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It took the Atlanta Braves 26 years to capture a World Series title from their last one back in 1995. The 2021 season for Atlanta turned out to be one that no one thought was imaginable during most of that season. After all, the team finished winning just 88 regular-season games. But since then, the […]

Boppers. Mashers. Sluggers. It’s another installment of our MLB positional rankings and today, we’re breaking out the big bats. It’s time to talk about first base—a position where if you can hit, that’s pretty much all that matters. The current crop of MLB first basemen is an exceptionally fun group—longtime superstars​, guys with 50-homer seasons, […]

When it came down to the National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) award last season, Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuna Jr. won the honor unanimously in an incredible season. Also up for the award was Braves teammate Matt Olson who also had an impressive season, but was losing the award hard for the slugging first […]

Spencer Strider is already a good pitcher. He finished fourth in National League Cy Young voting after leading the league with 281 strikeouts during the 2023 season. On Monday, though, Strider threw a new pitch that caught everyone’s attention at Braves camp. Strider appeared to throw a curveball while facing Braves first baseman Matt Olson, […]

The Atlanta Braves were the best team in the MLB for much of the 2023 campaign, but they once again ran into the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS, and ended up getting ousted in disappointing fashion. For all the talent the Braves have, they collectively failed to show up in this series, and star first […]

The Atlanta Braves, as expected, entered the 2023 MLB playoffs as the favorite to take home the coveted World Series crown. According to odds from FanDuel, the Braves, at +250, are the odds-on favorite to win the championship. No one is surprised by this; the Braves finished the season with the best record in the […]

The Atlanta Braves have done everything possible to set themselves up for a championship run. The Braves clinched a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the 2023 MLB playoffs. No matter how the final 2023 MLB playoff seeding shakes out, Atlanta should be favored at the start of every series. There are certain scenarios that […]

Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson’s record-breaking season continues. Olson’s monster two-run home run against the Chicago Cubs gave him 136 RBIs on the season – the most in Braves franchise history. Olson reached the milestone after the ball barely cleared the right-field foul pole in the bottom of the first inning. The home run […]

The Atlanta Braves won the World Series in 2021, just a year after the COVID season kept the vast majority of all fans away from MLB ballparks. The Dodgers won it all the previous season while the state of Georgia’s professional team fell to the eventual champions in a hard-fought 4-3 series win for Los […]

The Atlanta Braves are in the process of making history as Major League Baseball nears its stretch run. The Braves are led by a collection of power hitters than hasn’t been seen in quite some time, comprising what may be the most dangerous deep ball hitting lineup in recent league history. Slugger Ozzie Albies made […]

Matt Olson broke the Atlanta Braves single-season home run record on Saturday after sending his 52nd blast into the stands against the Miami Marlins. Olson surpassed Andruw Jones as the Braves single-season all-time home run leader. Jones, who smashed 51 home runs in 2005, sent a message to Olson after the slugger broke the record, […]

Matt Olson finally did it. He now stands alone at the top of the Atlanta Braves’ record books when it comes to home runs in a single season. Entering Saturday’s game against the Miami Marlins, Olson needed just one home run to break his tie with Andruw Jones for the Braves’ single-season HR record. The […]

There was much hullabaloo among fans of the Atlanta Braves when the franchise inexplicably decided to let star first baseman Freddie Freeman walk in free agency — to rival team Los Angeles Dodgers, no less. But the Braves front office had a plan to replace Freeman by acquiring Matt Olson from the free-falling Oakland Athletics […]

The Atlanta Braves may have lost to the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday evening, but it was still a historic night for first baseman Matt Olson. During the Braves’ 7-5 defeat, Olson hit his 50th home run of the season out into the Citizens Bank Park seats. After the historic feat, Olson rounded the bases, and […]

Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson can’t stop hitting home runs. Already the leader in home runs thus far in the 2023 MLB regular season, Olson added yet another to his name when he launched a solo dinger in the fourth inning of Tuesday night’s game on the road against the Philadelphia Phillies. But it […]

Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson is just a home run away from tying the long-standing franchise record of Andruw Jones for most home runs in a single season. Olson moved ever so closer to breaking Jones’ record when he smashed not one but two home runs on Monday against the Philadelphia Phillies on the […]

On Monday, September 11th, we have a great slate of baseball and FanDuel is running a same-game parlay that’s paying out over47-1 odds. We take a look at this same-game parlay on our MLB prop odds series this Monday, September 11th. With a ton of options on the board, it is always good when FanDuel […]

Before the season even began, the Atlanta Braves outfielder, Ronald Acuña Jr., was a heavy favorite to win the National League MVP. By the All-Star break, Acuña had solidified himself as the odds-on favorite to win the award with -330 odds (per FanDuel). But as of Monday, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts has become […]

The Atlanta Braves have been one of the hottest teams in all of baseball this season. Currently holding an 80-43 record, the Braves have maintained the best record in baseball for a while now. Some of that record came from their scorching hot month of June play, during which they went 21-4, not losing a […]

We are in the middle of August and are getting an unexpected home run chase. Today we are here to explain why Matt Olson can hit 63 home runs and potentially chase some records no one thought was possible. Olson comes into today’s action with 43 home runs. Now, he hopes to continue the torrid […]

The Atlanta Braves are easily the best team in the MLB today. They own the best record in the entire league, and their performances back up the winning season. They’ve routinely beaten opponents below them to a pulp, and they find way to win in the most unlikely places. A big reason for their success […]

Matt Olson is putting together an MVP season with the Atlanta Braves in 2023, but there’s room for improvement for him on the defensive end, according to the star first baseman himself. In a conversation with MLB.com, the two-time Gold Glove Award winner said his defense hasn’t been the best this year. “I’ve made a […]

The New York Mets and their fans have resigned themselves to their 2023 fate, but that does not make the complete shellacking the Atlanta Braves gave them Saturday any less excruciating. They sunk to new lows after a 21-3 loss at Citi Field. The Mets allowed runs in every inning but the third, including an […]

Shohei Ohtani is a name we’ve heard all season long. Whether it’s been about his hitting prowess or his pitching dynamics, the dual-threat superstar is unlike any other player in the league. So, of course, he would be tied for the lead in home runs. Who is he tied with? Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt […]

No one is going to outshine Shohei Ohtani during the 2023 MLB regular season. That’s just a cruel fact of life for the many other stars in the league. Though, Atlanta Braves slugger Matt Olson, the man currently battling him for the home run crown, is doing all he can to stand alone with his […]

It seems like every other night, one or two Atlanta Braves players posts stats that have either rarely or never been accomplished. Ronald Acuna Jr. and Matt Olson are the latest Braves to do just that. Atlanta’s MVP candidates have combined to put up numbers that have only been replicated twice before in MLB history. […]

Ronald Acuna Jr is the favorite in the National League MVP race. Los Angeles Dodgers stars Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts also may be in the conversation. However, does Acuna Jr’s Atlanta Braves teammate Matt Olson have a chance of surprising everyone and winning the award? Olson is in the midst of a fantastic 2023 […]

Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson recently appeared on the Pardon My Take podcast, and was asked about what it was like replacing fan favorite Freddie Freeman at first base. “Yeah I think there was a tad of it,” Matt Olson said, when asked if he was worried about the fan reaction to him replacing […]

It’s no secret that Atlanta Braves superstar Ronald Acuna Jr is one of the best players in the game. He’s running away with the NL MVP and continues to wow everyone with each passing day. Example: His teammate Matt Olson. Amid Acuna Jr’s ridiculous campaign where he’s slugged 26 home runs and swiped 53 bags, […]

Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson is having a great year, and so is his team, as they are the best team in MLB by record. Matt Olson was a key member of the Oakland Athletics in the past, before the team had a fire sale, which included him getting traded to the Braves. Olson […]

For the first time in a while, Shohei Ohtani is no longer favored to win the 2023 Home Run Crown. Atlanta Braves slugger Matt Olson has the best odds to finish the regular season as the 2023 MLB home run leader. With less than two months to go, the odds suggest that it’s a two-player […]

Matt Olson and Austin Riley made history when they hit back-to-back home runs in the Atlanta Braves’ 12-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday. Matt Olson and Austin Riley have hit back-to-back homers during a game in April, May, June, July and August. The Braves’ stars are the first pair of teammates in […]

The Atltana Braves are building something special up in Georgia. Over the last few years, GM Alex Anthopoulos has earned every bit of trust from the fans with his savvy roster building moves. In fact, his moves at the 2021 deadline helped secure the Braves’ World Series win. With the 2023 trade deadline looming (and […]

For much of the 2023 MLB season, the Atlanta Braves have been pacing the league. But once they returned from the All-Star break, they endured their worst stretch of baseball of the season, losing four of their first five games after the break. Atlanta quickly snapped out of it by winning their past two games, […]

The Atlanta Braves entered play Sunday absolutely red hot. Star first baseman Matt Olson led the charge, leading the National League in home runs and runs batted in. However, the team came back down to Earth on Sunday. The Braves fell to the Chicago White Sox by a score of 8-1. Olson added to his […]

The Atlanta Braves found themselves in first place at the 2023 MLB All-Star break. The team has shown little sign of slowing as the second half of the season has gotten underway. The Braves recently got discouraging injury updates on two key relievers. With the trade deadline looming, the Braves have been linked to a […]

There’s something poetic about an unlikely hero making a name for themselves on one of his or her sport’s biggest stages. On a team filled with Atlanta Braves stars and a pair of MVPs, it was a first-time All-Star who won the 2023 MLB All-Star Game for the National League, its first triumph since 2012. […]

We have a full slate of baseball today this Monday 5/29/23 Memorial Day starting this afternoon at 1:05 P.M ET. We take a look at the top home run prop bets that will be having you cash out on this Monday afternoon. This will continue our MLB home run prop odds series this Monday, May […]

When the news of Max Fried’s move to the injured list with a left forearm strain hit, it would have been easy for anyone to ask “Who’s next?” in the Atlanta Braves’ litany of early-season health setbacks. But on Tuesday night, the Braves didn’t waver, beating a red-hot Boston Red Sox team 9-3 to continue […]