Matt Olson Preview, Player Props: Braves vs. Cardinals
Matt Olson -- with an on-base percentage of .304 in his past 10 games, 69 points lower than his season-long percentage -- will be in action for the Atlanta Braves versus the St. Louis Cardinals, with Miles Mikolas on the hill, on September 5 at 7:20 PM ET.
He hit a home run while going 2-for-4 in his last game against the Dodgers.
Matt Olson Game Info & Props vs. the Cardinals
- Game Day: Tuesday, September 5, 2023
- Game Time: 7:20 PM ET
- Stadium: Truist Park
- Cardinals Starter: Miles Mikolas
- TV Channel: BSSO
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +190)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +200)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: -105)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -154)
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Matt Olson At The Plate
- Olson has 137 hits, which is tops among Atlanta hitters this season, while batting .266 with 71 extra-base hits.
- Among qualified hitters in MLB action, his batting average ranks 62nd, his on-base percentage ranks 12th, and he is fourth in the league in slugging.
- In 66.9% of his games this season (91 of 136), Olson has picked up at least one hit, and in 37 of those games (27.2%) he recorded more than one.
- He has hit a home run in 27.2% of his games this year, and 7.2% of his plate appearances.
- Olson has driven in a run in 61 games this season (44.9%), including 30 games with more than one RBI (22.1%). He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in 14 contests.
- In 79 of 136 games this year, he has scored, and 22 of those games included multiple runs.
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Cardinals Pitching Rankings
- The Cardinals pitching staff ranks 28th in MLB with a collective 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Cardinals' 4.67 team ERA ranks 23rd among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Cardinals allow the fewest home runs in baseball (138 total, one per game).
- Mikolas gets the start for the Cardinals, his 30th of the season. He is 6-10 with a 4.66 ERA and 112 strikeouts in 164 1/3 innings pitched.
- The righty last pitched on Wednesday against the San Diego Padres, when he went six innings, allowing three earned runs while giving up seven hits.
- This season, the 35-year-old ranks 42nd in ERA (4.66), 38th in WHIP (1.308), and 50th in K/9 (6.1) among pitchers who qualify.
