Players drafted in the first round don’t tend to be seen as underrated. Any prospect who winds up being taken that early in the draft becomes a household name among that fan base and eventually, among MLB.
But if you asked a casual baseball fan outside of the Bay Area about Matt Olson, many likely wouldn’t be able to tell you a single fact about the slugger.
And yet, the A’s first baseman hit a home run every 13.4 at-bats in 2019, which if stretched out over a career, would be the third-best mark in MLB history.