Matt

Olson

Olson broke a 2-2 tie with a two-run blast off Lake Bachar in the seventh inning. He also broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth with an RBI single, and he’s up to 97 RBI on the season. That’s a far cry from the 139 he hit last year, but Olson will very likely reach the century club again, and that makes four years in a row with 100-plus RBI seasons.

His 25th two-homer game, four of which have come this year. It’s been a disappointing season for Olson, but he’s now two homers and six RBI away from a fourth straight 30-homer, 100-RBI campaign.

Olson had an RBI double off Jack Flaherty in the first inning that was just a few feet shy from being a home run. In the sixth inning, Olson cleared the bases with a three-run double off Ryan Brasier. He’s been heating up at the plate lately. Olson is quietly 26-for-86 (.302) with four home runs and 23 RBI over his last 22 games. He’s hitting .238 with a .759 OPS and 86 RBI on the year.

Olson now has 25 home runs on the year. He took Cristopher Sanchez deep for a two-run shot in the third inning and left the yard against Sanchez once again with a solo shot in the sixth inning. Olson has been hot at the plate lately. He’s 20-for-74 (.270) with seven home runs and 22 RBI in his last 19 games. Olson is hitting .234 with a .760 OPS and 76 RBI on the season.

Olson rudely greeted Caleb Thielbar with a 105 MPH double that drove home Marcell Ozuna with what turned out to be the winning run in this pitchers’ duel between Chris Sale and David Festa. The Braves need a hero with nearly their entire opening day lineup gone to injuries and perhaps Olson can be that guy down the stretch.

Olson gave Atlanta a 4-0 lead with a three-run shot off a surprisingly-ineffective Bailey Ober. He doubled home two more runs — one of two doubles he hit on the day — an inning later, again off Ober. The five RBI on the season bring his total to 71, and the homer is the 23rd for the 30-year-old slugger. Olson has been a fantasy disappointment in 2024, but it shouldn’t shock anyone if he finished hot to end the campaign.

Olson took Jacob Barnes deep for his 22nd home run on the season, accounting for his 66th RBI. Those numbers certainly aren’t anywhere close to what fantasy managers were expecting after his stellar 2023 season, but there’s little choice but to keep Olson in your lineups and hope he gets hot down the stretch.

Olson tied the game with an RBI double in the sixth inning and came around to score the go-ahead run on an RBI single off the bat of Travis d’Arnaud. Olson hit his 21st home run on August 14th, but since then he’s 4-for-31 (.129) with two doubles and three RBI. He’s hitting .225 with a .724 OPS and 65 RBI on the year. Olson’s production is a far cry from last year when he hit 54 home runs with 139 RBI and was top five in the NL MVP voting.

Olson drew a walk in the first inning and scored on a grand slam by Michael Harris II. He extended the Atlanta lead with a solo homer off Sean Hjelle to lead off the third. Olson added a base hit in the ninth and scored on a single by Ramón Laureano. The 30-year-old first baseman is hitting .232/.311/.431 with 21 homers and 62 RBI across 505 plate appearances.

Olson took full advantage of Coors Field’s high-octane offensive environment to register his second multi-homer performance of the season, accomplishing the feat for the second time since July 31. The 30-year-old fantasy stalwart’s rough couple months to open the year are quickly becoming an afterthought since he’s hitting .231 (18-for-78) with seven homers and 16 RBI in 21 games since last month’s All-Star break.