Trading Insights: Should You Swap Freddie Freeman for Matt Olson?
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00:00This next player, I actually was just offered a trade,
00:06this player for my Freddie Freeman.
00:08Now I declined because I'm a big Freddie Freeman guy.
00:11The player's Matt Olson.
00:12Joe, would you have done that trade?
00:15Ah, that's a tough one
00:16because Olson has struggled a little bit this year,
00:18but I probably would have held on to Freeman.
00:20However, I would be buying Matt Olson.
00:22And here's the thing with Olson.
00:23If you look at the overall numbers,
00:24they're disappointing, right?
00:2511 homers on the year, a 252 batting average.
00:29That's not what you really were expecting,
00:30June 15th, June 16th, when it comes to Matt Olson.
00:35But a little trend line for you too,
00:37in the month of June, he's hitting 320 with a 982 OPS.
00:41Now that's the guy that I remember.
00:43He's already got three home runs this month so far.
00:46So things are starting to trend up a little bit
00:48for Matt Olson.
00:48This is a great time to buy low
00:50because the overall numbers are still disappointing.
00:53Last year, this was a guy who was just other worldly,
00:5550 plus homers.
00:56I mean, this guy was the goods.
00:59And it's been a little bit of a struggle
01:00for Matt Olson this year.
01:01You know, at some point there's going to be a month
01:03where he becomes red hot and guess what?
01:05It looks like it's gonna be June.
01:06The weather's heating up, balls are starting to fly out
01:08and home runs were down in April and May collectively.
01:11So we can have that conversation
01:12about what's the ball this year and all that nonsense
01:15like we do every single year.
01:16Why the ball changes every year, I'll never know.
01:19But I will say this, Matt Olson, again,
01:21overall numbers, not good.
01:23Recent trend line, very good.
01:25Yeah, it's gonna still cost you a lot
01:27but I still think he's a relative buy low
01:28considering the overall picture.
01:31I don't know if it's a bigger buy low than Corbin Carroll.
01:32He has rock bottom price
01:34but Matt Olson is lower than the market value.
01:36And that's another reason to buy just on that sheer concept.