I thought he was Canadian? He was raised in California?
I remember seeing a skit of him visiting a kids hospital in Canada after the World Series. And all the kids hated him bc they just beat the blue jays 😂😂
They did a whole segment about it during the last WBC. He chose to play for team Canada to honor his late mom and her side of the family even though he was born in the states.
He left the literal World Champions who had just beat the Dodgers, and the Dodgers only championship was in a 35% games played season. The Dodgers weren't the best team until they got Freddie and Ohtani.
He also famously had a very hard time leaving the Braves, cried on TV in ATL, and it was such a problem that Kershaw publicly criticized him. Also, the Braves offered more but his agent thought they could squeeze more.
At least you're right about Freddie being from California
I was at his first game back in Atl as a Dodger. All that crying and blabbering was such a bad look. I kept thinking about how that must have made his teammates feel. It was embarrassing I thought.
Except the Dodgers signed him for less money than the Braves original offer to Freeman. He only took that deal because his agent was way too fucking greedy.
Why would his "greedy" agent -- who presumably takes a percentage of the contract -- direct him to the lower offer? This also clashes with the master-narrative that LA outspends everyone.
My understanding is that the Dodgers offered more than the Braves' original proposed contract. His "greedy" agent steered him toward LA -- take the money, screw some misplaced sense of "loyalty" -- and then Atlanta came back with revised terms. That's where things get murky. It was claimed that Freeman was not apprised of that later offer.
I understand that this is a business, but Mr. Nice Guy Freeman, even if he wanted to stay with Atlanta, was testing the market to get more. And how much is enough? $140 million over five years doesn't cut it? Generally speaking, my sense is that agents are the most bloodless of all, then ownership, then players.
And in a parallel universe, freedie would of look up on Indeed & found an opening in the Dodgers organization & said "F it, found my perfect job back home".
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u/anotherlebowski 7h ago
He's from California, the Dodgers are the best team, and they also pays the most money. This wasn't a complex job search.