PT TODAY: Olson gets chance to showcase power
Aug 6 2017
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| Athletics | Oakland deals Yonder Alonso to Seattle | |
| Oakland Athletics 1B Yonder Alonso was traded to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for OF Boog Powell on Sunday, Aug. 6. Source: MLBRosterMoves | |
| BHQ take: The big winner here is 23-year-old 1B Matt Olson, who will go into the long side of a 1B platoon at OAK with Ryon Healy. Olson has posted a solid .272/.367/.568 line at Triple-A to go along with a more pedestrian .196/.317/.451 slash in 51 AB with OAK. The power is clearly there, as Olson has cracked 27 in about 400 AB combined between the minors and majors (four HR with OAK). Olson fans a lot, and his... |
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