Matt Olson will be eyeing his 40th homer of the year against starter Bailey Falter when the Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates go head to head on Thursday, August 10 at 12:35 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Olson
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -141 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -128 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +108 |
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Stats and Trends for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Falter (0-7) will take the mound for the Pirates, his ninth start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last appearance was on Saturday, when he threw four innings against the Milwaukee Brewers, giving up one earned run while allowing six hits.
- The 26-year-old has pitched in nine games this season with a 4.87 ERA, 6.1 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .308.
- The Pirates have a 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in the majors.
- The Pirates have the 22nd-ranked ERA (4.59) in the majors this season.
- The Pirates have a combined WHIP of 1.396 as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in MLB.
- With just 124 homers allowed, the Pirates rank fifth in the league at preventing long balls.
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Matt Olson Stats vs. the Pirates
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/9/2023 | Quinn Priester | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/3 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Mitch Keller | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 8/7/2023 | Osvaldo Bido | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/24/2022 | Mitch Keller | 3-for-5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/23/2022 | JT Brubaker | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/22/2022 | Roansy Contreras | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/12/2022 | José Quintana | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/11/2022 | Zach Thompson | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/10/2022 | Roansy Contreras | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 6/9/2022 | JT Brubaker | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
Olson Stats and Trends
- Olson has a hit in 67.0% of his games this season (75 of 112), and he posted more than one hit in 30 of them (26.8%).
- He has hit a home run in 33 of 112 games in 2023 (29.5%), which is 7.8% of his trips to the dish.
- He has touched home plate in 57.1% of his 112 games this year. That includes more than one run scored in 17.9% of them (20).
- Olson has notched at least one RBI 54 times this year in 112 games played (48.2%), including 26 games with more than one RBI (23.2%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in 13 contests.
- In 87 of 112 games this year (77.7%), he has been set down on strikes. Plus, 33 of those games (29.5%) included a performance that resulted in two or more strikeouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 57 | GP | 55 |
| 39 (68.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 36 (65.5%) |
| 17 (29.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 13 (23.6%) |
| 33 (57.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 31 (56.4%) |
| 19 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 14 (25.5%) |
| 30 (52.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 24 (43.6%) |
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