REST OF SEASON OUTLOOK AND POSITION RANK

Expect Matt Olson to be a reliable fantasy starter the rest of the season. His 415.02 projected fantasy points puts him at #13 behind Miguel Andujar and ahead of Joey Votto. He has averaged 3.31 fantasy points in his past 127 games, which is slightly more than our projected per game average. He is projected to average 3.03 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#25) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is slightly overrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 97%, he is the #12 most highly owned first baseman. Last season he was also the #13 ranked first baseman.

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MATT OLSON WEEK 3 AND 4 FANTASY OUTLOOK

Matt Olson is projected for 16.81 fantasy points in 6 games in week 3 which ranks him as the #17 projected first baseman for the week and a starter for most fantasy teams. This is projected to be a better than average week with more fantasy points per game than he is projected to average per game the rest of the season. He is ranked above Ji-Man Choi but behind Ryan O'Hearn. Week 4 will be better based on projected rank (#10). He is projected for 18.18 fantasy points.

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and upcoming weeks. Below the projection are actual stats from last season.