News about Matt Olson

While boosting the Atlanta Braves to a 14-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night, Ronald Acua Jr. fended off two fans, one of whom made contact with him in the right field. Acu's career highs with four hits and five RBI, as well as his 29th home run and stealing two bases to raise his major league-leading total to 61. He is one homer away from becoming the first 30/60 player. During the seventh inning, one fan raised his arms against Acua, just after Atlanta scored four runs to open a 9-4 lead. As they attempted to drag him away, two security forces grabbed him quickly, and a third security guard arrived.

Luis Rengifo, Randal Grichuk, and Chad Wallach all scored solo home runs off Charlie Morton's second straight start, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Monday night, defeating the major league-leading Atlanta Braves. Matt Olson's NL-best 36th homer and major league-leading 89th RBI made it 2-1 in the fifth, leading the Braves to join the 2019 Minnesota Twins as the only teams with 200 long balls before August. The No. 1 in Atlanta began the game with 31 more home runs than the Los Angeles Dodgers. The two teams were split on the road. The Braves (67-37) were coming off a three-game sweep of Milwaukee, in which they scored 29 runs and went deep 11 times.

The unlucky fan, who tripped on Thursday, was given the normal five-second head start and appeared to be on track to win the 600-feet run at Truist Park before falling. As both athletes approached the finish line, the HIs trip came right after the Freeze caught him. In one of the season's most frustrating moments, the fan was just a few inches away from winning before he stumbled onto the ground and ate garbage.

After hitting 61 home runs in a single month in June, the Atlanta Braves tied for the most home runs in a single month. On Friday night, the team also increased their season-wide total to a season-best 153. Starting pitcher Michael Soroka won his first home game in nearly three years, Matt Olson homered twice, and the NL-leading Braves took their sixth straight game over the Miami Marlins. It's very amusing to watch,' Soroka said. 'It's the best offense I've ever seen.'

Sean Murphy, the Atlanta Braves' catcher, has agreed to a seven-year deal, securing another key player in a long-term contract. The agreement includes a $15 million club option for 2029 with no buyout, potentially boosting the total value of the deal to $88 million. Murphy will make $4 million in 2023, $9 million in 2024, and $15 million per season from 2025 to 2028. He promised to give one-tenth of his annual paycheck to the Atlanta Braves Foundation.

The National League hosted two games in close fashion as the Divisional Series of the MLB playoffs got off Tuesday. The Wild Card-winning Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Braves in the first game of the afternoon thanks to a flurry of runs in the third to fifth innings. Despite a comeback attempt by the Braves, they ran out of time, and the Phillies took the lead in a 1-0 series. Meanwhile, the Dodgers and Padres stayed close in the late innings, with Los Angeles retaining their 5-3 lead all the way to the end.

Doug Gottlieb, a sportscaster and former college basketball player, has admitted that agent Casey Close failed to alert first baseman Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves of the team's final contract contract agreement before the 2022 season. Gottlieb tweeted on June 29 that 'Casey Close never told Freddie Freeman about the Braces' final bid,' ostensibly accusing the long-serving MLB agent of doing nothing to help his client's desire to remain with the Atlanta Braves.' Close and Excel Sports Management sued Gottlieb in mid-July in Manhattan's U.S. District Court, alleging defamation by libel. Gottlieb apologised on Wednesday by tweeting an apology.

In his first 200 games on his way to helping the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves for their third straight night on Sunday, Jacob DeGrom was at his best on Sunday, breaking the MLB record for most strikeouts in his first 200 games. DeGrom, who played in 12 innings of his second season of play, started with a perfect game in sixth inning of his second appearance in 13 months, appeared at Citi Field for the first time in 13 months as the Mets defeated them 5-2 for their 12th victory in 14 games. With both teams hoping to advance to a potential World Series, the Yankees have the same record as the New York Yankees.