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ALT For all of the memories. For everything you have given to Braves Country. Thank you, Freddie Freeman.
ALT The Atlanta Braves today signed INF Matt Olson to an eight-year contract worth $168 million that runs through the 2029 season, with a $20 million club option for 2030. Olson will make $15 million in 2022, $21 million in 2023, and $22 million over the remainder of the deal. He has agreed to donate $1.68 million to the Atlanta Braves Foundation.
ALT The Atlanta Braves today acquired INF Matt Olson from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for RHP Ryan Cusick, RHP Joey Estes, C Shea Langeliers and OF Christian Pache. Olson, 27, batted .271/.371/.540 over 156 games in 2021, earning his first career All-Star selection. The 6-foot-5, 230-pounder posted career-best totals in batting average, on-base percentage, home runs (39), RBI (111), runs (101), hits (153) and doubles (35) last season, and his 5.8 bWAR stood as third most among first basemen in the majors. Twenty-two of his 39 home runs came against left-handed pitchers, which, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, tied Stan Musial in 1949 for the most such homers by a left-handed hitter in history. A native of Atlanta, Olson attended Parkview High School in Lilburn, Ga., and had his jersey retired by the school in 2019. He is one of three career first-round selections out of Parkview, joining Josh Hart (2013) and former Braves outfielder Jeff Francoeur (2002).
ALT Blooper stands atop a fire truck during the 2022 World Series parade.
