Matt Olson was handed a major responsibility when the Atlanta Braves acquired him ahead of the 2022 season. He had to replace Freddie Freeman at first base, an MVP and World Series winner who had been with the team for 12 seasons.
Freeman’s departure to the Los Angeles Dodgers left a bitter taste in the mouths of a lot of fans, and much of that ill feeling was going to be taken out on Olson, directly or indirectly. We’re on season four of a new era in Atlanta, and the chatter has never settled down. The former Braves first baseman doesn’t understand it.