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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date3-29-1994
Height6' 5"
Weight225 lbs
Age30 years, 0 months, 21 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
2015
-0.12016
2.42017
2.22018
2.12019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2016 OAK 22 11 28 2 1 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 .095 .321 .143 94 -0.1 -0.2 -0.8 -0.1
2017 OAK 23 59 216 49 2 0 24 22 60 5 0 0 .259 .352 .651 146 13.1 0.3 7.5 2.4
2018 OAK 24 162 660 143 33 0 29 70 163 8 2 1 .247 .335 .453 114 13.4 -2.6 3.8 2.2
2019 OAK 25 127 547 129 26 0 36 51 138 12 0 0 .267 .351 .545 134 26.8 -1.9 11.7 4.1
Career3591451323620891503652521.254.343.51212653.1-4.522.28.6

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2012 VER A- NYP 4 16 .228 .330 .325 .286 83 2.6 0.4 -0.3 113 0 0.2 -0.1 0.2 0.0
2012 ATH Rk AZL 46 197 .277 .349 .413 .336 100 12.3 6.1 -3.6 110 0 2.2 0.1 2.1 0.7
2013 BLT A MID 134 558 .259 .326 .386 .272 111 2.2 15.7 -10.1 112 0 8.9 0.1 1.6 1.7
2014 STO A+ CAL 138 634 .276 .342 .436 .287 106 44.2 17.7 -11.1 159 0 0.0 0.3 22.4 3.0
2015 MID AA TEX 133 585 .259 .329 .386 .311 122 11.3 15.7 -8 129 0 28.2 -0.4 7.0 4.6
2016 OAK MLB AL 11 28 .242 .320 .427 .118 99 -1.9 0.8 -0.3 94 11 -0.8 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1
2016 NAS AAA PCL 131 540 .264 .332 .410 .289 88 12.7 15.2 -7.2 105 0 0.9 -2.9 -4.8 0.1
2017 OAK MLB AL 59 216 .258 .327 .435 .238 103 13.1 6.3 -3.6 146 14 7.5 0.3 13.1 2.4
2017 NAS AAA PCL 79 343 .277 .340 .446 .298 91 26.2 10.2 -6.4 139 0 -1.0 -0.1 17.6 2.0
2018 OAK MLB AL 162 660 .253 .317 .420 .292 98 16.5 18.5 -11.8 114 6 3.8 -2.6 13.4 2.2
2019 OAK MLB AL 127 547 .254 .321 .444 .300 98 26.5 16.5 -10.6 134 9 11.7 -1.9 26.8 4.1
2019 LVG AAA PCL 5 24 .287 .365 .515 .167 115 -2.4 0.8 -0.5 62 0 -0.2 0.0 -0.9 -0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2012 ATH Rk AZL 197 177 29 50 16 1 8 92 41 16 46 0 0 .283 .345 .520 .237 2 0
2012 VER A- NYP 16 11 3 3 0 0 1 6 4 3 4 0 0 .273 .438 .545 .273 1 0
2013 BLT A MID 558 481 69 108 32 0 23 209 93 72 148 4 3 .225 .326 .435 .210 3 0
2014 STO A+ CAL 634 512 111 134 31 1 37 278 97 117 137 2 0 .262 .404 .543 .281 0
2015 MID AA TEX 585 466 82 116 37 0 17 204 75 105 139 5 1 .249 .388 .438 .189 8 0
2016 OAK MLB AL 28 21 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 7 4 0 0 .095 .321 .143 .048 0 0
2016 NAS AAA PCL 540 464 69 109 34 1 17 196 60 71 132 1 0 .235 .335 .422 .188 3 2
2017 NAS AAA PCL 343 294 56 80 16 1 23 167 60 45 83 3 0 .272 .367 .568 .296 3 0
2017 OAK MLB AL 216 189 33 49 2 0 24 123 45 22 60 0 0 .259 .352 .651 .392 0 0
2018 OAK MLB AL 660 580 85 143 33 0 29 263 84 70 163 2 1 .247 .335 .453 .207 2 0
2019 LVG AAA PCL 24 22 3 4 0 0 1 7 2 1 3 0 0 .182 .250 .318 .136 0 0
2019 OAK MLB AL 547 483 73 129 26 0 36 263 91 51 138 0 0 .267 .351 .545 .277 1 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2016 106 0.4151 0.3302 0.7143 0.5000 0.2097 0.7727 0.6154 0.2857 0.0000
2017 913 0.4589 0.4458 0.6781 0.6539 0.2692 0.7336 0.5639 0.3219 0.0000
2018 2829 0.4924 0.4415 0.7230 0.6518 0.2375 0.7643 0.6129 0.2770 0.0000
2019 2253 0.4927 0.4518 0.7141 0.6432 0.2660 0.7409 0.6513 0.2859 0.0000
Career61010.48620.44400.71280.64630.25230.75120.61980.28720.0000

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2029 ATL $22,000,000
2028 ATL $22,000,000
2027 ATL $22,000,000
2026 ATL $22,000,000
2025 ATL $22,000,000
2024 ATL $22,000,000
2023 ATL $21,000,000
2022 ATL $15,000,000
2021 OAK $5,000,000
2020 OAK $603,500
2019 OAK $575,000
2018 OAK $547,500
2017 OAK $
2016 OAK $
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$42,726,000
2019Current$22,000,000
7 yrPvs + Cur$64,726,000
5 yrFuture$110,000,000
12 yrTotal$174,726,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 103 dWasserman8 years/$168M (2022-29), 2030 option

Details
  • 8 years/$168M (2022-29), plus 2030 club option. Acquired by Atlanta in trade from Oakland 3/14/22. Signed extension with Atlanta 3/15/22. 22:$15M, 23:$21M, 24:$22M, 25:$22M, 26:$22M, 27:$22M, 28:$22M, 29:$22M, 30:$20M club option. Olson to donate 1 percent of earnings to club charity. At signing, most lucrative contract in club history.
  • 1 year/$5M (2021). Re-signed by Oakland 12/2/20 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$603,500 (2020). Re-signed by Oakland 3/20.
  • 1 year/$575,000 (2019). Re-signed by Oakland 3/19.
  • 1 year/$547,500 (2018). Re-signed by Oakland 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Re-signed by Oakland 3/17.
  • 1 year (2016). Contract selected by Oakland 9/12/16.
  • Drafted by Oakland 2012 (1s-47) (Parkview HS, Lilburn, Ga.). $1.0797M signing bonus (slot amount).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
90o 42 9 2 0 2 5 10 0 0 .250 .341 .472 126 2.2 1B 0 0.0
80o 29 5 1 0 1 3 7 0 0 .200 .286 .360 121 1.3 1B 0 0.0
70o 19 4 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 .235 .316 .471 117 0.7 1B 0 0.0
60o 11 3 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 .333 .400 .778 114 0.3 1B 0 0.0
50o 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 111 0.1 1B 0 0.0
Weighted Mean400000100.000.000.0001110.11B 00.0

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