The Dodgers obviously knew what they were getting into when they signed Freddie Freeman to a free-agent deal. They knew that his bat is elite and the contact capabilities are wild. You add in the Gold Glove-caliber glove over at first base, and they have their guy.
But one underrated part of his game is the baserunning. Freddie is not the fastest guy on any team in baseball, probably not at any level. He’s not going to light up the basepaths with blazing footspeed, averaging just 26.6 feet per second on his sprint speed. That ranks 5th worst on the Dodgers.