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Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman on winning, aging and being mad about batting average: a Q&A
Freddie Freeman said he takes it as a compliment whenever anyone asks him about coming off a "down" year. It's a testament to his expectations. Mark J. Rebilas / Imagn Images
LOS ANGELES — There was a time when the thought of Freddie Freeman in anything but an Atlanta Braves uniform was unfathomable. Now, it’s impossible to imagine the Los Angeles Dodgers without him.
They would not be back-to-back World Series winners without Freeman, whose heroic walk-off efforts in each of the past two championships will be etched in Dodgers lore. But Freeman has never been one to take the spotlight, only share it.
Play until 40? Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman making it look possible
The baseball soared into the Los Angeles night, traveling back, back, back …
The eighth-inning flyout on Saturday night marked the fifth time Freeman drove a ball to the warning track in the Dodgers’ three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The 36-year-old Freeman was probably a combined 20 feet from leading the major leagues in home runs, but he could afford to laugh at his series of near misses, especially after collecting his first three hits of the season in the series finale.
And he looks like it, so much so that maybe he really can be the Dodgers’ first baseman through his age-40 season.
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Dodgers' Freddie Freeman is supposed to be hitting .449
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Freddie Freeman is dialed in at the plate in the first week of the season for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The superstar first baseman just doesn't have as much to show for it as you might think.
According to Statcast, Freeman's expected batting average this season is .449. That's a number that accounts for the quality of contact to determine what a hitter should have going for them, even if the batted ball luck hasn't actually been in their favor.
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