Matt Olson has only been in the league for four years, but with the way he plays and conducts himself, you would think his service time would be double that number.
He was in AL Rookie of the Year talks in 2017 after hitting 24 home runs and slashing .259/.352/.651 with a 1.003 OPS.
He did that in just 59 games.
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Following that season, he earned two consecutive Gold Glove Awards and became a big confidence booster for third baseman Matt Chapman. Chappy says he loves knowing he can just toss the ball across the diamond knowing it'll be caught by Oly.
He's in a unique position as a member of the A's as well. He's not a rookie anymore, but not up to veteran status yet. Still, he already has younger members of the team looking up to him.
"It's like, we've been around, but we're still young guys," Olson told NBC Sports California at the end of January. "It's cool to hear that."
Buddy Reed, the player to be named later acquired in the trade that sent Jurickson Profar to the Padres, said he looks forward to learning from Olson and Chapman.
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Reed said he liked the way the duo went about both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball.
Olson admitted he still knows where he stands, however.
"But, we definitely have to take a step back at some of these older guys, you know -- we're the younger guys," Olson laughed.
Does this mean Olson will only get ... better? We could only be so lucky to see that.
FanGraphs' Steamer has Olson projected to hit 37 homers this season, which is one more than he hit in 2019. Other outlets project he'll do more than that. This measurement uses past performance and trends to develop this number, and as time goes on, that number will change, of course. But when you look back at this article in the coming months, perhaps we'll laugh at it.
And barring any injury, we could get Olson for all 162 games.
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As the A's head into the 2020 season, there aren't that many players older than Oly, especially those of the non-pitcher variety. But enough where he finds himself right in the middle of the knowledge.
That's a pretty great place to be.