When Mookie Betts returned to right field, playing time was not something that veteran Jason Heyward was going to see much of.
On Tuesday night, Heyward made his case for sticking around when he gave the Dodgers a 6-3 win over the Seattle Mariners with a pinch-hit go-ahead three-run home run in what turned out to be his final at-bat with the team.
Two days later, the Dodgers cut him loose and activated Chris Taylor from the injured list.
When Freeman received the news, he flashed back to 2014 when the Atlanta Braves traded Heyward to the St.