MLB: The surprise club that could take first baseman Matt Olson and why?

From the start of the off-season, it seemed like a fire sale was imminent for the Oakland Athletics. One of the most obvious candidates to be traded as part of any cost-cutting move has been spiked All-Star first baseman Matt Olson.

In fact, he was the first name mentioned on Al Bat’s recent list of potential post-lockout business candidates. In recent months, interest has been reported from the Texas Rangers, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves, but Could the Cleveland Guardians be a surprise draw entrant? of Olson?

This possibility was investigated. It is heard that the Ohio club could be interested in the 27-year-old first baseman and 1.96 meters tall; makes sense, but that doesn’t mean it’s true.

Olson’s bat would make a lot of sense for the Guardians, given their meager offensive output in 2021. As a team, they hit .238/.303/.407 last year, producing a wRC+ 93, seven percentage points below league average. . Meanwhile, Olson had the best season of his career thus far, hitting .271/.371/.540 for a 146 wRC+.

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He is projected to make $12MM in arbitration this year, a salary that even a low-budget team like the Guardians could afford. His 2022 payroll is projected to be under $50 million right now, which leaves plenty of room for a salary in that range.

Raphael Martinez

I am a fan of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and all Mexican baseball in general. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, the LMB All Star, the LMP (uninterrupted since 2009), signing important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, although as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I have baseball in my veins. Degree in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and a reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I arrived at El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services at Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and a few days later, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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