Matt Olson, first ballot Hall of Famer? It’s easy to get carried away when a player gets off to the kind of start Matt Olson has – the kind of which dreams and misprints are made.
Can we reasonably expect Olson to HR at a career rate of a bomb every 9.88 plate appearances? No we cannot. Will 37.8 of Olson’s fly balls find their way over the wall throughout his career? Likely not. Is a .268/.351/.624 slash line sustainable? Don’t wait up.
While you’re asking if I’m available for parties, it should also be noted that a cavernous drop from “Hall of Fame awesomeness” to downright pedestrian failure is a plunge thousands of big league players have taken.