Matt Olson is only batting .158 this year, but his 118 wRC+ is comfortably above-average. That’s because when he does get a hit, it goes far.
Olson is 12-for-76 so far this season, but eight of those hits have been homers. More recently, dating back to Aug. 5, each of his last seven hits have been dingers. Here’s what that looks like expressed as a batting line:
Olson, last 10 gms: .175/.283/.700, 156 wRC+, 13.0% BB, 17.4% Ks
Since homers don’t count in BABIP, because they’re fielding-independent, Olson’s BABIP during that span is .