The Braves’ bullpen had its share of issues in 2018, but there are few players that caused as much heartburn and irritation as Sam Freeman did. Not all of the criticism of Freeman was fair, but he also did not do himself any favors this season and his future in the Braves’ bullpen is very much up in the air.
Sam Freeman was coming off a perfectly reasonable 2017 season for the Braves. He accumulated 0.7 fWAR (not awesome, but certainly not bad) while making 58 appearances (60 innings) and posting a 2.