Freddie Freeman

He's been fantastic.

Another big takeaway, too, Freddie Freeman showed ...

Hey, Freddie Free- I was worried about you, Freddie.

I still am, but I felt better about what I saw yesterday.

Tomorrow you got Brady Singer going for the Reds, so that probably points to, uh, DePaula getting back in the lineup.

Maybe he's not in that leadoff spot, a lot of pressure there, so maybe they switch it up from that standpoint.

But yeah, he mentioned Freddie Freeman.

I thought that was pretty hilarious to hear.

How is your team built? Is your roster a bunch of guys in their, you know, in their prime? You know, the Jordán Álvarez, you know, Fernando Tatis types.

Do you have the Trey Turner, Freddie Freeman group? Like, there's so many different aspects of evaluating your different, you know, different pieces in your roster, how they fit and what it looks like coming behind them.

You know, Freddie Freeman's got one year left on his contract.

We could assume that he might keep playing, but at the same time, say you've got a first baseman in your system like Josuè Braceno from the Tigers.

Maybe it's time to move on from Freddie and let Braceno come up when he's ready next summer.

Why? Remember, no matter what we deal with in stats, a guy that shows up every day and plays, it's a big deal.

That's the one thing with the Atlanta Braves when Freddie Freeman left and everybody was hurt by it.

I get it.

But they replaced him with a guy, Matt Olsen, who does what? Plays every day.

Good pick.

What do you got? Let's go with Freddie Freeman to hit a single.

Freddie Freeman.

For a hit? Yeah.

Okay.

There you have it.

Over eight and a half runs in the Dodgers-Reds game.

Freddie Freeman to hit a single and the New York Mets money line.

And while the offense, individually, guys are getting back on track.

You saw Freddie Freeman have those three hits last night.

And so you ask him, he's like, I don't know.

Forget the three for 30 right now.

And also, when Andrew Friedman flies in, who has never been to Cincinnati in his baseball career, he flies into Cincinnati, you know he's pretty confident his team is going to get the job done tonight or tomorrow.

Look, Blake Snell has only pitched here once, and the one time that he pitched here, he threw a no-hitter.

So it should be a good night for the Dodgers, and certainly Freddie Freeman had a smile on his face before the game today.

He is back in the starting lineup.

Jeez.

I'm shocked that this is coming from somebody who booed Freddie Freeman when he returned to Truist Park.

I didn't

boo

Just look at his 30

... kinda woke up last night was Freddie Freeman.

Yeah, Freddie, three hits last night.

Um-

Beyond that, though, all year long, the Dodgers' offense has sort of been hit or miss.

I understand when you have a guy like Otani and When you have Freddie Freeman and when you have Mookie Betts, who's been hitting a whole lot better lately, it's a pretty good place to start.

But I just think a lot of their offense this year has been inconsistent.

And if they run into the right pitching, whether it's the Phillies or the Brewers particularly, there are teams that have the right pitching in the National League.

The Dodgers, this could be one of those years where they don't win championships.

Is there a cold winter coming for them at some point with the age of their team and how much money they've got tied up? Is there a stretch in what you've now all you've uncovered and talked about with what's going on with the ownership and everything? Is there a reset that will be happening with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the future? I don't even want to say near future, in the future?

You know, I think that there's going to be an interesting transition over these next couple of years, because as you said, Freddie Freeman, contract up after next season, 36 years old.

Mookie Betts, tied up for a while, but 33.