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The Braves are moving Freddie Freeman back to first base

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Things tend to end on a whimper, not a bang. The latest evidence of that phenomena is the Atlanta Braves' defensive experimentation with Freddie Freeman.

Freeman shifted from first base to third upon his return from the disabled list to keep the hot-hitting Matt Adams in the lineup. Some 16 games later, Freeman is transferring back to the cold corner, with Adams sliding to left field in place of the injured Matt Kemp:

Defensive metrics are notoriously unreliable, especially in small samples. Still, it's amusing, if not particularly informative, to note that Freeman's numbers at third base were respectable.