Freddie Freeman had a mole removed from his back Tuesday, and when the biopsy results came back Friday he was told there were cancerous cells and that he was fortunate to have gotten it checked and removed when he did.
Freeman’s mother, Rosemary, died from melanoma in 2000, when he was 9.
“It’s what I’m probably going to have to do a lot in my lifetime,” said Freeman, who has a fair complexion and red hair, like his mother did. “I’d rather get them cut out, deal with the pain a couple of days, but other than that I feel fine.