An inside look at how the Dodgers signed All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman, including an impromptu call from Mookie Betts' wedding.
with an Atlanta Braves franchise that had drafted him, developed him and nurtured his rise as one of baseball’s biggest stars.The first-time free agent didn’t know whether he’d be returning to the only team he’d ever known. He wanted to, making that desire clear time and again during the 2021 season, including in the aftermath of the Braves’ Game 6 win against the Houston Astros.
“We were talking a couple weeks ago,” Freeman’s father, Fred, recalled in a Friday interview, “and he said, ‘Dad, if I’m not a Brave, what do you think? Should I go back East?”“So do I,” Freddie said.On the afternoon of Dec. 1, as the clock ticked down toward an owner-imposed lockout, Dodgers players, coaches and front office personnel had gathered at the Terranea Resort along the Palos Verdes Peninsula for Mookie Betts’ wedding.
At the start of the offseason, the Dodgers had little expectation Freeman would be a legitimate target, sharing the industry-wide belief that he’d end up back with the Braves.Freddie Freeman will bring more firepower to an already loaded Dodgers lineup. Here are five takeaways from the acquisition of the free-agent slugger.
A few days after Thanksgiving, Roberts and Friedman laid out a more extensive pitch during an hour-plus Zoom meeting that further piqued Freeman’s curiosity.“I think we need to give an assist to Justin Turner. His name popped up on my phone quite a bit throughout this whole process.
Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman celebrates after winning Game 6 of baseball’s National League Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Oct. 24, 2021, in Atlanta. The Braves defeated the Dodgers 4-2 to win the series.For Freeman, a six-year deal was a major priority. It was one year more than Paul Goldschmidt received in the $130-million contract he signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2019, the best comparison among elite-level first basemen.
“I think they have a business plan … and they’re not going to deviate from it,” Fred said. “That’s the way it is.”
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