As free agency remains paused due to the ongoing lockout, the free agent status of Freddie Freeman has been a dark cloud hanging over the Atlanta Braves all winter. Before the lockout, there was dialogue of teams being interested but the overall belief was that Freeman and the Braves would eventually come to an agreement that would keep him in Atlanta for the remainder of his career.
That point of view may be changing. ESPN’s Buster Olney reports that the view on Freeman from within the industry has shifted and many now think that he will leave the Braves and sign somewhere else in free agency.