In the modern game of baseball, we don't see guys play the full 162 games of a season very often. Teams give even their best players days off here and there to recover from minor injuries or to just keep them fresh for the playoffs all the time and very often, it is the best course of action. As a result, Matt Olson's streak of consecutive games played is all the more remarkable.
With his start in the Braves' series clinching win over the Mets on Thursday, Olson has now played in 741 straight games going back to 2021.