All eyes were on Matt Olson at the beginning of this year. He’d burst onto the scene last summer with 24 homers in 59 games, and the nation waited to see what he could do in a full season. Unfortunately, he got off to a slow start through the first 40 games.
Olson, first 40 games: .227/.314/.362, 89 wRC+, 4 HR, 9.4% BB, 31.4% Ks
There were a lot of warning track shots mixed in, but he simply wasn’t finding the seats as often as he had before. That’s changed over the last month.
Olson, last 23 games: .