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2023 Batting
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| Regular Season | .232 | 17 | 43 | .879 | 1 |
Top Matt Olson News
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Braves' Matt Olson: Drills two home runs
Olson went 3-for-5 with two homers and four RBI in Sunday's win over Philadelphia.
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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Braves' Matt Olson: Mashes monstrous homer
Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 4-3 win against the Dodgers on Wednesday.
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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Braves' Matt Olson: Homers again Saturday
Olson went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 7-3 loss to Seattle.
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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Braves' Matt Olson: Goes deep in win
Olson went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBI in Friday's win over Seattle.
Olson opened the game's scoring with an RBI double in the first inning. He later belted a solo shot in the eighth inning, his 12th of the season and first since 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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Braves' Matt Olson: Mashes 11th homer
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.
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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Braves' Matt Olson: Homers Sunday
Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Sunday's 3-2 win over Baltimore.
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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Braves' Matt Olson: Provides insurance with homer
Olson went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Thursday's 6-3 win over Miami.
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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Braves' Matt Olson: Slugs eighth homer
Olson went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run in Friday's 4-0 win over the Mets.
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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Braves' Matt Olson: Clubs solo homer
Olson went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 6-4 win over the Marlins.
Olson had a rollercoaster evening Wednesday, striking out three times in the win but hitting a solo homer to open the top of the eighth to bring Atlanta to within one. He sparked the offense, as the team rallied around his long ball to put up four total runs in the inning and claim the lead. Olson has hit seven home runs this season with 21 RBI and 19 runs scored over 25 games. Wednesday's homer was the slugger's first since April 18.
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Braves' Matt Olson: Slugs sixth homer
Olson went 1-for-4 with a walk, a three-run home run and a second run scored in Tuesday's win over the Padres.
The first baseman capped the scoring on the night by taking Reiss Knehr deep in the ninth inning. It's Olson's sixth homer of the year, helping to fuel a .296/.405/.648 slash line that also comes with 15 runs and 20 RBI in 18 games. It's there's a cause for concern with the 29-year-old's hot start it's his career-worst 34.5 percent strikeout rate, but it's hard to argue with the results when he is making contact.
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Braves' Matt Olson: Mashes fourth homer
Olson went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Tuesday's win over the Reds.
His first-inning shot off Luis Cessa left Olson's bat at 118.6 mph, the highest exit velocity measured on any hit this season and the highest for Atlanta since Statcast began tracking the metric in 2015. The first baseman is slashing .319/.439/.681 through 12 games to begin the season with five doubles, four homers, nine runs and 12 RBI.
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Braves' Matt Olson: On base three times against Friars
Olson went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, a run scored and two RBI in Thursday's win over the Padres.
The first baseman continues to rake to begin the season. Through seven games, Olson is batting ,333 (10-for-30) with four doubles, three homers, seven runs and nine RBI. His 3:12 BB:K is mildly concerning, but it's hard to argue with the results when he's making contact -- he's currently second in MLB in average exit velocity at an even 100.0 mph.
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Braves' Matt Olson: Big day in St. Louis
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.
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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Braves' Matt Olson: Blasts two homers against Nats
Olson went 2-for-3 with a walk, two home runs and three RBI in Saturday's 7-1 win over the Nationals.
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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Player Bio
| HT/WT: 6-5, 230 lbs |
| Birthplace: Atlanta, GA |
| Age: 29 |
| Experience: 5 |
| Bats/Throws: L, R |