It’s been a hurly-burly few days for everyone in Braves-land, Matt Olson included. We’ve tried to cover the developments from a bunch of angles, first when the trade went down, and then about 24 hours later when the Braves both officially introduced Olson, and announced his mega-extension, the biggest contract in franchise history. In addition to this, we’ve monitored some small quirks in the background, like a bunch of his projections shedding fractional wins for reasons unknown after the trade and the mixed messages of his defensive metrics.
Before the breakneck pace of the offseason moves on to other topics (like: what in the world is going to happen with the outfield?