The Atlanta Braves hit the MLB playoffs with star first baseman Freddie Freeman riding a hot streak. | mlb.com
The Atlanta Braves hit the MLB playoffs with star first baseman Freddie Freeman riding a hot streak. | mlb.com
The Atlanta Braves hit the MLB playoffs with star first baseman Freddie Freeman riding a hot streak.
On the heels of an MVP season, Freeman has cemented his legacy as one of Braves' best all-time players, according to MLB.com.
“We always say how Freddie goes is how we go,” Braves manager Brian Snitker told MLB.com. “There was kind of a little symmetry there with his season and [the team’s] season. It just took everybody a little while to get going. To his credit, he stayed with it, looked for the positive in things and ended up having another great year.”
Since early June, Freeman ranks second in the league with a .342 batting average and sixth with a .960 OPS. Freeman ended the season with 31 homers and an .896 OPS, putting him in the company of former Braves' stars Hank Aaron, Chipper Jones, Eddie Mathews and Dale Murphy as the only players in team history to hit 30 homers with a .300 batting average in multiple seasons.
As of early June Freeman was only batting .220, but has since improved and been one of the best offensive players in the major leagues, according to MLB.com.
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