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• Braves' Matt Olson: Huge performance in rout

  Rotowire Jun 14, 2025

  Olson went 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored and three RBI in Friday's win over the Rockies. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Belts 14th homer

  Rotowire 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. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Plates three in loss

  Rotowire 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. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Homers in extra-inning loss

  Rotowire Jun 7, 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. 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 after a stretch of five homers in seven games. 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.

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• Braves' Matt Olson: Provides lone run in defeat

  Rotowire May 31, 2025

  Olson went 1-for-4 with an RBI in Friday's 5-1 loss to Boston. 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 that area.

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• Braves' Matt Olson: Keeps rolling with early homer

  Rotowire 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. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Smacks another home run

  Rotowire May 20, 2025

  Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to Washington. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Stays hot with two doubles

  Rotowire 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. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Homers again Saturday

  Rotowire May 17, 2025

  Olson went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Rare multi-hit game Friday

  Rotowire May 16, 2025

  Olson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 4-2 win over Boston. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Tallies sixth homer

  Rotowire May 5, 2025

  Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk in Monday's 4-0 win against Cincinnati. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Gets back on track Friday

  Rotowire May 3, 2025

  Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Homers in win

  Rotowire Apr 20, 2025

  Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Twins. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Leaves yard Tuesday

  Rotowire Apr 16, 2025

  Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's loss to the Blue Jays. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Goes back-to-back for first homer

  Rotowire Apr 5, 2025

  Olson went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored in Friday's 10-0 win over Miami. After going hitless in his first three at-bats of the night, Olson went back-to-back with Marcell Ozuna in the seventh inning and singled to drive in two more runs in the eighth. 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 games.

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• Braves' Matt Olson: Flexing muscles in camp

  Rotowire Mar 3, 2025

  Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Yankees. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Drives in four in win

  Rotowire 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. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Drives in five runs

  Rotowire 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. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Goes yard Sunday

  Rotowire Aug 25, 2024

  Olson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run during Sunday's 5-1 loss to the Nationals. 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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• Braves' Matt Olson: Racks up six RBI in win

  Rotowire 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. 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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