MLB: Padres also have Matt Olson trade in their sights

The Oakland Athletics Apparently they have entered the process of rebuilding for the 2022 campaign, with reports mentioning that they would be willing to change several of their big stars, including Matt Chapman and even first baseman Matt Olsonwho has sounded enough to go out to other teams from MLB how the new york yankees. However, the San Diego Padres are also after him.

According to information from Dennis Lin of The Athletic, the Padres are interested in a trade for Olson and the presence of his former manager in the Athletics, Bob Melvin, would be a factor to take into account, since GM AJ Preller has also discussed with A’s management by Olson.

The inclusion of the universal designated hitter would give the Padres the space for one more bat, since the first base is occupied by Eric Hosmer, being able to insert them between said positions, since the former Kansas City Royals still has several years left in his contract, becoming a free agent until 2026.

Olson hit 271/.371/.540 with a 153 OPS+ in 2021, hitting 39 homers and driving in 111 runs, making it the best year of his career to date, earning his first All-Star selection.

Gabriel Delgado

I started as a rookie at Al Bat in early 2018 and am in my third season covering Major League Baseball as a web reporter. I’m a fan of the San Francisco Giants, number one defender of Barry Bonds, and hater of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña are the future of baseball, Mike Trout is overrated, and the Astros deserved to have the World Series taken from them for their cheating. Besides baseball, I also enjoy football, flag football, basketball, and just about any other game that involves a ball or ball. I’m also an amateur musician, a penniless gamer and very nerdy. Graduated in journalism from the University of Guadalajara, I graduated in 2017. Born in the world capital of shrimp, Escuinapa, Sinaloa. I lived for a while in Australia; I survived giant spiders, tasmanian devils and fought a kangaroo and didn’t die trying.

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