Following a multi-hit showing in his previous game (2-for-4 with an RBI), Matt Olson is looking to build on that performance Saturday. The Atlanta Braves take on the San Diego Padres, and will see starting pitcher Yu Darvish at 7:15 PM ET on FOX.
Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Matt Olson player prop bets.
Olson is batting .227 with nine doubles, a triple, five home runs and 20 walks. Among hitters in MLB play, Olson ranks 75th in homers and 49th in RBI. Olson heads into this game on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .471 with a double, a home run, two walks and five RBI.
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Matt Olson Odds, Prop Bets and Game Info
- Matchup: Atlanta Braves vs. San Diego Padres
- Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024
- TV Channel: FOX
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- Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -213)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +290)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +135)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: -105)
- Total Bases Prop: 1.5 total bases (Over odds: +110)
Matt Olson prop bet insights
- Olson has reached base with a hit 25 times this year in 41 games played (61%), including multiple hits in 17.1% of them (seven times).
- Out of the 41 games he has gone to the plate in this season, he’s homered in five contests (12.2%), homering in 2.9% of his trips to the dish.
- In 14 of 41 games this year (34.1%), Olson has scored, and three of those games (7.3%) included a performance that produced more than one run scored.
- In 39% of his games this season (16 of 41), he has tallied at least one RBI. In four of those games (9.8%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- Olson has gone down on strikes at least once 26 times this year in 41 games played (63.4%), including 13 times punching out multiple times (31.7%).
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 3:26 AM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
Matt Olson stats against the Padres
| Date |
Opp. SP |
H/AB |
XBH |
HR |
RBI |
R |
K/BB |
SB |
| 5/17/2024 |
Matt Waldron |
2-for-4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1/0 |
0 |
| 4/19/2023 |
Nick Martínez |
0-for-4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2/0 |
0 |
| 4/18/2023 |
Blake Snell |
1-for-4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2/1 |
0 |
| 4/17/2023 |
Ryan Weathers |
0-for-3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1/1 |
0 |
| 4/9/2023 |
Seth Lugo |
1-for-4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0/1 |
0 |
| 4/8/2023 |
Michael Wacha |
3-for-4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1/0 |
0 |
| 4/7/2023 |
Nick Martínez |
0-for-2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1/3 |
0 |
| 4/6/2023 |
Blake Snell |
2-for-4 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0/1 |
0 |
| 5/15/2022 |
Joe Musgrove |
1-for-4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2/1 |
0 |
| 5/14/2022 |
Sean Manaea |
1-for-4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1/0 |
0 |
Padres starter: Yu Darvish
- Darvish (3-1 with a 2.43 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 40 2/3 innings pitched) takes the hill for the Padres in his ninth start of the season.
- His last outing was on Sunday versus the Los Angeles Dodgers, when the righty went seven scoreless innings while giving up two hits.
- The 37-year-old has amassed an ERA of 2.43, with 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings in eight contests this year. Opposing hitters have a .192 batting average against him.
- Darvish is looking to put up his third quality start of the year.
