBI and 112 runs scored this year, all career highs, and he's added a stolen base, 25 doubles, three triples and a .275/.381/.603 slash line through 141 contests. |
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| Sep 7 2023 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, an additional run and a walk in Thursday's 8-5 victory against St. Louis. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson belted one of five Atlanta homers in the win, slugging a 410-foot shot to center field in the fifth inning. It was his fourth consecutive contest with a long ball, increasing his big-league lead in that category to 47. During the homer streak, Olson has gone 8-for-15 with four RBI and six runs scored. |
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| Sep 3 2023 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Dodgers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson went 0-for-13 with one walk and four strikeouts over the first three games of this weekend's series versus the Dodgers. He got off the schneid Sunday with a seventh-inning homer, but that was the extent of Atlanta's scoring. The first baseman is up to 44 homers -- 10 more than he had last year -- while adding 113 RBI, 104 runs scored, a stolen base, 24 doubles, three triples and a .266/.373/.581 slash line over 136 games. |
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| Aug 14 2023 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a walk, a two-run home run and a second run scored in Sunday's loss to the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: His eighth-inning blast to right field off southpaw reliever Brooks Raley brought Atlanta to within a run, but the NL East leaders couldn't complete the comeback. Olson has been a juggernaut in August, slashing .362/.500/.851 through 13 games with seven home runs, 14 runs and 18 RBI to push him up to 43 homers and 107 RBI on the season -- both of which lead MLB. |
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| Aug 12 2023 | Olson went 3-for-5 with a walk, a double, two home runs, three runs scored and four RBI during a 21-3 rout of the Mets in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman continued a power surge that has carried him to the major-league lead in homers with 42. Over his last 16 games, including a 1-for-4 showing with a walk and a run in Saturday's nightcap, Olson is batting .379 (22-for-58) with 10 long balls, 17 runs and 25 RBI. |
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| Aug 6 2023 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, an additional RBI and a walk in Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Cubs. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson has maintained an impressive power surge lately, going 12-for-31 (.387) with seven homers and 17 RBI over his last nine games. He gave Atlanta a pair of leads in this game, but the Cubs continued to push back and went ahead for good in the fifth inning. The first baseman is up to 39 long balls this season, tying his career high and putting him one back of Shohei Ohtani for the major-league lead. Olson has added a .264/.370/.605 slash line with 97 RBI, 84 runs scored, one stolen base and 20 doubles through 109 contests. |
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| Jul 31 2023 | Olson went 2-for-2 with a solo home run and two walks in a loss to the Angels on Monday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson reached in all four of his plate appearances and was the only Atlanta hitter to get on base more than once in the contest. The first baseman also plated his team's only run with a solo shot in the fifth inning. Olson has gone deep four times in his past four games, going 7-for-14 with nine RBI over that span. |
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| Jul 30 2023 | Olson went 2-for-4 with two homers and five RBI in Sunday's 8-6 win over the Brewers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson gave Atlanta a 5-3 lead in the third inning with a three-run homer off Colin Rea before putting his team ahead 8-6 with a two-run, 431-foot blast in the eighth. Olson is now 7-for-19 (.368) with three long balls over his last five games. He's up to 35 homers on the season, four shy of Shohei Ohtani for the league lead. The 29-year-old Olson is now slashing .259/.361/.584 with a league-leading 88 RBI and 79 runs scored across 460 plate appearances this season. |
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| Jul 29 2023 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in Friday's 10-7 win over the Brewers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He took Bryse Wilson deep in the seventh inning, adding to Olson's NL-leading 33 homers on the season. The first baseman is slashing .301/.395/.575 through 20 games in July, and his .934 OPS on the year would be his highest mark since he rang up a 1.003 OPS in 2017 in his first extended stint in the majors. |
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| Jul 21 2023 | Olson went 2-for-4 with two homers and three RBI in Thursday's 7-5 win over the Diamondbacks. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson's two-run shot in the bottom of the seventh inning brought Atlanta back within one run. The first baseman then came right back in his next at-bat and smacked a solo home run, going back-to-back with Austin Riley to give his team a 7-5 lead. Olson continues to deliver at the plate, especially in July where he's now batting .327 with four homers, 13 RBI and 11 runs scored. His 32 home runs on the season also leads the National League. |
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| Jul 14 2023 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a grand slam in Friday's win over the White Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson picked up right where he left off before the All-Star break by drilling a grand slam in the first inning. He's up to 30 homers and 76 RBI with a .254/.358/.573 slash line through 90 games. Over his last 11 contests, he's gone 17-for-43 (.395) with five home runs, four doubles and 17 RBI. |
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| Jul 1 2023 | Olson went 4-for-5 with two home runs, a triple, five RBI and four runs scored in Friday's win over Miami. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson knocked two of Atlanta's six homers in the huge victory, including a two-run shot in the first inning. After a slow start to the month, he ended June on a tear; the 29-year-old slugger slashed .310/.364/.589 with 11 long balls over the last 17 games of the month. He's up to an NL-leading 28 home runs with 67 RBI and a .924 OPS through 366 plate appearances. |
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| Jun 28 2023 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a homer, a double and two RBI in Wednesday's win over the Twins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson got Atlanta on the board with a two-out double in the bottom of the first to score Ronald Acuna. The first baseman then carried on with his home run tear in the eighth, launching a solo shot to center field to give his team a 3-0 lead. Olson now has five home runs in his last six games to go along with 10 RBI and seven runs scored. His 26 long balls on the season currently leads the National League. |
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| Jun 25 2023 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run, a walk and two total runs scored in Sunday's 7-6 win over the Reds. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson's sixth-inning blast put Atlanta ahead, and the visitors stayed in the lead from there. The first baseman continues to show off prodigious power with seven homers and 15 RBI over his last nine contests. He reached the 25-homer mark Sunday, a milestone he's notched in each of the last five full-length campaigns. Olson is slashing .236/.350/.541 with 60 RBI, 58 runs scored, a stolen base, 13 doubles and one triple through 77 contests. |
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| Jun 24 2023 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, a double, an additional run and a walk in Saturday's 7-6 victory versus the Reds. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: After homering twice Friday, Olson launched a two-run shot in the fourth inning Saturday. He's gone deep six times over his past eight contests, notching 12 RBI over that span. Olson's power surge has pushed his season homer total to 24, most in the National League and second only to Shohei Ohtani in MLB. |
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| Jun 23 2023 | Olson went 2-for-5 with two home runs, three RBI and two runs scored in Friday's 11-10 loss to the Reds. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson made Great American Ball Park look especially small with a couple long balls, including a laser to straightaway center clocked at 107.7 mph off the bat. Friday marked Olson's third multi-homer game this season, and he's now up to 23 home runs for the campaign, tied for second in baseball with Pete Alonso. He's tied for fourth in RBI with 55. |
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| Jun 21 2023 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Phillies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: It was Olson's 21st homer of the year, tying him for third most in the league, and his fourth in nine games. He's gone 10-for-37 (.270) with a .974 OPS in that span. It's been another strong season for the 29-year-old Olson -- he's slashing .327/.403/.558 with 52 RBI and 52 runs scored across 329 plate appearances. |
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| Jun 17 2023 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a grand slam in a 10-2 win against Colorado on Saturday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson gave Atlanta all the offense they would need in the first inning, crushing a 424-foot grand slam to left-center field. It was his third homer in his past seven contests following a 10-game stretch without a long ball in late May and early June. Olson is up to 20 home runs on the season, tied for third-most in the majors. |
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| Jun 16 2023 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and two runs scored in Thursday's victory over Colorado. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson capped the scoring Thursday, launching a 456-foot shot off Pierce Johnson to put Atlanta ahead 8-3 in the seventh inning. Olson is now 6-for-21 (.286) with two homers and a .919 OPS over his last five games. The 29-year-old first baseman is now slashing .232/.349/.494 with 19 homers, 48 runs scored and 46 RBI through 263 plate appearances this season. |
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| Jun 15 2023 | Olson is batting fifth for Atlanta on Thursday versus the Rockies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson exclusively hit second in his first 68 games this year, but Ozzie Albies will jump up to that spot Thursday with the Rockies throwing left-hander Kyle Freeland. Olson has slashed just .189/.265/.324 this season against southpaws. He holds a .243/.378/.546 slash line against righties. |
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| Jun 11 2023 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 6-2 loss to the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson opened the scoring with a two-run home run off Trevor Williams in the first inning, but that was all Atlanta's offense could muster Sunday. It was the slugger's first long ball since May 29, and he'd gone just 7-for-40 with 14 strikeouts across his previous 10 games. Olson started the season on fire but has cooled off significantly of late, so it's encouraging to see him back on the board with his first extra-base hit in June. |
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| May 28 2023 | Olson went 3-for-5 with two homers and four RBI in Sunday's win over Philadelphia. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson launched a two-run shot during Atlanta's seven-run first inning before going deep again in the fifth. He was in a small slump entering Sunday, going 3-for-25 (.120) over his previous seven games since his last multi-hit effort. Still, he's ripped five homers over his last 10 contests, giving him 16 on the year with a .236/.360/.538 slash line. |
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| May 24 2023 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 4-3 win against the Dodgers on Wednesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning with a moonshot to right field that traveled an estimated 456 feet. It was his sixth hit over his past six games, all of which have gone for extra bases (three doubles, three homers). Olson is up to 14 long balls on the campaign, tied for third-most in the majors. |
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| May 20 2023 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 7-3 loss to Seattle. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson opened the scoring with the two-run shot in the first inning off Seattle starter Logan Gilbert. The Mariners would score the next seven runs, and Atlanta didn't have time to catch up. Olson has two homers and two doubles while hitting .368 (7-for-19) over his last five games. The slugger is up to 13 long balls, 34 RBI, 37 runs scored and a .243/.373/.538 slash line through 45 contests this season. |
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| May 19 2023 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBI in Friday's win over Seattle. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson opened the game's scoring with an RBI double in the first inning. He later belted a solo shot in the 8th inning, his 12th of the season and first sine May 9. The lefty slugger has multiple hits in two of his last three games after failing to accomplish that for 18 straight contests. Since the start of May, Olson has gone 13-for-62 (.210) with six extra-base hits. |
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| May 10 2023 | Olson went 1-for-2 with three walks, a two-run home run and a second run scored in Tuesday's 9-3 win over the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman hammered a hanging curveball from Nick Pivetta on the first pitch he saw in the first inning, and Boston pitchers wanted no part of him the rest of the night. Olson extended his hitting streak to seven games with the blast, his third in the last five contests and his 11th of the year. Despite a career-worst 33.3 percent strikeout rate so far in 2023, he's recorded an impressive .250/.382/.551 slash line with 29 RBI in 36 games. |
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| May 8 2023 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Sunday's 3-2 win over Baltimore. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson's first-inning homer was Atlanta's lone run until Sam Hilliard scored on a wild pitch in the 10th inning. The long ball was Olson's 10th of the year and his fourth in 11 games. The 29-year-old first baseman is slashing .246/.369/.530 with 30 runs scored and 27 RBI through his first 160 plate appearances this season. |
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| May 4 2023 | Olson went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Thursday's 6-3 win over Miami. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson gave Atlanta a bit more breathing room with his ninth-inning solo shot. He's hit safely in five of his last six games, going 5-for-23 with two homers, four RBI and eight runs scored in that span. He's up to nine long balls, 26 RBI, 27 runs and a .244/.363/.528 slash line through 32 contests overall. The first baseman is also striking out at a career-worst 34.9 percent rate. |
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| Apr 29 2023 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run in Friday's 4-0 win over the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman crushed a David Peterson offering to right field in the fifth inning, sending the ball an estimated 433 feet. The blast came just in the nick of time too, as an 88-minute rain delay resulted in the game being called after five frames. Olson is up to eight homers in 27 games to begin the season to go along with a .252/.369/.563 slash line, 20 runs and an NL-leading 25 RBI. |
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| Apr 5 2023 | 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. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: 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. |
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| Apr 1 2023 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a walk, two home runs and three RBI in Saturday's 7-1 win over the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: 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. |
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| Mar 18 2023 | Olson went 2-for-3 with two home runs and three RBI in Friday's Grapefruit League game against the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: 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. |
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| Mar 6 2023 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Yankees. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: 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. |
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| Feb 26 2023 | Olson went 2-for-2 with a two-run home run in Saturday's Grapefruit League game against the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: 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. |
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| Oct 5 2022 | Olson went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, an additional run and a double in Wednesday's loss to Miami. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: 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. |
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| Oct 3 2022 | Olson went 1-for-2 with a home run, two walks and two RBI in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: 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. |
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| Oct 2 2022 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a home run and two total RBI in Saturday's 4-2 victory over the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson sent Austin Riley home on a fourth-inning single, then launched a solo shot in the sixth. It was his 32nd homer of the year. He now has a home run in three straight games and in four of his last five. The two-hit outing also extended his hit streak to six games. During that span, Olson has gone 9-for-21 (.428) and has improved his batting average from .233 to .240. |
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| Oct 1 2022 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and two total runs scored in Friday's victory over the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson's solo shot came in the second inning as the second of back-to-back homers with Austin Riley. He later scored on an Eddie Rosario sacrifice fly in the seventh inning. It was Olson's 31st homer of the season and his fourth in September. Friday's two-hit game extended his hitting streak to five games. During that span, the first baseman has gone 7-for-17 (.411). Prior to this recent streak, Olson had picked up just eight hits in his previous 20 games. |
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| Sep 28 2022 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 3-2 loss against Washington. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The Atlanta slugger took an 0-2 fastball from Josiah Gray the opposite way to left field for his 30th home run of the season and tie the game at 1-1. Olson's bat has come back to life the last couple of days after he received a breather on Sept. 24 in response to a .111/.210/.167 slash line in his first 81 September plate appearances. Since the breather, he is 5-for-14 with three extra-base hits. |
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| Sep 27 2022 | Olson went 1-for-2 with a walk, a home run and three RBI in Monday's 8-0 win over the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: His two-run blast off Cory Abbott in the fourth inning opened the scoring and gave Bryce Elder all the run support he would need. Olson snapped a 17-game homer drought with the performance, and his bat is showing some flickers of life with the playoffs on the horizon -- he's gone 6-for-25 (.240) over his last seven starts with two doubles in addition to Monday's long ball, Olson's 29th of the season. |
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| Sep 24 2022 | Olson will sit for the first time this season Saturday against the Phillies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Atlanta has leaned heavily on its new $168 million man this season, and the workload may be weighing on him. He's faded hard down the stretch, hitting .096/.194/.145 across his last 23 games. Austin Riley will slide over to first base to give him a breather, with Orlando Arcia starting at third. |
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| Sep 20 2022 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Monday's 5-2 win over the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson's stat line wasn't eye-popping from a fantasy standpoint by any means, but it was likely a welcome sight for his managers nonetheless amid a prolonged skid at the plate. Since mashing a three-run home run in a win over the Athletics on Sept. 6, Olson slashed .053/.122/.053 with a 34.1 percent strikeout rate over his subsequent 10 games. Even after the two-hit game, Olson is batting just .235, the lowest average of his career aside from the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign. |
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| Sep 7 2022 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run, a walk and two runs scored in Tuesday's 10-9 victory over the Athletics. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson walked and scored in the first inning before taking Cole Irvin deep for a three-run shot in the top of the third frame. The long ball was his 28th of the year and first since Aug. 24. Olson came into Tuesday's contest having gone 1-for-23 in his previous seven games, so perhaps the homer will get him back on track moving forward. On the season, the first baseman owns a .247 average with 28 homers, 90 RBI and 74 runs scored over 136 games with his new squad. |
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| Aug 26 2022 | Olson went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk and two runs scored in Friday's 11-4 win over the Cardinals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson's collected six hits, including a home run and three doubles, in his last two games. For the season, he's up to 40 two-baggers, trailing only the Dodgers' Freddie Freeman (42). Olson continues to flex strong power, with Friday's effort getting his slugging percentage back up to .500 for the first time since July 31. The first baseman is batting .254 with 27 home runs, 87 RBI and 67 runs scored through 127 contests overall. |
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| Aug 24 2022 | Olson went 3-for-5 with a walk, two doubles, a grand slam and a second run scored in Wednesday's 14-2 rout of the Pirates. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman is now tied for third in the majors with 66 extra-base hits, including a career-high 39 doubles, and only Aaron Judge (68) and Olson's teammate Austin Riley (67) are ahead of him on that leaderboard. Olson's been providing plenty of power in August, batting .239 (22-for-92) through 23 games with six of his 27 homers on the year and 20 of his 87 RBI. |
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| Aug 17 2022 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in Tuesday's 5-0 win over the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman continued a power surge that has seen him leave the yard four times in the last six games and eight times in 24 contests since the All-Star break. Olson's up to 25 homers on the year, the fourth straight full season (not counting the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign) in which he's reached that plateau. With 79 RBI through 118 games, he's also on pace for his second straight 100-RBI season. |
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| Aug 13 2022 | Olson went 3-for-9 with two home runs and four RBI across both games of Saturday's doubleheader against the Marlins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson homered in each game of the doubleheader, bringing his total on the season to 24. He's now gone yard in three consecutive games and has at least one hit in eight of his last nine contests. For the season, Olson now has a .250/.337/.493 line across 505 plate appearances. |
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| Jul 30 2022 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Diamondbacks. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson opened the scoring with a two-out homer in the first inning. The first baseman had been rather unlucky in the power department early in the season, but he's turned it around in July with nine homers through 25 games this month. For the season, he has 21 long balls, 67 RBI, 48 runs scored, 35 doubles and a .253/.340/.503 slash line through 102 contests. |
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| Jul 27 2022 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a walk and a two-run home run Wednesday against the Phillies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson accounted for Atlanta's only offense by going yard in the sixth inning to tally his 20th homer of the season. He has gone deep seven times in his last 12 starts, also collecting 17 RBI and nine runs scored in that span. Overall, he owns a .252/.339/.499 across 439 plate appearances on the season. |
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| Jul 23 2022 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Friday's 8-1 win over the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: His seventh-inning blast off Shohei Ohtani broke open a scoreless tie and wound up being the game-winning hit. The All-Star break did nothing to cool down the first baseman -- Olson's gone yard five times as part of a seven-game hitting streak, boosting his slash line on the season to .255/.341/.495 with 18 homers and 62 RBI through 95 contests. |
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| Jul 15 2022 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Thursday's win over the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 28-year-old slugger capped the scoring for Atlanta by taking Andres Machado deep in the sixth inning. Olson has gone yard in three straight games, giving him 16 homers on the year to go along with a .251/.339/.481 slash line and 53 RBI through 91 contests. |
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| Jul 14 2022 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 7-3 loss to the Mets. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: All three Atlanta runs scored on solo shots, with Olson's in the sixth inning off Chris Bassitt getting the team on the board. The first baseman has homered in back-to-back games and three times in his last six, and on the year he sports a .251/.340/.476 slash line with 15 home runs, 40 runs and 52 RBI through 90 contests. |
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| Jul 9 2022 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, a solo home run and a second run scored in Friday's win over the Nationals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He took Erick Fedde deep in the first inning, kickstarting a 12-run eruption from the Atlanta offense. Olson has four multi-hit performances in the last five games, continuing a hot streak that has seen the first baseman slash .311/.366/.635 over his last 19 contests with five of his 13 homers on the season. |
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| Jul 6 2022 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored and two RBI in Tuesday's win over the Cardinals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Matty Two-Bags laced his major-league leading 32nd double of the season, five more than his closest competitors in the category, Rafael Devers and Jose Ramirez. Olson has caught fire at the plate again, posting seven multi-hit performances in his last 16 games and slashing .311/.368/.639 over that stretch with four homers (and eight doubles) and 16 RBI. |
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| Jun 28 2022 | Olson went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Phillies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He went back-to-back with Travis d'Arnaud in the first inning off Zack Wheeler to give Atlanta an early 2-0 lead, but it was Olson's blast off Andrew Bellatti in the eighth that provided the decisive run. The first baseman has two two-homer games in the last week, but they are his only long balls since June 13. On the season, Olson is batting .253 with 12 home runs and 42 RBI through 75 contests. |
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| Jun 22 2022 | Olson went 2-for-5 with two home runs and five RBI in a 12-10 loss to the Giants on Tuesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson launched his ninth and 10th home runs of the season in an offensive onslaught. The three-run and two-run shots upped his season-long RBI total to 37. Olson has been performing in line with his career numbers since coming over to Atlanta from the Athletics in the offseason. He is now slashing .251/.353/.468 in 2022 compared to his .252/.348/.506 career line. The homers were Olson's first since June 12 and represented his first multiple-HR game of the season. |
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| Jun 20 2022 | Olson went 3-for-3 with three doubles, an RBI and a run scored in Sunday's win over the Cubs. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson picked up a run on a Travis d'Arnaud homer in the first inning, then sent Austin Riley home on a double in the fifth. Olson had gone hitless in his last two games, but he was perfect at the plate Sunday. The first baseman has a June batting average of .217, but the 3-for-3 outing helped raise his season batting average to .251. |
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| Jun 13 2022 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's win over the Pirates. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman gave Atlanta an insurance run in the eighth inning, taking Chase De Jong deep for his eighth homer of the year. Olson has begun to pick up the pace at the plate, slashing .276/.333/.534 over his last 14 games with six doubles, three home runs and 15 RBI. |
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| Jun 5 2022 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run and a walk in Sunday's 8-7 win over the Rockies. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson took advantage of the altitude, taking Rockies starter Ryan Feltner deep to center field in the second inning. While he's just 4-for-18 in his last four games, Olson has driven in six runs in that span. The first baseman is slashing .255/.363/.466 with seven homers, 28 RBI, 22 runs scored and 23 doubles through 55 contests. His .211 ISO is the lowest it's been since 2018, but he's likely been a little unlucky to see some hits fall for doubles with a 45 percent hard-hit rate that's not so far off from his 49.2 percent career mark in the category. |
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| May 31 2022 | Olson went 4-for-5 with a home run, two doubles and four RBI in Tuesday's 8-7 extra-inning loss to Arizona. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson put Atlanta ahead 3-2 in the fourth inning with a two-run homer, followed by a two-run double in the fifth. The first baseman has four multi-hit efforts in his last 13 games, going 15-for-49 (.306) in that span. The slugger is up to a solid .263/.373/.484 slash line with seven homers, 21 RBI, 21 runs scored and 23 doubles through 50 contests. |
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| May 19 2022 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double and a run scored in Wednesday's extra-innings loss to the Brewers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman has stumbled to a .203 batting average through 16 games in May (12-for-59), but Olson is still reaching base at a .338 clip thanks to a strong 16.9 percent walk rate, and eight of his 12 hits have gone for extra bases (six doubles and two homers). Expect more hits to start falling in for the 28-year-old as the weather continues to warm up. |
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| May 14 2022 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo homer Saturday against the Padres. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson opened the scoring with a solo shot off Sean Manaea in the bottom of the first inning. The homer was his fourth of the season, putting him on pace for just 19, but his overall .262/.373/.468 slash line is good for a strong 136 wRC+. |
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| May 3 2022 | Olson went 1-for-2 with two walks and a three-run home run in a 5-4 loss to the Mets during the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman took David Peterson deep in the fifth inning to get Atlanta within a run, but the offense went cold the rest of the way. Olson snapped a 14-game homer drought with the blast, but on the season he still carries a solid .286/.400/.484 slash line with three home runs and 10 RBI through 25 contests. |
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| Apr 23 2022 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored in Friday's win over the Marlins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: After crossing the plate with the game's first run in the bottom of the first inning, Olson gave his squad some insurance in the seventh with a two-run double. The first baseman is quickly making Atlanta fans feel better about the departure of Freddie Freeman, as Olson is slashing .389/.500/.630 with two homers, four RBI and 10 runs through his first 15 games of 2022. |
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| Apr 19 2022 | Olson went 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Monday's loss to the Dodgers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: While Freddie Freeman was busy slugging his first homer with Los Angeles, his replacement at first base for Atlanta was having a pretty good night of his own. Olson has reeled off three straight multi-hit performances, boosting his slash line through 12 games to .452/.566/.714, and while his only two RBI on the season have come on his own solo shots, it's only a matter of time until those hits turn into bigger production. |
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| Apr 16 2022 | Olson went 3-for-4 with a walk and a solo home run in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Padres. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He took Nick Martinez deep in the fifth inning, Olson's second homer of the season. The first baseman has five multi-hit performances through his first 10 games with Atlanta and has an 11:8 BB:K, resulting in a .412/.556/.676 slash line, but Olson curiously isn't driving in many runs -- his only RBI so far have come on his two solo shots. |
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| Apr 10 2022 | Olson went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in Sunday's loss to the Reds. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson touched up rookie flamethrower Hunter Greene for his first home run with Atlanta. The first baseman doesn't seem fazed by the outside pressures that come with a new $168 million contract extension. He is batting .571 with a 1.576 OPS through four games as Atlanta's two-hole hitter. |
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| Apr 9 2022 | Olson went 3-for-5 with a double in Friday's 7-6 win over the Reds. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He wasn't able to turn the knocks into production despite a good night overall for the Atlanta offense, but the runs and RBI will come for Olson. The 28-year-old reached triple digits in each category last season in a much less potent Oakland attack, and Olson has reached base five times in his first two games with his new club. |
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| Mar 15 2022 | Olson signed an eight-year, $168 million extension with Atlanta on Tuesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Atlanta seemed unwilling to pay the market rate to bring back franchise icon Freddie Freeman, but they're evidently willing to pay top dollar to keep Olson in town through 2029 after acquiring him from Oakland in exchange for four prospects Monday. Olson is 4.5 younger than Freeman and is in a similar tier of elite talents at first base. Last season was a breakout year for him, at least in terms of making contact, as his 16.8 percent strikeout rate was nearly 10 points lower than the career 26.1 percent mark he carried into the season. He didn't sacrifice any power to get there, homering 39 times, and he could easily push for his first 40-homer campaign this season now that he's no longer calling the pitcher-friendly Oakland Coliseum home. |
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| Mar 14 2022 | Atlanta acquired Olson from the Athletics on Monday in exchange for outfielder Cristian Pache, catcher Shea Langeliers and pitching prospects Joey Estes and Ryan Cusick, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Just minutes before Passan's report, Buster Olney of ESPN relayed that the Yankees and Dodgers were moving aggressively to acquire Olson, but the rebuilding Athletics apparently found Atlanta's offer the most enticing. The addition of Olson fills a major hole at first base for Atlanta, which had been vacant since longtime franchise cornerstone Freddie Freeman hit free agency earlier in the winter. The move likely confirms that Freeman will be playing elsewhere in 2022, but Olson is about as high quality of a replacement as Atlanta could have found. Not only did the 27-year-old get on base at a .371 clip while mashing a career-high 37 home runs in 2021, but the two-time Gold Glove winner also offered premium defense at first base. With the move from Oakland to Atlanta, Olson not only finds himself in a better lineup, but he'll also benefit from the change in his home park. |
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| Oct 1 2021 | Olson went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run and two strikeouts in Friday's 8-6 win against Houston. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson tagged Houston starter Framber Valdez for 418-foot blast to right in the sixth inning but failed to produce in his other four at-bats. The long ball gives the slugging first baseman 39 on the season which brings him to a tie with Aaron Judge for sixth in MLB. |
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| Sep 25 2021 | Olson went 2-for-5 with a double and four RBI in Friday's 14-2 win over the Astros. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson doubled off Seth Martinez in the eighth inning, knocking in three runs. It was his fourth game this season with four RBI and he is batting .302 with six homers in his last 14 games. The 27-year-old is slashing .274/.371/.549 with 38 long balls, 109 RBI and 99 runs scored in 638 plate appearances this season. |
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| Sep 23 2021 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, two walks and two runs scored Thursday against the Mariners. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson walked and scored in the third inning to begin his productive performance. However, the highlight came in the ninth inning when he took Paul Sewald yard to tally his 38th home run of the season. The effort continued his power binge, as he's now slugged six homers across his last 12 starts. In that same span, he's also tallied 10 RBI and 10 runs scored. For the season, Olson is now hitting .273/.371/.549 across 633 plate appearances. |
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| Sep 22 2021 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Mariners. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson homered off Marco Gonzales in the first inning, putting the Athletics in the lead. It was his fifth home run in his last 10 games. The 27-year-old is slashing .274/.372/.549 with 37 homers, 104 RBI and 97 runs scored in 624 plate appearances this season. |
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| Sep 19 2021 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a strikeout in Saturday's 3-1 triumph over the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson took Los Angeles starter Jose Suarez deep as part of a three-run first during which Oakland scored all of its runs. The blast gives the first baseman 36 on the year, which ties his career high for homers set in 2019. Olson has now compiled a modest five-game hitting streak during which he's gone 7-for-18 with a double and three long balls. |
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| Sep 16 2021 | Olson went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, a walk and an additional run Wednesday in the Athletics' 12-10 win over the Royals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson's 35th home run of the season was his third long ball in four games and helped him extend his RBI streak to five games. He'll look to tie his career-high total in home runs in Thursday's series finale. Olson is starting at first base and batting third. |
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| Sep 13 2021 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson blasted a two-run homer off Taylor Hearn in the sixth inning to bring the Athletics within one run. It was his second long ball in as many games. The 27-year-old leads Oakland in home runs (34), RBI (98) and runs (91). He is slashing .276/.370/.545 in 586 plate appearances this season. |
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| Sep 11 2021 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Saturday's 8-6 loss to the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson smacked his 33rd homer of the season off Texas starter Wes Benjamin in the third inning. The slugger is now three long balls shy of matching his career high of 36 that he set in 2019. This particular home run breathes new life into Olson's push for the mark, as it's the 27-year-old's first round tripper since Aug. 23. |
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| Sep 11 2021 | Olson went 4-for-5 with four RBI in Friday's 10-5 victory over Texas. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson capitalized on seeing a bevy of teammates reach base ahead of him, driving in three with a single in the second inning and plating another runner with a single in the fourth. The first baseman rapped two additional singles in the game for his second four-hit effort of the campaign. Olson had registered only four hits total over his previous 21 at-bats, and before Friday he hadn't posted a multi-hit effort since Sept. 3. |
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| Aug 23 2021 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a stolen base in a 5-3 loss to the Mariners on Monday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson singled and stole second in the first inning and gave Oakland the temporary lead with a solo shot off Seattle starter Marco Gonzales in the sixth. The multi-hit effort snaps a 4-for-28 stretch for the first baseman over the past eight games and the theft was his first since June 27. |
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| Aug 19 2021 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and a walk Thursday against the White Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson took Michael Kopech yard in the seventh inning to record his 31st homer of the season. He now has three home runs in his last seven starts, also collecting five RBI and four runs scored in that span. Olson should surpass his current career-high mark of 36 home runs in a season, and he's additionally maintained a .279/.376/.567 line across 497 plate appearances on the campaign. |
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| Aug 14 2021 | Olson was 2-for-4 and cracked his 30th home run of the season in Saturday's 8-3 win over the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson took Texas starter Jordan Lyles deep in the sixth inning -- one of four Oakland round-trippers off Lyles -- to hit the 30-home run mark for the second time in his career (he hit 36 in 2019). The 27-year-old Olson is hitting .333 during the month of August, upping his season slash line to .285/.379/.578 in 475 plate appearances. |
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| Aug 7 2021 | Olson went 4-for-5 with a double, three runs scored and two RBI in Saturday's 12-3 win over the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman has slugged a two-bagger in three straight games and swatted an extra-base hit in five of his last six. The power surge has boosted Olson's batting average since the All-Star break to .304 (21-for-69) with a .638 SLG thanks to eight doubles and five homers. |
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| Aug 4 2021 | Olson went 2-for-5 with a walkoff two-RBI double in Wednesday's 5-4 extra-inning win over San Diego. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman came up to bat with runners at the corners in the 10th inning, and he knocked a double off the right-field wall to complete Oakland's comeback win. Olson has continued to enjoy a strong season in the second half, going 16-for-61 (.262) with five home runs, 13 RBI, 11 runs scored and six doubles since the All-Star break. |
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| Aug 1 2021 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run and a walk in Sunday's 8-3 win over the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson cranked his 28th home run Sunday off Reid Detmers in the third inning to give Oakland a 3-2 lead. He has slowed down over his last 10 games, batting just .176. However, he has eight long balls in the month of July. On the season, the 27-year-old is slashing .280/.373/.580 with a team-leading 28 homers, 70 RBI and 69 runs in 428 plate appearances. |
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| Jul 25 2021 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a home run in Sunday's loss against Seattle. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson was the only player who recorded more than one hit in an anemic showing of the Athletics' offense, as the team went 7-for-33 as a whole. The first baseman still blasted his 27th long ball of the campaign and ranks in the Top 3 in homers in the American League while also posting a .962 OPS through 95 games. That figure ranks as the second-best of his career, but the best one since in seasons where he's played at least 90 games. |
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| Jul 24 2021 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo homer run in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Mariners. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson took Yusei Kikuchi long in the fourth for his only hit of the night. The 27-year-old slugger now has three homers in his last four games and 26 overall for the year. He's on pace for his best season since breaking into the league in 2016, as he's slashing .288/.376/.588 with 49 extra-base hits, 65 RBI, 64 runs scored, three steals and a 46:63 BB:K over 394 plate appearances. His strikeout percentage has gone way down in comparison to past seasons which has led to a complete turnaround from his .195/.310/.424 slash line he held in 2020. |
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| Jul 20 2021 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, two RBI, a walk and another run scored during Tuesday's win over the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson got the scoring started by taking Jose Suarez deep with a 353-foot shot in the fourth inning. It was his second long ball in as many games and his team-leading 25th of the year. The 27-year-old has now collected at least one hit in 11 of his last 13 games, raising his season slash line to .291/.379/.588. |
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| Jul 16 2021 | Olson went 3-for-5 with two doubles, a run, RBI and strikeout as Oakland beat Cleveland 5-4 on Friday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson doubled and scored in the third, singled in the fifth and doubled in the seventh to record three hits for the first time in nearly a month. The All-Star improved his slash line to .287/.374/.574 with the effort and is now top eleven in baseball in both doubles and home runs. |
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| Jul 12 2021 | Olson went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson took Kolby Allard deep in the fourth and the sixth to put him at 23 home runs heading into the All-Star break. Coming into Sunday, the 27-year-old slugger was hitting .185/.229/.292 with only one homer over his last 18 games. He finishes the first half of the year slashing .282/.371/.567 with 43 extra-base hits, 59 RBI, 58 runs scored, three steals and a 42:60 BB:K over 364 plate appearances. He'll be making an appearance in his first Home Run Derby and first All-Star Game over the next few days. |
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| Jul 7 2021 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk and two runs scored Wednesday against Houston. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson gave the Athletics an offensive jolt in the first inning by blasting his 21st homer of the season. He reached base on a free pass in the sixth frame and came around to score to account for his second run of the contest. This performance was welcomed for Olson, as he had failed to record a home run and had driven in only two runs across his previous 14 games. Despite the slump, Olson is still hitting an excellent .284/.375/.557 with 54 runs scored and 56 RBI across 347 plate appearances on the season. |
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| Jun 28 2021 | Olson went 1-for-3 with two walks, a stolen base and a run in a win over the Giants on Sunday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The versatile slugger got it done with some small ball Sunday, boosting his season OBP to an elite, career-high .379 by reaching safely in the 24th game over his last 26. Olson's .296 average also ranks as a new high-water mark and augments what could ultimately turn out to be a career-best campaign for Olson if he remains healthy. |
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| Jun 24 2021 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a run scored and two walks Thursday against the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson continued his excellent form at the plate, as he now has at least one hit in 19 of his last 22 games. In that span, he's delivered seven home runs, 21 RBI and 20 runs scored all while hitting .404. While Olson won't likely be able to maintain that form for the rest of the season, he has a tremendous 162 wRC+ through 300 plate appearances. |
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| Jun 20 2021 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a strikeout in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Athletics. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson has reached base in each of the last 19 games, and he's had multi-hit efforts in three of his last four appearances. Across the last four contests, he's gone 9-for-18 with two home runs, five RBI, three runs and a stolen base. |
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| Jun 18 2021 | Olson went 1-for-5 with a solo home run and a strikeout in Friday's 5-3 win over the Yankees. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson blasted his 19th home run of the season with two outs in the first inning Friday, but he was unable to reach base in any of his other four at-bats. However, the 27-year-old has been dominant recently, as he's gone 12-for-25 with four home runs, a double, nine RBI and six runs across the last six games. |
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| Jun 16 2021 | Olson went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 8-4 win over the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: All three hits were singles, but he still extended his current hitting streak to five games, a stretch during which he's gone 11-for-20 (.550). On the season, Olson is batting .297 with with 18 homers and 48 RBI through 63 contests, putting him firmly on pace for a career-best campaign. |
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| Jun 13 2021 | Olson went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Royals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson displayed his full power taking Kris Bubic deep twice Sunday. He has three long balls in his last two games. The 27-year-old is slashing .289/.374/.610 with a team-leading 18 homers and 47 RBI in 254 plate appearances. His 18 home runs is second-best in the American League behind Vladimir Guerrero's 21. |
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| Jun 12 2021 | Olson went 4-for-5 with a three-run home run, a double and an additional RBI in Saturday's win over the Royals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson socked his 16th home run in the eighth inning off Wade Davis, and the first baseman has now hit safely in nine of his last 11 games -- posting five multi-hit games during that span. The slugging infielder boosted his average to .285 with a .956 OPS following his first four-hit game of the campaign. |
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| Jun 6 2021 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run, a walk and an additional run in a 6-3 victory over Colorado on Saturday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman put the Athletics on the board in the first inning, smashing a 403-foot shot with a runner aboard. The long ball extended his current hit streak to five games, during which Olson has gone 10-for-20 with eight RBI and five extra-base hits. He is tied for sixth in the league with 15 homers on the season. |
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| Jun 3 2021 | Olson went 3-for-4 with an RBI single, a double and a run in a win over the Mariners on Wednesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The slugging first baseman continued wielding a red-hot bat in the shutout win, as Olson now is 7 for-14 with two doubles, a home run, three RBI, a walk and five runs over his last three contests. The surge has pushed Olson's season slash line -- which now stands at an impressive .274/.361/.570 -- to its highest figures since May 6. |
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| Jun 1 2021 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs, three RBI and a strikeout as Oakland defeated Seattle 12-6 Tuesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson opened the scoring with a solo shot off starter Marco Gonzales and tacked on a two-run single a part of a six-run seventh. This marks consecutive multi-hit outings for the power-hitting first baseman who's now slashing .264/.354/.560. |
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| May 31 2021 | Olson went 2-for-4 with an RBI double, a walk and two runs scored in Monday's 6-5 extra-inning loss to Seattle. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman entered Monday in a skid after going just 1-for-11 in four games versus the Angels. He got back on track with an RBI double in the fifth inning Monday. Olson also scored in the eighth and 10th innings, although his error in the field indirectly led to Seattle's walkoff win in the bottom of the 10th. Through 207 plate appearances, Olson is slashing .258/.348/.545 with 13 home runs, 33 RBI and 31 runs scored. |
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| May 27 2021 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a home run and an additional RBI in Wednesday's win over the Mariners. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson socked his 13th long ball of the season with a solo shot in the third inning, and he later added another RBI in the bottom of the fourth with a sac fly that scored Elvis Andrus. The first baseman has been seeing the ball well of late and has hit safely in all but two of his last 11 contests, hitting .300 with a 1.133 OPS, five homers and a 6:5 BB:K across 46 plate appearances in that span. |
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| May 24 2021 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk and two runs scored in Sunday's 6-5 loss to the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson drove in the first run of the game with a 445-foot solo blast to right field to lead off the second inning. He added a base hit in the third and later walked and scored in the seventh. The 27-year-old is slashing .268/.354/.562 with 12 home runs, 28 RBI, 26 runs scored and a 19:31 BB:K. Olson continues to be one of the premier power-hitting players in baseball and has improved his concentration at the plate. He has only struck out in 17.7 percent of his plate appearances which is a significant improvement after striking out 31.4 percent of the time last season. |
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| May 23 2021 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson did his damage with a solo shot in the sixth to give Oakland a 3-0 lead they didn't relinquish. Other than a run-scoring double play, Olson didn't do anything else of significance on the evening. He is slashing a respectable .260/.345/.540. |
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| May 19 2021 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Astros. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson's only hit of the night came in the sixth when he took Christian Javier deep to right to tie the game at 3-3. He's now entered double digits in home runs with 10 and owns an excellent slash line of .267/.346/.548 with 26 RBI and 21 runs scored. |
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| May 15 2021 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run during Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Twins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 27-year-old started the scoring Saturday with a 420-foot, two-run blast to right-center field during the opening frame. Olson has a .260/.340/.528 slash line with nine home runs, seven doubles, 25 RBI and 19 runs through 35 games this season. |
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| May 12 2021 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Red Sox. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: His sixth-inning blast off Eduardo Rodriguez capped the scoring for the A's. Olson had gone just 3-for-26 (.115) in the eight games since his last long ball, but on the season the first baseman is still hitting a solid .267 with eight homers and 22 RBI through 32 contests. |
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| May 2 2021 | Olson went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run, a double and an additional run scored in Sunday's win over the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson made a surprising return to the lineup after missing three games earlier this week due to an eye contusion, but was seeing the ball well Sunday and recorded his fifth multi-hit game over his last eight contests. The 27-year-old is hitting .352 (12-for-34) with three homers and seven RBI during that eight-game stretch. |
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| May 1 2021 | Manager Bob Melvin said Saturday that he would "doubt" Olson (eye) returns to the lineup Sunday, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson has already been ruled out for Saturday's matchup against Baltimore, but he was able to take some groundballs and take some swings in the cage prior to the game. If Olson is held out Sunday, Seth Brown or Mitch Moreland could fill in at first base once again. |
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| Apr 30 2021 | Olson (eye) isn't starting Friday's game against the Orioles, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson has been dealing with an eye issue since he suffered an injury during batting practice Thursday, and he'll be out of the lineup for a second straight day. Mitch Moreland will start at first base while Jed Lowrie shifts to DH and Tony Kemp enters the lineup at the keystone. |
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| Apr 29 2021 | Olson underwent an X-ray on his eye Wednesday that revealed no broken bones, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson suffered an eye injury during batting practice prior to Thursday's game against the Rays and was scratched from the lineup as a result. However, he was diagnosed with a bruise after his X-ray. It appears as though Olson has avoided a major injury, although it's not yet clear whether he could return for Friday's series opener against Baltimore. |
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| Apr 28 2021 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a double and a run in a loss to the Rays on Tuesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson had experienced a rare, brief downturn at the plate over the last two games while going hitless in eight at-bats with four strikeouts. However, the slugging first baseman heated right back up Tuesday, racking up his fourth multi-hit effort in his last six games, a stretch that includes four extra-base hits (two doubles, two home runs). |
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| Apr 24 2021 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a walk in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Orioles. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson is having a monster start in 2021, slashing .338/.677/1.090 with six home runs and 17 RBI in 18 games. The Athletics' offense is on a tear right now, winning 13 games in a row and Olson leads the team in hits, home runs, RBI and OPS. The 27-year-old also holds an active nine-game hitting streak. |
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| Apr 21 2021 | Olson went 3-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI in Wednesday's 13-12 extra-inning win over the Twins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman went yard twice against Kenta Maeda, helping to chase the right-hander from the game after only three innings. Olson has been on fire lately, hitting safely in seven straight games and going 11-for-26 (.423) with five homers and nine RBI. |
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| Apr 20 2021 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a grand slam in a 7-0 win during the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Twins. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The first baseman supplied a little more power in the nightcap, going 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored. Olson has hit safely in six straight games, and on the season he's slashing .288/.377/.577 with four homers and 12 RBI through 15 contests. |
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| Apr 17 2021 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk and two runs scored in Saturday's 7-0 win over the Tigers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson got the Athletics on the board with a 438-foot shot to right field in the first inning -- one of three long balls Oakland hit off Detroit starter Casey Mize. He is tied for the team lead with three home runs and has also knocked in eight runs. Olson has gone 8-for-20 with all three of his homers over his past six games. |
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| Apr 15 2021 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo shot and scored twice in Thursday's win over the Tigers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 27-year-old smashed his second home run of the year off Buck Farmer in the fifth inning. Olson is currently slashing .235/.357/.441 and if teammate Matt Chapman and him can begin heating up, the Athletics bats can become a problem for opposing pitchers. |
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| Apr 13 2021 | Olson (thumb) is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Just as manager Bob Melvin suggested would be the case following Monday's win, Olson will head to the bench for the series finale due to a bruised left thumb. The Athletics are hopeful that with the benefit of a team off day Wednesday, Olson will be ready to play in Oakland's four-game home series with Detroit, which begins Thursday. With Mitch Moreland (hamstring) also sitting out Tuesday, the Athletics will turn to Seth Brown to cover first base. |
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| Apr 12 2021 | Olson is considered day-to-day with a left thumb contusion, Shayna Rubin of The San Jose Mercury News reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson was plunked on his left hand in the seventh inning of Monday's game and was lifted in the eighth. Fortunately, it sounds like he avoided a serious injury, with Rubin reporting that there is nothing broken. Mitch Moreland is dealing with a hamstring injury, so Seth Brown could get more run if Olson is forced to miss additional time. |
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| Apr 9 2021 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in a victory over the Astros on Friday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth inning, crushing a 414-foot shot to right field with a pair of runners on base. The first baseman entered the game having gone 0-for-11 over his past three games, and Friday's effort pushed his average up to .240 for the campaign. |
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| Apr 8 2021 | Olson (knee) is starting Thursday's game against the Astros, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson missed the last two games due to a knee contusion, but he'll serve as the designated hitter and bat second during Thursday's series opener. He went 4-for-17 with a double, one RBI and six strikeouts in his first five games of the season. |
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| Apr 7 2021 | Olson (knee) isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson will sit out for a second straight contest after suffering a knee contusion recently. He underwent an MRI that revealed no structural damage and should be considered day-to-day. Mitch Moreland is starting at first base, Mark Canha is serving as the designated hitter and Seth Brown is joining the lineup in left field in Olson's absence. |
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| Apr 6 2021 | Olson has a knee contusion, which is why he is out of Tuesday's lineup against the Dogers, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He suffered the injury while sliding in to the wall chasing a foul ball. An MRI showed no structural damage, so Olson should be considered day-to-day. Tony Kemp is starting at second base, Jed Lowrie is starting at DH and Mitch Moreland is starting at first base with Olson getting the day off. |
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| Apr 3 2021 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a double and a run in a loss to the Astros on Friday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson raked most of Cactus League play, and after an 0-for-3 tally on Opening Day, he stepped up with one of the Athletics' two multi-hit efforts Friday. The slugger is looking to return to form after a forgettable 2020 that saw him post a .195 average across 245 plate appearances. |
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| Mar 21 2021 | Olson is hitting .406 (13-for-32) with four doubles, five home runs, 14 RBI, a walk and eight runs over 12 Cactus League games. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The slugging first baseman pushed his average over the .400 mark with a 3-for-4 day at the expense of the Angels on Saturday that featured a two-run blast which Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports took out a palm tree considerably beyond the scoreboard in right-center field. The heavy offseason work he put in with hitting coach Darren Bush after mustering just a .195 average in 2020 seems to be paying dividends, with Olson remarking "I've gotten to a couple of pitches early that I wasn't handling well last year" after Saturday's game. |
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| Mar 8 2021 | Olson, who went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and an additional run in Sunday's Cactus League win over the Indians, is now hitting .500 with three homers and eight RBI overall across four spring games. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson also has a two-bagger on his spring resume and has encouragingly struck out only twice, as the extensive work he put in on his hitting during the offseason is clearly paying early dividends. There's no concerns about the 26-year-old's prodigious power stroke, but a reduction in last season's career-worst 31.4 percent strikeout rate will be key to Olson's chances of significantly boosting last year's abysmal .195 average. |
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| Mar 2 2021 | Olson's two-run home run in his Cactus League debut against the Reds on Monday boasted an exit velocity of approximately 116 mph, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: All the required disclaimers about spring training aside, Olson's moon shot was nevertheless encouraging after he spent the offseason tweaking his swing following a paltry .195 average and 31.4 percent strikeout rate in 2020. Monday's blast went beyond the two bullpens situated behind right field before landing in the players' parking lot, perhaps an early harbinger of Olson returning to the caliber of production that netted a 36-homer, 91-RBI season just two years. |
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| Feb 24 2021 | Olson is intent on making up for a poor 2020 season and believes he identified several mechanical issues with his swing over the offseason, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports. "To put it bluntly, I stunk last year, in my opinion," Olson said. "There were definitely things wrong with the swing that I was going out there with every day. I don't think that represents in any way the caliber of player that I think that I am." | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The slugging first baseman still demonstrated plenty of pop with 14 home runs and 19 extra-base hits overall across 245 plate appearances in 2020, but his .195 average and .310 on-base percentage left plenty to be desired. So, too, did his career-worst 31.4 percent strikeout rate, which Olson believes was largely the result of leaving his bat "too horizontal" in his setup, which led to issues with his timing when subsequently completing his swing. Olson worked with hitting coach Darren Bush via virtual sessions during the offseason to address that and other issues, and consequently, the 26-year-old heads into spring training confident he can return to the caliber of play that led to a .267/.351/.545 line with 36 home runs and 91 RBI in 2019. |
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| Dec 2 2020 | Olson agreed to a one-year, $5 million contract with the Athletics on Wednesday, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: He was in no danger of being non-tendered. Olson is coming off a down year (.195/.310/.424), but he still hit 14 home runs in 60 games while logging a career-best 13.9 percent walk rate. One of the problems was that his strikeout rate spiked from 25.2 percent in 2019 to 31.4 percent last season. He is a good bet to rebound to some extent in his age-27 season. |
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| Oct 7 2020 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo homer and walk in Wednesday's win over the Astros in Game 3 of the ALDS. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson hit his homer in the fourth inning off Jose Urquidy. The 26-year-old crushed his second homer of the series as he helped in an effort to keep the season alive in Wednesday's comeback win. The left-handed hitter slashed .195/.310/.424 and smacked 14 homers while recording 42 RBI during the regular season. |
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| Sep 23 2020 | Olson is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Dodgers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson has started all 54 games at first base this season but will take a seat Wednesday while he is 4-for-31 with 18 strikeouts in his past nine games. Mark Canha shifts to first base while Khris Davis serves as the designated hitter. |
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| Sep 19 2020 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer in Friday's 6-0 win over the Giants. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson broke the game open in the third inning with his 14th home run of the season. While Olson's strikeout rate is up -- just under 30 percent -- his .191 batting average is worse than he deserves. Olson has just a .200 BABIP and Statcast gives him an xBA of .239 through 214 plate appearances. |
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| Sep 11 2020 | Olson went 2-for-5 with a grand slam and five total RBI's during the A's Friday night win over the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson led the way for the A's, plating half of the team's runs in a 10-6 victory over the Rangers. Olson has improved his season of late, slashing .269/.345/.615 over his last seven games. He continues to be a vital piece for the division-leading A's. |
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| Sep 10 2020 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Astros. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Jose Urquidy kept Oakland's offense quiet through five innings, but Olson was able to take the right-hander deep for a two-run shot to give the A's a 2-1 lead in the sixth. It marked the first baseman's 12th long ball on the campaign. Despite hitting just .194 so far, Olson has been able to reach base at a .320 clip while providing plenty of power in the middle of the Athletics' lineup. |
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| Sep 9 2020 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run and three strikeouts in a 5-4 loss to the Astros in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson went deep in the third inning, giving the Athletics a 4-0 lead at the time. The first baseman is up to 11 long balls this year, to go with 29 RBI and 22 runs scored in 40 games despite his .188/.312/.444 slash line. |
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| Sep 7 2020 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI singles in a loss to the Padres on Sunday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: A day after plating a pair of runs with the aid of a triple, Olson replicated the RBI total Sunday while accounting for all but one of the Athletics' runs on the afternoon. The slugger still sports an unsightly .195 average on the campaign, but perhaps his 5-for-8 tally over the last two games will ignite an offensive surge down the stretch for the 26-year-old. |
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| Sep 6 2020 | Olson went 3-for-4 with a triple, two RBI and one strikeout in Saturday's win against the Padres. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson had been struggling prior to the Athletics' recent hiatus as he had gone 0-for-6 with five strikeouts heading into the layoff. However, he's been dominant in the two games since Oakland returned to play as he drew three walks Friday prior to tallying three hits Saturday. |
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| Aug 25 2020 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and a walk in Tuesday's 10-3 win over the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson gave the Athletics a lead they never relinquished with his blast in the fourth inning. The first baseman is up to 10 homers, 22 RBI and 20 runs scored despite batting just .175 through 31 games. Fantasy managers that can weather his low average will want to take advantage of his powerful bat -- he'd be on pace for a 50-homer campaign in a full season. |
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| Aug 21 2020 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in a win over the Diamondbacks on Thursday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson boosted the Athletics' lead to 3-0 with his 385-foot blast to right field in the fourth inning, a homer that plated Mark Canha. The slugger snapped a brief 0-for-10 skid that had encompassed his last three games with what was his ninth round tripper of the season, but his .170 average over 113 plate appearances has plenty of room for improvement. |
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| Aug 16 2020 | Olson went 3-for-5 with three runs scored in Sunday's 15-3 win over San Francisco. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Prior to Sunday, Olson's last seven hits were all home runs, so his three-single day was certainly uncharacteristic. Thanks to his eight home runs this season, the 26-year-old owns an .808 OPS despite an unsightly .185 average. |
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| Aug 13 2020 | Olson went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in a win over the Angels on Wednesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson opened the scoring on the afternoon for either club with one of his mammoth trademark homers, blasting a 454-foot shot to right in the first inning. The 26-year-old has had an interesting statistical month thus far, as five of his six hits in August have left the yard and he's also drawn 10 walks. However, Olson has also struck out on 12 occasions and is hitting just .136 (6-for-44) during that span, leaving him with an unorthodox .149/.313/.418 slash over his first 83 plate appearances of 2020. |
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| Aug 10 2020 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in a win over the Astros on Sunday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson's 418-foot shot to center field in the third inning staked the Athletics to a 4-0 lead. The slugger had entered the game in a brief 1-for-12 slump over the prior three contests, although his one hit during that span had also left the yard. Olson now has four of his five home runs on the season in August, although with only one other hit during the month, his average sits at an unsightly .156 since the calendar flipped. |
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| Aug 6 2020 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk Thursday against the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson took Mike Minor deep in the second inning to collect his fourth home run of the season. After failing to homer in 10 consecutive starts, Olson now has gone yard in back-to-back games. Despite collecting only eight hits in 55 plate appearances to begin the season, Olson has drawn 13 walks and has an on-base percentage of .382. |
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| Aug 5 2020 | Olson went 2-for-3 with two home runs, three RBI and a walk in Wednesday's 6-4 win over the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson put the Athletics ahead with a two-run blast in the bottom of the first inning. That lead didn't hold, but he would later provide insurance with a solo shot off Rangers reliever Luke Farrell in the eighth. Olson now has three homers, nine RBI and six runs scored in 12 games this season despite a .179/.373/.410 triple-slash line. |
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| Aug 4 2020 | Olson went 1-for-3 with an RBI single, three walks and a run in a win over the Mariners on Monday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: As his line implies, Olson was a constant thorn in the side of Mariners pitching all night. The productive outing was an especially welcome sight for the slugger, for whom things had steadily gone downhill following a game-winning grand slam on Opening Night. Olson had come into Monday's game mired in an 0-for-14 slump that encompassed the previous four games, and even factoring in his production during Monday's rout, the 26-year-old's average and slugging percentage sit at an anemic .152 and .242, respectively. |
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| Jul 29 2020 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run in a loss to the Rockies on Tuesday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson provided the struggling Athletics offense with one of only two multi-hit efforts on the night. The slugging first baseman snapped a three-game hitless streak with Tuesday's effort, with his brief skid coming after he slugged a game-winning grand slam in extra innings Opening Night against the Angels. |
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| Jul 24 2020 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a grand slam and a walk during Friday's win against the Angels. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson wasted no time turning the first pitch he saw from Hoby Milner into a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning. He marks the first player to hit a walk-off grand slam on Opening Day since Jim Presley in 1986 with the Mariners. Olson is coming off a successful 2019 campaign during which he batted .267 with 36 home runs and 91 RBI. |
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| Apr 13 2020 | Olson hit .200 (5-for-25) with two doubles, one home run, four RBI, five walks and four runs across 11 Cactus League games before spring training was suspended. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The slugging first baseman's spring average left plenty to be desired, but it was encouraging that three of Olson's five hits went for extra bases. The 26-year-old enjoyed the best season of his career in 2019, a campaign that included a new career high of 36 home runs. As good as Olson was last season, Jessica Kleinschmidt of NBC Sports Bay Area reports Olson could still have room for even more improvement, noting multiple baseball metrics sites had projected him to exceed last season's homer total in a full 2020 season. |
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| Mar 7 2020 | Olson went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run, a walk and two runs overall in a Cactus League split-squad loss to the Reds on Friday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The slugging first baseman took Wade Miley deep in the first inning with Matt Chapman aboard for his first spring round tripper. Olson is hitting just .167 despite the homer, which was only his third hit through nine spring contests. However, there is no concern about the 25-year-old, who set career highs in multiple categories in 2019, including in home runs (36) and RBI (91). |
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| Sep 29 2019 | Olson is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mariners, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The 25-year-old will step out of the starting nine for the first time since early June, a stretch of 98 consecutive starts in which he posted a .927 OPS with 27 homers. Seth Brown will start at first base Sunday as Olson rests up for Wednesday's Wild Card Game. |
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| Sep 28 2019 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in a loss to the Mariners on Friday. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson unloaded a 370-foot shot to left with Matt Chapman aboard in the seventh inning to erase a 2-1 deficit at the time. The homer was Olson's first since Sept. 17, but he's still slugged an impressive nine overall during the month, which has helped lead to an impressive 23 RBI across his last 24 games. |
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| Sep 17 2019 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's victory over the Royals. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson got Oakland on the board in the seventh inning with a massive 450-foot solo shot to center field. The long ball was his fourth in the last six games and eighth overall in September. Olson missed all of April with a hand injury but has still managed to set career highs in homers (35) and RBI (86) in 118 games this season. |
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| Sep 14 2019 | Olson went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Saturday's 8-6 win over the Rangers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson's power surge continued, as he's gone yard in three straight games and has five homers in his last five games. The first baseman has accumulated 10 RBI and seven runs scored in that span. For the year, Olson is up to .273/.356/.564 with 34 homers, 83 RBI and 68 runs scored in 114 games. He needs just one more RBI to match his total from last season, when he played in all 162 games. |
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| Sep 12 2019 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Thursday's victory over Houston. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: Olson took Justin Verlander deep in the third inning, launching a two-run shot to right field to stake Oakland to a three-run lead. Despite missing all of April with a broken bone in his right hand, the 25-year-old is now tied for the team lead with 32 homers and 81 RBI while slashing .274/.358/.557 in 481 plate appearances this season. |
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| Sep 7 2019 | Olson went 4-for-4 with a solo home run, a two-run single, two total runs scored and a walk in Saturday's 10-2 win over the Tigers. | ROTOWIRE RECOMMENDS: The monster night began as Olson scored the tying run in the fourth inning on a Ramon Laureano single. He then homered off Tigers starter Jordan Zimmermann in the fifth inning and added his two-run single in the sixth. The first baseman is on a 10-game hitting streak, batting .390 (16-for-41) with three homers, seven RBI and 10 runs scored in that span. For the year, Olson is now slashing .275/.359/.544, matching his career high with 29 homers and adding 73 RBI and 61 runs in 108 games. |
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| Sep 2 2019 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to the Yankees on Sunday. | |
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| Sep 1 2019 | Olson went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, two walks and two RBI in Saturday's | 4-3 loss to the Yankees in 11 innings. |
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| Aug 31 2019 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs in a win over the Yankees on Friday. | |
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| Aug 27 2019 | Olson went 3-for-4 with a two-run double, a walk and two runs in a win over the | Royals on Monday. |
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| Aug 20 2019 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run, two runs and a walk to help the Athletics | to a 6-2 victory over the Yankees on Tuesday. |
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| Aug 18 2019 | Olson, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI, a walk and a run in a win over the Astros | on Saturday, is hitting .357 (10-for-28) with a double, three home runs, 10 RBI, |
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| Aug 15 2019 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a pair of home runs and four RBI in Thursday's 7-6 win over | the Astros. |
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| Aug 11 2019 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in Sunday's 2-0 win over the White Sox. | |
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| Jul 31 2019 | Olson went 2-for-5 with a double, a solo home run and two RBI overall in a victory | versus Milwaukee on Tuesday. |
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| Jul 29 2019 | Olson went 2-for-4 with an RBI infield single, a double, a walk and a run in a win | over the Rangers on Sunday. |
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| Jul 23 2019 | Olson went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run in Tuesday's 4-3 extra-innings win over the Astros. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 22 2019 | Olson, who went 1-for-3 with two walks in a loss to the Twins on Sunday, now has a 16-game hitting streak. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 17 2019 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a victory over Seattle on Tuesday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 14 2019 | Olson went 2-for-4 with an RBI single, a double, a walk and three runs in a win over the White Sox on Saturday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 8 2019 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer in a victory over Seattle on Sunday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 6 2019 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Mariners. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 3 2019 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run Tuesday in the Athletics' 8-6 win over the Twins. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 28 2019 | Olson went 3-for-3 with two home runs, five RBI and two runs scored in Friday's 7-2 win over the Angels. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 27 2019 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Thursday's loss at Angel Stadium. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 25 2019 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two runs in a 7-3 victory against the Cardinals on Tuesday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 22 2019 | Olson went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run and two RBI in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Rays. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 13 2019 | Olson went 2-for-5 with a solo homer and two runs in a 6-2 victory against the Rays on Wednesday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 12 2019 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in a win over the Rays on Tuesday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 10 2019 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in a win over the Rangers on Sunday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 8 2019 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer during Oakland's 10-5 defeat by the Rangers in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 8 2019 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer during Oakland's 10-5 loss to the Rangers in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 7 2019 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in Friday's win over the Rangers. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 6 2019 | Olson is not in the lineup<\/a> Thursday against the Angels. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jun 6 2019 | Olson went 2-for-4 with an RBI single, a double and a walk in a loss to the Angels on Wednesday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 30 2019 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run, a walk and two runs overall in an extra-innings loss to the Angels. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 28 2019 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Angels. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 24 2019 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a three-run home home run in Friday's 6-2 win over the Mariners. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 23 2019 | Olson went 2-for-4 with two doubles, a walk and a run in a win over the Indians on Wednesday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 21 2019 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in a win over the Indians on Monday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 18 2019 | Olson is not in the lineup<\/a> Saturday against the Tigers. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 16 2019 | Olson went 2-for-6 with a solo home run and two runs scored Thursday against the Tigers. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 14 2019 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a walk and a solo home run in Monday's 6-5 extra-inning loss to the Mariners. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 12 2019 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk Sunday against Cleveland. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 10 2019 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a double in a loss to the Reds on Thursday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 9 2019 | Olson will start at first base and bat cleanup<\/a> Thursday against the Reds. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 7 2019 | Olson (hand) was reinstated from the injured list<\/a> as expected Tuesday. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| May 6 2019 | Olson (hand) will be activated from the 10-day injured list Tuesday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> reports. | Subscribe now<\/a> to instantly reveal our take on this news. |
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| Jul 24 2018 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a walk and three runs in a win over the Rangers on Monday. | Olson followed up a two-homer day Sunday in the series finale against the Giants with another multi-hit effort, his fourth of July. The slugging infielder has shown a bit more of a discerning eye in July, as his 13 walks are his highest in any month thus far this season and have helped lead to a .389 on-base percentage over the last 17 games. Olson has also managed to lower his strikeout rate from 27.8 percent to 24.8 percent this season while also setting a new high-water mark with 49 RBI. |
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| Jul 22 2018 | Olson went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs in Sunday's 6-5 win over San Francisco. | After bashing 24 home runs in just 59 games last season, Olson has finally crossed the 20-homer mark in his 100th game of 2018. In 410 plate appearances, the 24-year-old owns a .237/.329/.457 slash line with 53 runs scored and 49 RBI. |
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| Jul 21 2018 | Olson is 2-for-18 with three walks, one RBI and two runs in five games since missing a start due to back tightness, and he's hitting just .191 overall in 58 July plate appearances. | Olson also has just four extra-base hits during the month, including a sole home run. It's a stark departure from his prodigious month of June, one in which he compiled nine round trippers and 22 RBI. It's possible that the minor back issue that limited him to a non-starting role July 11 against the Astros is still affecting him to a degree, but there have been no official reports attesting to that. |
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| Jul 12 2018 | Olson (back) will start at first base and hit fifth versus the Astros on Thursday. | Olson was held out of Wednesday's tilt due to minor back tightness but will rejoin the starting lineup for the series finale in Houston. Over 93 games this year, he's hit .240 with a .785 OPS, to go along with 19 home runs and 46 RBI. |
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| Jul 11 2018 | Olson went 2-for-4 with an RBI single and a double in an extra-innings loss to the Astros on Tuesday. | Olson's timely hit was part of a furious ninth-inning rally by the Athletics. The slugger has reached safely in all eight games of July and 10 straight contests overall, a stretch that includes six extra-base hits (four doubles, two home runs). |
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| Jul 11 2018 | Olson isn't in Wednesday's starting lineup against Houston, Jane Lee of MLB.com reports. | Olson will get just his third day off all season. He's hitting .241 with 19 home runs and 46 RBI over 92 games as the All-Star break approaches. |
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| Jul 11 2018 | Olson was held out of Wednesday's game against Houston after suffering from minor back tightness, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | Olson wasn't included in Wednesday's lineup as a precaution. He'll be available off the bench if needed, and he's expected to return to action in Thursday's series finale with Oakland. |
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| Jul 7 2018 | Olson went 2-for-4 a double and a solo home run in a loss to the Indians on Friday. | Olson took Carlos Carrasco deep in the second inning with a 438-foot shot to center that extended the Athletics' early lead to 2-0. The 24-year-old has been on a power surge of late, racking up eight extra-base hits -- including five homers -- on the strength of a 55.3 percent hard-contact rate over the 64 plate appearances encompassing his last 15 games. |
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| Jul 1 2018 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in a win over the Indians on Saturday. | Olson finished June with nine round trippers, half of his season total. The 24-year-old parlayed 25 hits into 22 RBI during the month, and both his season homer (18) and RBI (43) totals are within the top three on the Athletics heading into July. |
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| Jun 25 2018 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run in a loss to the White Sox on Sunday. | The White Sox will be glad to be rid of Olson, who went 6-for-18 with two home runs, three RBI and five runs over the four-game series. The young slugger has hit safely in six straight games overall, raising his average 14 points to .246 in the process. |
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| Jun 23 2018 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo homer, a walk and a pair of runs in Saturday's win against the White Sox. | Olson gave the Athletics a one-run lead with a sixth-inning shot off Chris Volstad, his 17th homer of the season. The homers have been enough to make Olson a valuable fantasy asset despite a mediocre .241 batting average. |
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| Jun 23 2018 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI in the second game loss of Friday's doubleheader against the White Sox. | Olson hit an RBI single in the first inning and later clubbed a solo homer -- his 16th of the year -- in the sixth inning. The 24-year-old has registered a hit in four consecutive games, and has gone deep in two of the last three. Olson is now hitting .240/.320/.458 with 12 doubles, 39 RBI and 39 runs scored on the year. |
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| Jun 20 2018 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, three runs scored, a walk and a strikeout in Wednesday's win over the Padres. | Olson blasted a solo shot in the third inning -- his 15th of the season -- as one of five Oakland home runs in the 12-4 win. The 24-year-old is mired in a 5-for-40 (.125) slump even with Wednesday's two-hit outing, dropping his slash line on the year to .237/.320/.451. |
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| Jun 14 2018 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run blast in Thursday's 7-3 loss against Houston. | The 24-year-old has 34 RBI and a .242/.324/.460 slash line alongside his 14 long balls. Olson had 24 homers and 45 RBI in just 59 games last season, but he should surpass both of those totals in 2018. He's also still striking out at a pretty high rate, with 78 punch outs in 248 at-bats. |
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| Jun 7 2018 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and two runs scored Thursday against the Royals. | Olson homered in the fourth inning off Jason Hammel for his 13th home run of the season. He extended his hitting streak to seven games, during which he has hit five home runs to go along with eight runs scored and 12 RBI. That stretch is reminiscent of his production late last season when he took the league by storm, and is a good reminder of his tremendous power upside. |
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| Jun 5 2018 | Olson went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI in Tuesday's loss to the Rangers. | Olson struck out twice for the second straight game, but that was the only knock on him Tuesday. The 24-year-old has been on a tear of late, as he's hitting .450 (9-for-20) with four home runs and 11 RBI during his current five-game hitting streak. Thanks to the recent outburst, Olson's now sporting a .256/.337/.475 slash line that's much closer to last year's output than the rate he'd been going at over the first two months. |
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| Jun 4 2018 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in a win over the Royals on Sunday. | It suddenly feels like 2017 again for Olson, who's in the midst of a power surge akin to the jaw-dropping one he generated during his rookie campaign. Sunday's homer was already his third of June, as well as his eighth since May 14. Olson sports an impressive 30.8 percent HR/FB rate and 59.7 percent hard contact rate over that 20-game stretch, numbers that have helped lead to a .438 wOBA and .397 ISO during that span as well. More consistent contact has certainly been a key, as Olson's 19.5 percent strikeout rate in that sample is a significant improvement on the 31.4 percent figure he sported over his first 38 games. |
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| Jun 1 2018 | Olson went 1-for-4 a solo home run in a win over the Rays on Thursday. | Olson launched the first of two round trippers off Ryan Yarbrough in the seventh, blasting a mammoth 475-foot shot to right. The 24-year-old appears to be picking up the pace in terms of his power hitting, as he more than doubled up his homer total from April's two by smacking six during May. A boost in flyball rate from 36.8 percent to 45.5 percent appears to have played a significant part, a trend that Olson will look to continue as the calendar flips to June. |
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| Jun 1 2018 | Olson went 3-for-4 with a walk, two home runs, three runs scored and five RBI in Friday's 16-0 rout of the Royals. | He took Ian Kennedy deep in the second and third innings, giving Olson 11 homers on the year and three in the last two games. The five RBI were also a career high for the 24-year-old, but despite his current form he still carries a .246/.330/.464 slash line through 58 games, a step backwards across the board from his explosive 2017 debut. |
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| May 27 2018 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday. | Olson now has five of his eight homers on the season in May, and an impressive 13 extra-base hits overall during the month when factoring in his eight doubles. Despite a slight bump in strikeout rate from 27.8 to 29.0 percent, Olson's cause is being aided by a .319 BABIP. He's unsurprisingly well off the unsustainable long-ball pace he established in his 2017 rookie campaign, as even with Saturday's homer, Olson has 16 fewer round trippers in just nine fewer plate appearances this season. |
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| May 26 2018 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk in a loss to the Diamondbacks on Friday. | Olson had the only multi-hit effort of the night for a mostly moribund Athletics offense. The 24-year-old has seen a downturn overall at the plate during May, but he has doubled his April home run total by going deep on four occasions. Olson has also started picking it up offensively during the latter half of the month, as he's hitting .300 with four doubles, three home runs, five RBI, four walks and four runs across the 45 plate appearances he's logged since May 14. |
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| May 17 2018 | Olson went 1-for-4 Thursday with a three-run home run during the Athletics' win over the Red Sox. | The lefty masher took Seung Hwan Oh over the right-field wall and into the visitor bullpen in the fifth frame. He's batting just .239 on the year but now has three homers in his last four games, a promising sign of that column finally catching up to his excellent Statcast and batted-ball indicators. A window to buy low on Olson, who teed off for 24 big flies in just 189 at-bats in 2017, might be closing. |
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| May 17 2018 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to the Red Sox on Wednesday. | Olson got to Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel with a 353-foot shot that just cleared the Green Monster in the ninth, his second round tripper over the last three nights. The 24-year-old now has a trio of two-hit efforts over the last six contests, but he's actually seen his season average drop 24 points to .238 since May 2 as a result of a 9-for-48 stretch over the subsequent 13 games. |
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| May 15 2018 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two runs in a win over the Red Sox on Monday. | Olson's fifth homer of the season extended the Athletics' lead to 5-3 in the sixth inning and served as his first round tripper since May 4. The 24-year-old is considerably off the torrid long-ball pace he established in his spectacular 2017 rookie campaign, but he's actually making hard contact at a career-best 51.1 percent rate. However, a near-four-point bump in strikeout rate (27.8 percent to 31.3 percent) over last season is certainly playing a part in his reduced output. |
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| May 6 2018 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and one RBI Sunday in the 2-1 win over the Orioles. | Olson came through with a RBI double in the fourth inning to put the A's up 2-1. He's slashing .256/.346/.410 with four home runs and 14 RBI through 34 games this season. Olson is supplying decent power at the plate, but he'll look to cut down on the strikeouts moving forward (42 in 117 at-bats). |
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| May 5 2018 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a double and a solo home run in a win over the Orioles on Friday. | Olson capped off a first-inning onslaught against Orioles starter Andrew Cashner with a 429-foot shot to right center, immediately following a three-run blast off the bat of Khris Davis. It was the slugger's first home run since April 16, a drought the likes of which wasn't seen during his explosive long-ball tear in 2017. Despite being off last season's torrid homer pace, Olson's line sits at a solid .264/.352/.418 over 125 plate appearances. |
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| May 2 2018 | Olson is not in the lineup against the Mariners on Wednesday. | Olson will get the night off with southpaw James Paxton pitching for Seattle. Mark Canha will get the start at first base while Jake Smolinski starts in center field. |
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| May 2 2018 | Olson went 1-for-2 with a double and two walks in Tuesday's loss to the Mariners. | Olson exploded for 24 home runs in just 59 games in the majors last season, and while he hasn't been able to match that torrid pace, the 24-year-old is still finding a way to reach base consistently. The power will likely come around at some point, though that could be met with a bit of regression in his average -- he currently has an unsustainably high .393 BABIP. |
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| Apr 24 2018 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a walk and a run in a win over the Rangers on Monday. | Just as notable as his solid stat line was the fact that Olson snapped a dubious 15-game streak with at least one strikeout. The young slugger picked it up at the plate over the last six games in particular, going 10-for-27 with two doubles, five RBI and four runs during that stretch. |
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| Apr 22 2018 | Olson is out of the lineup Sunday against the Red Sox, John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | Olson saw his hit streak come to an end Saturday after he had gone 8-for-19 with three extra-base knocks in the preceding four games. The first baseman's 37.8 percent strikeout rate and .432 BABIP suggests his current .272 average likely won't be sustainable throughout the season, but Olson should remain a plus source of power for fantasy owners. He's likely just getting a breather Sunday after starting in each of Oakland's first 21 games of 2018. |
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| Apr 21 2018 | Olson went 2-for-4 with an RBI single in a loss to the Red Sox on Friday. | He helped the Athletics get off to an auspicious start with a first-inning single that plated Jed Lowrie, one of three runs that would come home for Oakland during the frame. Olson has been wielding a hot bat over the last four games, going 8-for-19 with two doubles, one home run, five RBI, two walks and three runs over that span. |
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| Apr 18 2018 | Olson went 4-for-6 with three RBI and a run scored in Wednesday's 14-inning win over the White Sox. | Olson reached base six times in this one, as he also added a pair of walks to go along with the four singles. Strikeouts remain a bit of an issue, as he whiffed twice more Wednesday to give him 32 in just 73 at bats on the year. After mashing 24 home runs in his 59-game stint in the majors last year, Olson has only left the yard three times in 2018, but the four-hit night provided a much needed boost to his batting average. |
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| Apr 17 2018 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in an 8-1 win over the White Sox on Monday. | His 407-foot shot to right center in the fourth opened the scoring on the night and also marked the only time Olson put the ball in play. The young slugger struck out in his other three at-bats, continuing a troubling trend that's been an overriding theme in the early going. Factoring in Monday's trio of whiffs, Olson is sporting a mammoth 39.1 percent strikeout rate over his first 69 plate appearances. While that figure will undoubtedly get whittled down over time, the fact he generated a 27.8 percent figure over a sample size of 216 plate appearances in his rookie 2017 campaign implies his contact rate is still very much a work in progress. |
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| Apr 11 2018 | Olson is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. | After starting each of the team's first 12 games, Olson will head to the bench for the first time all season as the A's face a tough lefty in Alex Wood. The 24-year-old is hitting a respectable .256/.347/.395 with two homers through 49 plate appearances. In his stead, Mark Canha will start at first base and hit second. |
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| Apr 8 2018 | Olson went 1-for-3 with an RBI single, a walk and a run in Saturday's 7-3 win over the Angels. | The second-year slugger has picked it up since the calendar flipped to April, despite the fact that he's keeping nowhere near the torrid home-run pace he generated in his eye-popping rookie campaign. Olson has hit safely in five of the last six games, churning out multi-hit tallies in three of those outings. He's also driven in a run in three of his past four contests, but his pair of round trippers on the season remain his only extra-base hits over his first 42 plate appearances of 2018. |
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| Apr 6 2018 | Olson went 0-for-4 and left six runners on base while striking out once in Thursday's loss to the Rangers. | Olson left three runners stranded in scoring position, as he was unable to record a hit for the first time in the last four games. He also struck out once, and this small sample size (10 strikeouts in 29 at-bats) suggests he hasn't improved much on his 27.8 percent strikeout rate from a year ago. Should he continuously fail to drive runs in, Olson could find himself in jeopardy of being moved down in the batting order, especially with Matt Chapman (.400/.455/.633 in 30 at-bats) on a tear to begin the year. |
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| Mar 30 2018 | Olson went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Thursday's 6-5 extra-inning Opening Day win over the Angels. | The 383-foot shot to right in the fifth that knotted the game at 4-4 was the unquestioned highlight of Olson's afternoon, as he went down on strikes in three of his other four at-bats. The whiffs were a recurring theme during spring (18 strikeouts in 64 plate appearances) and in 2017 (27.8 percent strikeout rate over 216 plate appearances), as well, so it's an inauspicious start for the Athletics' everyday first baseman in that regard. However, prodigious power helps cover a lot of blemishes, and the fact Olson wasted no time in notching his first round tripper could be an early sign he's ready to build handsomely on his torrid 24-homer outburst from last season. |
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| Mar 19 2018 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a double and a run in Sunday's 14-0 Cactus League win over the White Sox. | Olson has a somewhat less prolific home run pace going this spring compared to the jaw-dropping long-ball display he put on during his rookie season, but he's enjoyed a solid exhibition slate overall. The 23-year-old has slugged a pair of round trippers and has posted a solid .293 average over 47 plate appearances across 15 spring games. Set for an everyday first base job, Olson will look to put a significant dent in the 27.8 percent strikeout rate he generated in 2017 while keeping his power numbers robust. |
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| Feb 22 2018 | Olson (hamstring) will be in the lineup for Friday's Cactus League contest against the Angels, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | Olson was sidelined with a Grade 2 hamstring strain toward the end of the 2017 season, but appears to be at full health as spring camp gets underway. The first baseman slashed .259/.352/.651 with 24 home runs and 45 RBI in 59 games last year and will settle into a middle-of-the-order role with the club in 2018. |
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| Sep 25 2017 | Olson is not in the lineup for Monday's game against the Mariners, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | It's a well deserved breather for Olson, who has started 24 straight games for the A's, hitting .264/.360/.793 with an incredible 15 homers and 26 RBI over that span. In his place, Ryon Healy will start at first base and bat fifth. |
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| Sep 25 2017 | Olson has a Grade 2 hamstring strain and will miss the rest of the season, Jane Lee of MLB.com reports. | Olson hit 24 home runs in just 59 games this season to establish himself as Oakland's first baseman of the future. Expect him to be healthy and good to go for spring training. |
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| Sep 25 2017 | Olson is undergoing an MRI on his hamstring Monday and will be shut down, possibly for the rest of the regular season, Jane Lee of MLB.com reports. | Olson will at least be out for a few days, and with just a week left, that probably spells the end of his 2017. If so, Olson will finish with an eye-popping 24 home runs and a .259/.352/.651 batting line over just 59 games in his first extended stint with the Athletics. Expect him to open 2018 as Oakland's starter at first base. |
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| Sep 23 2017 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Friday's 4-1 win over the Rangers. | Olson's September tear now has him at 13 homers and 22 RBI with plenty of opportunity to add to those jaw-dropping numbers before season's end. The slugging rookie has gone deep in six of the last seven contests, although the round trippers have served as his only hits over that span. He also has only one other extra-base hit, a double, outside of the homers this month. |
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| Sep 19 2017 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run, two walks and two runs during Monday's win over Detroit. | The surging slugger now has a homer in four consecutive games and 14 over his past 20 contests. Olson boasts a monster 1.132 OPS with 33 RBI and 25 runs through just 36 games since returning to the big club Aug. 8. While the 23-year-old first baseman is almost certainly overachieving right now, his heater could easily extend through the end of the regular season. |
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| Sep 18 2017 | Olson, who went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Phillies, smacked three homers overall in the three-game weekend series. | Olson's torrid September evokes memories of the type of effort that another rookie, the Dodgers' Cody Bellinger, put together earlier this season, as he now has 10 round trippers and 17 RBI over just 16 games. In addition to going deep in all three contests versus the Phillies, Olson has six homers overall in the last eight games. He's mostly gotten on base via single otherwise, as the 23-year-old counts a pair of two-baggers as his only other extra-base hits for the month. |
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| Sep 15 2017 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer Friday against the Phillies. | Olson crushedhis 19th homer of the season to give the Athletics a first-inning lead they'd never relinquish. He's been absolutely on fire this month, as he's left the yard eight times to raise his slugging percentage to an elite .634 mark while helping fantasy managers advance through the playoffs |
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| Sep 10 2017 | Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer, a walk and two runs scored Sunday against the Astros. | Olson was also hit by a pitch in what was yet another strong outing at the plate. The 23-year-old slugger is riding a tremendous power surge with nine home runs since Aug. 27 and has gone deep in consecutive games. |
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| Sep 9 2017 | Olson went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run during Saturday's win over Houston in the second game of the teams' doubleheader. | This was Olson's fifth homer in September, and he's now up to 16 bombs, 32 RBI and 23 runs with a .267/.344/.610 slash line through 45 games in the majors this year. His power upside is unquestioned, but Olson also sports a 28.2 strikeout percentage, and he could slow down as coaches and pitchers get more tape on him at the highest level. Still, he's currently moving the fantasy needle in the majority of settings and is worth a look in daily contests when Oakland lands in a favorable matchup. |
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| Sep 6 2017 | Olson went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 8-7 extra-inning loss to the Angels. | The rookie now has three separate three-game stretches this season with at least one homer. He's blasted four overall during his current streak, and he's also compiled half of the 14 RBI he had in all of August during the first five games of September. |
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| Sep 5 2017 | Olson went 3-for-5 with three RBI from a solo home run and a game-tying two-run shot in Monday's 11-9 extra-inning loss to the Angels. | Olson was the momentary hero with his second round-tripper, a game-tying 385-foot shot left center off Blake Parker with two out in the ninth to tie the score at 9-9. The rookie hit his first pair of round trippers on June 24 and has been blasting them in bunches since that point. Olson already has two separate three-game homer streaks, a feat he could accomplish yet again if he manages to go deep in Tuesday's contest. |
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| Sep 4 2017 | Olson went 2-for-3 with a run-scoring single and solo home run in Sunday's 10-2 loss to the Mariners. | The mashing rookie was responsible for all of the Athletics' runs on a day when their offense was stymied. Olson has found his power stroke, smacking four round trippers in the last six games and driving in eight runs overall during that stretch. After a slow start, he's now raised his season average an impressive 48 points since Aug. 14. |
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| Aug 31 2017 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Wednesday's 10-8 loss to the Angels. | Olson's 414-foot shot to center in the fourth with two on erased a 3-2 deficit and represented his third straight game with a homer. He's also hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, but he has no other extra-base hits in August outside of the seven round trippers he's blasted. |
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| Aug 30 2017 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 8-2 loss to the Angels. | The rookie provided the second of two second-inning homers off Angels starter Evan Scribner, launching a 382-foot shot to right. It was the second round tripper in as many games for Olson, who's blasted six overall since returning to the big-league club from Triple-A Nashville on Aug. 8. Factoring in Tuesday's production, Olson sports a .309/.367/.636 line in the 60 plate appearances he's logged in his current Athletics stint. |
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| Aug 27 2017 | Olson went 3-for-4 with a home run in Sunday's 8-3 win over Texas. | The homer is the first in eight games for Olson, who recorded just a lone RBI and didn't plate a single run during that span (19 at-bats). The Atlanta native should continue to man first base for most games where the opposition rolls out a right-handed starting pitcher. |
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| Aug 26 2017 | Olson is not in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Rangers, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | As per usual, Olson will get the day off with the opposition sending out a left-handed starter (Cole Hamels). Ryon Healy will take over at first base in his absence. |
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| Aug 21 2017 | Olson is not in the lineup Monday against the Orioles, Jane Lee of MLB.com reports. | Olson will take a seat Monday as the A's are set to take on a southpaw in Wade Miley. With Olson out, Ryon Healy will start at first base and hit fifth. |
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| Aug 16 2017 | Olson is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals. | With lefty Danny Duffy due up for Kansas City, Olson will head to the bench as Ryon Healy takes over at first base. Olson has hit four homers in his last five games, but the power still comes with a lot of swing-and-miss, and it looks like his exposure to southpaws will remain limited. |
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| Aug 14 2017 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and two runs in Sunday's 9-3 win over the Orioles. | The 23-year-old has gone deep in three straight contests, a span in which he's driven in all five of his runs for the month. Olson has already raised his season average an impressive 15 points since being recalled from Triple-A Nashville on Aug. 8, and he also boasts a .385 wOBA and 53.8 percent hard contact rate since his return. |
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| Aug 13 2017 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 12-5 loss to the Orioles. | The rookie's 419-foot shot to right center in the second was his second in as many nights. Olson has hit safely in four of the five games he's played in since being recalled from Triple-A Nashville last Tuesday, but he still sports a lackluster .209 average and .303 OBP through 76 plate appearances. |
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| Aug 10 2017 | Olson is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Orioles, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | Olson will head to the bench for a breather as the Orioles send out southpaw Wade Miley. Ryon Healy will take over for him at first base for the contest, though the 23-year-old is expected to start most games at first base against righty pitchers. |
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| Aug 8 2017 | Olson was recalled from Triple-A Nashville ahead of Tuesday's series opener against the Mariners. | As expected, Olson will rejoin the big club following the departure of Yonder Alonso. The 23-year-old, who was slashing .272/.367/.568 with 23 homers for Nashville this season, is expected to take over as the primary first baseman against right-handed pitchers moving forward. He had some trouble in his earlier stint with the A's, hitting just .196 with 22 strikeouts in 51 at-bats, but he may be worth a look in AL-only or deeper mixed-leagues for those in need of a power boost. |
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| Aug 6 2017 | Athletics manager Bob Melvin said that Olson will be recalled from Triple-A Nashville ahead of Tuesday's series opener against the Mariners, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | The Athletics opened up a roster spot for Olson by trading Yonder Alonso to Seattle earlier Sunday, but the 23-year-old wouldn't have been able to join the big club in California in time for the series finale against the Angels later in the day. Once Olson rejoins the Athletics, Melvin said that an everyday spot against right-handed pitching would be opened up for the rookie, who had been deserving of a lengthier look at the big-league level after batting .272 with 40 extra-base hits (23 home runs) at Nashville this season. Contact issues remain a concern for Olson and could depress his batting average with the Athletics -- as was the case in his 60 plate appearances with the club earlier this season -- but he might be worth a look for AL-only or deeper mixed-league teams in need of a power boost. |
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| Jul 21 2017 | The Athletics recalled Olson from Triple-A Nashville on Friday. | He was sent to Nashville on July 3 but returns to the big show as the A's look to give more time to their younger players. Olson should piece together time in right field, first base and designated hitter. The 23-year-old has clubbed 19 home runs and posted a .267/.370/.563 over 292 plate appearances for Nashville this year, his second go-round at that level, and already has four big flies in 49 at-bats this year with Oakland. |
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| Jul 1 2017 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a ninth-inning solo home run in Friday's 3-1 loss to the Braves, breaking up Mike Foltynewicz's no-hit bid in the process. | The rookie was the villain in the eyes of the Braves and their fans, launching a 402-foot shot to right to lead off the ninth and spoil the potential no-no. Olson still sports an unsightly .175 average, but is slugging .500 thanks in large part to five extra-base hits (one double, four homers). He's also now riding a modest three-game hitting streak, while all four of the aforementioned round trippers have come in the last six contests. |
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| Jun 28 2017 | Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo homer and three strikeouts against the Astros on Wednesday. | That marks the rookie's third consecutive three-strikeout game, and he's now 5-for-32 (.156) in the majors this season. Olson has a good eye and he's flashed noteworthy power in the minors, but the 23-year-old doesn't looked well prepared for the majors just yet. However, the A's are going nowhere, so they can afford to stick with him and see if he can find a way to make more contact. |
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| Jun 24 2017 | Olson went 2-for-4 with two home runs, two walks and four RBI in Saturday's win over the White Sox. | Olson bookended Oakland's 10-run showing against James Shields and company with the first two home runs of his young career. With the A's seemingly embracing a youth movement, Olson may stick around for a while this time. He's hit second in the order in each of the team's last three games. |
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| Jun 23 2017 | Olson went 2-for-3 with two RBI from a run-scoring groundout and a double in Thursday's 12-9 loss to the Astros. He also walked twice and scored once. | Olson celebrated a return to the big-league club by getting on base four times and notching his first two major-league hits of 2017 in the process. The 23-year-old's defensive versatility figures to afford him some playing time while fellow prospect Matt Chapman (knee) remains sidelined, giving him some much-needed seasoning against big-league arms. |
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| Jun 22 2017 | The Athletics recalled Olson from Triple-A Nashville on Thursday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | The A's designated Stephen Vogt for assignment and put Matt Chapman (knee) on the disabled list. Olson, who has smashed 17 home runs while hitting .217/.365/.561 in 249 plate appearances, could find some work at outfield and designated hitter, with a dash of first base. He should at least minimally help AL-only and some mixed-league fantasy players for however long he has this window. |
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| Jun 10 2017 | Olson was recalled by the A's on Saturday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | The young outfielder was expected to be down at Triple-A until at least mid-June after being optioned earlier in the week, but an injury to Andrew Triggs allowed him to come back up to the big league club. Olson went 1-for-3 in his earlier stint with the A's and he has a .286/.376/.582 slash line with 15 home runs at Triple-A Nashville this season. He will not be in Saturday's lineup but he could be available off the bench. |
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| Jun 4 2017 | Olson was recalled from Triple-A Nashville on Sunday. | Olson doesn't have a clear path to everyday at-bats with the Athletics outfield at full strength, but the promotion to the big leagues is a nice reward nonetheless for his domination of the Pacific Coast League. The 23-year-old was slashing .285/.374/.575 with 14 home runs and 37 RBI over 179 at-bats with Nashville. |
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| May 23 2017 | Olson is slashing a solid .281/.369/.568 with 11 home runs and 31 RBI over 36 games with Triple-A Nashville, but he's not likely to be called up to the big-league club anytime soon, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. | The issue isn't with Olson's play, which the A's are highly satisfied with relative to his place in the organization. The 23-year-old has flashed a superior glove and solid patience at the plate, although he's still trying to cut down a strikeout rate that's presently at 24.4 percent. One AL scout likens Olson's skill set to Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, noting that the A's prospect controls the strike zone and has substantial power. However, despite his abundance of positive attributes, it could be difficult for the outfielder to carve out a spot on the big-league roster this season. Offseason acquisition Matt Joyce isn't likely to draw much interest from contenders after struggling this season, while first base, which Olson could also play, is occupied by Yonder Alonso and backed up by the promising Ryon Healy. |
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