Freddie Freeman THROWS SHADE At Braves 

Braves*

Read the article by Buster Olney. He tried to corner ATL and it back fired.

I see right through his fake attitude.

@@petedraper9817 but do we believe that report, or Bob Nightengale’s? It’s a lot of “he said, she said” at this point. In reality, there’s probably some truth to all reports, and the whole truth is something we will never know.

Screw Freddie!! your wife has got the balls in your family! your trade caused my local minor league team to lose an awesome pitcher JE. Now he isn't part of the Braves anymore.. Freddie is already a millionaire many, many, many times overs.... Is a few extra dollars gonna hurt him? No!

To be fair Freeman took so long that that most teams just moved on from him and he had very few options

@@matthewcollins8602 5 days post lockout is too long? And not checking with his camp or notifying Freeman that they were going to go with Olson….

What kept the Braves from offering him a 6th year on his contract? The Dodgers constructed the contract with deferred money which will keep him wealthy until 2040.

@@MIKELIN8 he's taking less per year and paying higher taxes in Cali. I think his agent screwed him

@@mattculb6990 he had a month or more after the season started to sign

Therefore, he was warned what could happen

Great Point.

I heard Chipper make that comment and thought, OK Freddie, you may have just hurt yourself for dragging your feet and testing free agency. California will take more out in taxes than you think but business is business

This story is straight out of the John Schuerholz manual for assembling and maintaining a Championship caliber MLB team! Welcome to the ATL, Matt Olson!! ⚾️ ✌️

@@jackthetabbybro whatever the hell that nonsense means., smdh 🤡

That’s how I feel I will always, always love Freddie, but his agent tried to play hard ball and he lost

His agent fucked him over. He still wanted to be a Brave. He got blindsided by the trade after his agent gave the Braves a hour ultimatum to sign. When he done that, the Braves said fuck that. They withdrew their offer and pivoted to get a star in Olson. Freddie, if involved would not have let that happen. There's several articles on it already.

And they replaced him with a much younger, better defensive, and more powerful first baseman. By the point Freeman finally signed with the Dodgers other teams had already passed on him. There's a good reason nobody wanted to give him a sixth year and he needed it. He's unquestionably on the downside of his career right now.

Yup! The simple fact is his agents fucked him, not the Braves

@Anthony De Los Santos They offered him a contract last spring training but he didn’t want the years they were gonna give him. He wanted 6 years, the Braves wouldn’t go past 5. At that point he shouldn’t have trusted his agents to use the Braves to try and get him more $$$.

@Anthony De Los Santos well when we keep meeting in the playoffs 3 times in the last four years and we’re both World Series favorites..and when the Mets and Phillies keep choking division leads can you really call them rivals?

@Anthony De Los Santos As much as you want to deny it you guys are very much are rivals and we will be seeing you guys again in October.

@Anthony De Los Santos not claiming to be rivals. I'd never pull for a Yankee or astro either. Just hate your team.

@Anthony De Los Santos as a Braves fan I agreed main rival is the whole NL East

I dont think Dodger nation needs or wants your support.

They couldn’t afford to keep him they were low balling him

@@medfilmedit he's getting paid less to play in LA than he would've to play in Atlanta or Tampa, that's a fact not an opinion lol

@@medfilmedit Atlanta offered more per year. They just didnt want to do the 6 years up front. It was 5 years with an option for the 6th. He took the money to go home. This was on Freddie and his camp. The Braves did this exactly the right way. They were up front with Freddie and then when his agent tried to play games, the Braves moved on. They would have been crazy to wait for him, because they could have lost out on Olson. Then if Freddie signs with LA anyway, then the Braves have a massive hole at 1B.

Lol @ "smart".

A player like freddie you para the man he was the face of the braves but thanks no he is in Dodger blue

Called his bluff the didgers offered him almost 20 mil more. He would have let ATL match they didn't want too. Stop trying to villify a man for getting paid. Chipper is basically a part of the Bravea marketing department at this point his opinion means nothing. He'd have the same reaction if the Braves had offered Freddie 25 bucks for the season he's more of a shill then the fans.

@@Bigstevo101 who’s vilifying ? I still like Freeman . Remember these are baseball players - not your buddies . I don’t care if someone wants to get paid. Also with the lux tax and deferred portions his money in the pocket is identical to ATL’s offer . Freeman thought he was worth more and bluffed. ATL called that bluff

@@531ff There's 3 things wrong with that view point. He's still getting that deferred money so he's still making 20 mil more now he just has guaranteed multi million dollar payments till 2040. The arguing point for a good chunk of the negotiation was a 6th year which he got. It also emplies the LA offer didn't drop at all once ATL opted out which is highly unlikely. LA likely offered more when they thought ATL had a real chance to bring him in. If he brought a hardline 175 mil number and a 1 hour timeline to the table he probably had that same contract offered by the Dodgers and wanted to give ATL a final chance to match. It's good negotiation especially if he wanted to stay give them one more shot, he was showing some loyalty by giving them final say. If they choose to then add a guy within that window and not tell him their leaning that direction thus sabotaging his negotiation with LA thats not a great look by the organization letting a guy walk is one thing completing a trade during a negotiation window with said player that yanks his value to other clubs is another entirely. Let's be honest its a 6 player package the paperwork and players alone would have already had to be pretty nuch agreed to in principle by ATL/OAK. They could have told him at that price they are gonna go another direction andgiven him time to sign his LA deal first. Theres no way this Olsen trade materialized in 30 mins they had it ready in case Freddie signed elsewhere and then Freddie made the mistake of offering them the ability to match and they went fine will trade now and tank your market that's not operating in good faith. Maybe if their honest with him he signs with the Dodgers before the Olsen thing is even finalized. No way to know how much the offer dropped when he got blindsided, at the end of the dah it's just business for both him and LA so the offer changed when other offers don't exist. Both the Braves and Freeman behaved how one would expect in a negotiation, other than not telling Freeman they're looking another direction onve he gives them a chance to match. I think that's where you see this anger and distaste for AA coming from and its understandabke he took money out of Freddies pocket then spun it on him in a press conference and worse yet Freddies so called friend who happens to be an organization member Chipper also publicly came out and spun it as Freddie playing too much hardball. To break it down as I called his bluff and he didn't make the money because it's deferred is silly backpedaling trying to spin the narrative that his camp did something wrong by getting almost exactly what they asked for they got 20 mil more dollars and the sixth year plus the financial stability of deferred payments. No reasonable person would call the Braves offer comparable. Also this shows any player that works in the Braves org you either offer a team discount or the organization will have everyone even rhe former players you trusted come out to tell everyone you weren't being reasonable. That doesn't exactly invite interest in being there. If you fire me or move on fine but having random people associated with the organization publicly stating its my fault because people that want to be there would be is just tacky and Chipper is trash for ever doing it.

I think it is a bad trade. The money is about the same. You do get a couple of more years with Olson but you gave up 3 top prospects so you gutted your farm system. Freddie is a .300 hitter for almost his entire career and he started hitting .300 in his 3rd year. HOF's hit .300. Olson will be 36 at the end of his contract and Freddie would have been 38. Braves also gave up the heart and soul of the team and now every player knows that the front office doesn't give a crap about them Never kill your soul.

After all this time with Atlanta he got a ring with them and also got the last solo shot of the World Series with them. He did them right

@@Gnofg farm system is fine

@@redfordreddington8834 we gave up 2.3 and 8. and paid almost the same money for Olson.

@@Gnofg they gave Freeman a solid offer and his agent played him. Braves had to move on.

162 > 140

As a Braves fan, I'm sad and hurt to see Freddie leave, but I agree with Rene's analysis on this. It's not a simple 162 > 140. There are a lot of other consideration that go into what Freddie will ultimately make. I get a feeling, however, that the money was only really part of the story here. At the Dodger's press conference, I didn't get the sense that Freddie was too comfortable with the questions presented. Freddie, himself, admitted that he wanted to stay in Atlanta. Overall, Freddie is a great player and the Dodgers are a great organization, so perhaps, this is a match made in heaven. Though, many of us in Braves country really saw Freddie as a life-long Brave, much the same as Chipper and Hank. I really do wish Freddie the best with LA, no doubt LA has a pretty potent lineup (even without Freeman). He will be missed dearly in the ATL, but the Braves did the right thing by moving on when they could.

Thanks for being level headed about this lol. You’ll have fun with Freddie. Great player and better club house guy and leader.

Excellent points, Rene

@@chickenfkeryay This is a gross oversimplification to the point of being entirely incorrect.

No one would have blamed him if he straight up rejected the offer and said, "I am leaving" instead of counter offering the 6 year deal with the braves. Why hit around the bush when you know the answer? He wanted AA to pay him for his ego. Entitlement.

@DJ Freeman - I think what you're saying is partly true. His IG post in November definitely made it look like he was leaving. I truly believe FF was confused. He wanted to be Atlanta, but was offended by what he called "low offers", which in the end were the best offers he got. I think FF had the opposite of buyers remorse. He regrets his decision and wished he could go back and accept the 135/5 and never even entered free agency (since the 140/5 was only offered in March.)

That happens more often than you'd think. The agent promises the player the moon and stars, and he gets let down. I bet that Conforto will sign for less than the NY Mets offered him. He (or his agent) thought he was going to get a huge longterm contract coming off a miserable season.

I don’t understand, why did the braves have to do this, and how do you know they made the best move? Can you tell the future? If so, I need help with some stocks…

Agree 100%, if Freeman didn’t get greedy he would be with the Braves still

@@gstlb i mean Olson is a beast and 4 years younger. It's his hometown and he's a great dude too. I think it's the better move and locking him up for 8 years is awesome

@@gstlb Time was running out to sign free agents. If they waited any longer someone else could have traded for Olson who had a hot market, and then Freeman still could've left anyways. As far as their future, historically big hulking first baseman do not age very gracefully. Freddie is a complete hitter so I think he'll age well but I do think his best years are behind him. Matt Olson is just now entering his prime and is comparable to Freddie. In the long run. The Olson deal will most likely be the better move. Freddie will start to trend downwards with the dodgers in the next few years.

Freeman said the didn't try to extend him last year. He had planned on coming back. He said the only called him twice this off-season. I think AA didn't give a rip if he signed or not. You only call him twice ? You take him to dinner and let him know how much you want him back ( if you really do ) and do whatever else you can to sign him. I hope Freddie hits .350 for the next 6 years for the Dodgers !!

Exactly if Freddie wanted to be a Brave he would no ifs or buts.

I agree.

@@barrygoodson4952 Very good 👍🏼. So you are one of the few that really paid attention to the whole interview and what has been going on besides all the BS

Kris Bryant...

Hahahahahaha

Bro me too

Right? With the way the world is now I expected there to be no season. Our politicians can learn something from baseball

It was so sudden

@@rick2020 EXACTLY

Exactly. AA job is to be the GM not armchair GM. What he does actually matters. He couldn’t just wait until Freddie made his choice and risk losing both.

Alex saw the writing on the wall, that Freeman was moving on, or at least not willing to accept the 5 year contract. Props to Alex for that, we are just as good or better because of it.

Like a one year deal for Albert pujlos if he didn't trade for Olson

Boy he did want to leave we gave him a better deal when it comes to money. In Atlanta and he said Fuck us I want what I want. And when to the Enemy. That’s kool if u not with us u against us. FUCK HIM!!!! See u in October!

@@paulbunion5836 I don't think Steve Cohen is going to let anyone in the NL East see October but him for years...

Did the narrator not say that Freeman is from California? And Freeman could be viewing the grim reality that baseball, especially MLB, is a cold, big business, and suspecting drama from the Braves' front office. I hope he doesn't find it the same way with the Dodgers. But I suspect he will.

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Freeman didn't want to come back. If he did, he would've been a Brave. He just doesn't have the balls to say he wanted out because he wants to play for the Dodgers. Now he's acting butt-hurt, when in reality he put himself in this situation. I've lost a lot, if not all, respect for Freeman. I'm glad he's gone, and he's been replaced by a better player.

Braves actually offered 175 million for 6 years OR 135 million for 5...told him he had an hour to decide. Freeman's agent told him he to wait it out bc he was certain Braves would make another offer for more money...however, around 30 minutes after Freeman's offer ended, AA signed Olson, and Freeman was left scratching his head, so he decided LA was his next best choice. Hilariously, he is making waaay less money in LA (taxes included). Should've taken Chip's advice

@@greencat1849 finally some person who understands and i love freddie i was pissed at him first but i realize it not even his fault it is his agents and his wife wanting to leave but mainly agents

@Zack Willson His wife is from Atl, and she said she wanted to stay...but yeah, I'm looking forward to Olson, but still heartbroken

Source please???

@@brianduzick9140 SBNation by Kris Willis...he wrote the article about it, but Buster Olney (ESPN insider) reported it

I think the Braves will have Ozuna walking on eggshells and watching every move he makes. Not taking up for the guy but he was a little bloodied when the police got there. He says his wife started it and something must have come up for him to get off as light as he did.

made me laugh

just becuz hes black doesnt mean he beat his wife

@@alivensyde5484 He was arrested. Actually ARRESTED and suspended for the remainder of the 2021 season. Race had NOTHING to do with it.

You don’t want to negotiate with the reigning MVP if they still have time left on their deal. Its a low leverage situation

And in a few years you'll be happy the Braves aren't stuck with him under contract.

@@matthewcollins8602 and I am ok with that. I think that we have a really great Guy to take his place. Olson is the best one out there. It's a good thing that we have him. It is just going to take some time to get used to. We have a great team and probably the best one that we have had in a long time.

@@lazycat3562 exactly and I actually wanted Olson over Freeman for the Braves. Olson was the preferred choice over Freeman by the Yankees and others as well. Freeman is very overhyped and overrated honestly.

Same. Although disappointed how he handled it.

@@matthewcollins8602 overrated? 💀💀💀 who have you’ve been watching for the past decade

Yeah he got so obsessed with the 6th year, that they he couldn't actually see what a great it was. Ironically he probably would have gotten an extension (even another 2 years as a legacy contract). He also felt offended that they didn't court him the way the Dodgers did, which makes no sense b/c why would ATL court him if they think they already have him. I think FF knows he screwed up and is also so gutted and regretful that right now it's just easier to blame the Braves than himself. With time, he'll admit he didn't handle it right.

@@holly_wood26 The thing that struck me was that Freddie was not moving an inch on his offer. If he truly wanted to stay, he would’ve negotiated like Chipper did.

Perfectly said

I would say perfectly said as well but I think your analysis overlooks the main culprit in all of this:Freddie's self-serving agent. Indeed if we're to believe what Chipper Jones has revealed about his conversations with Freddie the guy very much wanted to stay in Atlanta.And as the video suggests Freddie literally had every incentive to want to stay in Atlanta,while going to LA made little sense notwithstanding Freddie being closer to home. Freddie got played.

@@kevinscott59 The analysis hinted at the agent being at fault, as did Chipper. It's clear the agent gave him bad advice, and Freddie and his family are going to be paying for it as they enjoy the high tax state of California.

@@normanwhite6677 My apologies then.

@@kevinscott59Freddie Played himself. Chipper warned him he was playing a dangerous game by dragging his butt on signing a deal. It's completely on him. I got mad respect for FF, but you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.

He actually gets an extra year in LA. If the Braves offered Freddie the same deal as he was given in LA, he would still be a Brave. The Braves were only willing to give him a five year deal. Freddie wanted a six year deal. So yes, Freddie makes slightly less than a million less a year in LA. However, let's do some quick math. For simplicity's sake, let's just say he makes exactly $1 million less in LA. Take that and multiply it by five (the length of the deal Atlanta was offering) and you get $5 million. LA is giving him like $26 million in the sixth year. Subtract the $5 million and it comes out to $21 million dollars. He is making more with this deal. AA is a disingenuous jackass, but he is a successful disingenuous jackass. Those were 100% crocodile tears to pander to fans. My bet is he started to look into the sun to make his eyes water. Actions speak louder than a performance given in an interview. If AA was really that broken up about moving on, you would think he would have CALLED Freddie before the trade was announced. Freddie answered that question about AA's "crying" the most classy way possible. He could've said, "Yeah, I guess he got the sun in his eyes right then. Well played, Alex." Instead he just said the simple fact that he saw them and let you decide if he feels they were genuine or not.

He’s better off, dodger fans will appreciate him more. Do you wanna do the Dodgers because they were hurt.

@@brianeleighton long posts are always from unsophisticated idiots. Keep it simple, dude

@@cantrell0817 For the record, I wasn't rude to you. People like you are the reason the internet sucks.

@@frankflores8449 they’ll dump on him the first extended slump or the first early playoff exit.

Ahhh yes his own take where he is the only one who actually knows what happened is wrong. I love when fans know exactly what players are thinking and why they did what they did. Nobody truly knows what happened during the off-season and blaming everything on Freddie is childish and immature. Braves fans have shown their true colors by totally putting blame on the wrong guy.

He only received 2 phone calls. 2! Atl & LA . HE CHOSE MORE MONEY.

@@christiancruz4533 He didn't receive more money from LA. The actual value of both contracts is the same because almost 50 million dollars of it is deferred through 2040. That means that the overall true "value" of the deal is worth substantially less than 172 million.

​@@seanmanes2874 Ahhh yes, I love it when people, such as yourself, choose to ignore facts as they are publicly known and have been confirmed by multiple sources. Ahhh yes, I love it when people, such as yourself, blindly take the side of a player no matter the situation, rather than looking at each situation independently and using facts and logic to discern what happened. His own introductory press conference with LA only reinforced what was reported. Did you see the press conference? I did. Freddie behaved uncharacteristically and said some things out of character during that conference. Why? Because he was embarrassed at how his representatives botched the entire negotiation process and his feelings were hurt. And I'm not blaming Freddie. Your words, not mine. I simply stated facts that you find inconvenient, so you use the elusive "no one knows what he thinks!" defense for a straw man's argument. You don't care about facts? Fine. Your call. Again, for review---Freddie knew in Spring Training 2021 what the deal was---he had the deal then. He refused. The Braves upped the dollar amount at All-Star Break, he refused again, even though the dollar value was much closer to what Freddie said he wanted. Only this time, Freddie added a 6th year which wasn't part of his original ask. Freddie kept moving the finish line. The Braves again offered more money, though not more years, and in response, his agent gave the Braves 2 completely different deals and gave them an ultimatum---you have 1 hour to accept one of these proposals. Now, do these tactics at all, the facts known at hand, contradict anything I said in my original post? The Braves had a 5-year limit, right or wrong, and a dollar amount figure in mind. Freddie knew all of this a full year in advance. And....he kept moving the endzone back. He played the game and got burned. Could ATL have offered more money? More years? Sure. I wish they would have because I wish he was still in ATL. It made me sick to my stomach to see him take an at-bat the other day in a Dodger uniform during Spring Training. But....it was never going to happen and here we are. And don't accuse others for being childish and immature simply because you disagree with them. It's childish and immature, is it not? And, you don't know me, bud. And enough of the condescending bs about "Braves fans showing their true colors." Everyone's feelings are hurt---Freddie's and the fans. The day he signed with LA will always hurt, for me, as much as when Dale Murphy was traded, when David Justice was traded, when Tom Glavine signed with Mets, and when Smoltzie signed with the Red Sox. I will never forget any of that, and I will never forget this. If you respond to this post, that's fine with me because I'm not going to respond. I've said my piece and I'm extremely comfortable in my position as a lifelong Braves fan who has been a fan since the early 80s when like 17 people attended each game. They were perennial losers of 100 or more games back then and I was a fan and attended games. If that doesn't make me a loyal Braves fan who loves the players then I've got nothing else for ya.

@@prowlprime bro it ain’t that deep. You don’t need to respond but I know you will look at this comment. You literally said you hate the dodgers. That’s a childish statement. You are just an in denial boomer. I’ll be thinking about you when Freddie bleeds blue hitting tanks against your team. Bye bye

Exactly and came out better for it

Yep, and he was probably not gonna re-sign and go to those blue beanbags.

The agent totally overestimated Freeman's market value and leverage.

If this is true, then oof 😭

@@greencat1849 Ik everyone that sees this will be skeptical. And you don’t have to believe me. But just know I am telling the truth.

@Hudson Saccone I'll take your word for it...just makes this more heartbreaking tho 😭

@@greencat1849 seriously I was devastated when I heard that. He better fire his agent

Fake news😂

Lol

@Canes Heidi This is just not true. Braves offered him 125/5 in March 2021 and then upped it to 135/5 at the All Star Break and then upped it again to 140/5 after the lockout. They wanted him, but he wanted the Braves to chase him more. He was caught in his feelings and felt like he was worth more than 30 million a year. He gambled and loss. The Dodgers will no doubt move on from him in 3 years, something the Braves never would have done. His contract due to deferrals is only worth a present day value of 142/6 years, which equates to 23 1/2 million a year. Him saying "I didn't know what was going on" is a lie. He knew what was going on and what the offers were, he just didn't like them and didn't like that they didn't negotiate more. Also why would the Braves tell them they're moving on? He game them an ultimatum of 2 high prices. He's a free agent and at that point they don't need to tell him. And anyways, Chipper warned him that they'd move on and he didn't want to listen. I am still so sad about losing Freddie, but this one is on him, not the Braves.

Agree

As the Dodgers fans love and appreciate this ballplayer. 💙 He is where he is for a reason.

you can simplify any sport the way you just did

Absolutely! Thank you. People over all tore up.

dang another soccer fan

@@GiraffeOnYT Is Ro Ro wrong though?

@@jordanashford7521 yea

thats some petty cheap shit, a baseball team teiling its star player to take less cuz u willl save in state taxes if u go elsewhere, Pay the man what others are wiling to pay

@@alivensyde5484 You're a mor0n for two reasons. 1) The Braves were the high dollar offer, just less years. 2) If you can bring home more money after taxes by taking a lower offer in Atlanta then you do it. Freddie would have taken home more with a 5 year deal in Atlanta than he will his 6 year deal in L.A.. He could have played a 6th year for free and brought home more than with his L.A. contract. The bottom line is that Freddies agent overplayed his hand and screwed Freddie out of money and his wish to play in Atlanta by being greedy plus offering a one hour ultimatum.

I thought about that also. I will say however that Freeman's best seasons statistically would be Albert Pujols worst seasons. I can't really blame the Braves for letting him go instead of locking him for six years in mid 30's here. He was replaced by a better defensive first baseman with more power just entering his prime.

No, when the angels trade it for Albert all his Numbers had been falling for 3 to 4 years already. Freddy still going strong. The Angels made a mistake by not noticing that and paying him all that money for 10 years. Lol

@@matthewcollins8602 I don’t blame the move I just don’t like the way they did it. After everything he’s done he did I show him the respect you deserve and should have a sit down with him or at least a phone call and told him they were going a different direction. Everyone doesn’t think about olson What’s playing in a match with the division than Freeman. Check the records and check for Teams.

@@frankflores8449 the Angels didn't trade for Pujols. He was a free agent and his numbers were still great which is one reason why the Cardinals won a championship that 2011 season.

@@matthewcollins8602 What are you talking about lol Angel won the World Series in 2002

Chop On, losing those prospects, lol. You know they’re gonna be good, because Oakland got them!

Yep, Braves offered 175 million for 6 years OR 135 million for 5...told him he had an hour to decide. Freeman's agent told him he to wait it out bc he was certain Braves would make another offer for more money...however, around 30 minutes after Freeman's offer ended, AA signed Olson, and Freeman was left scratching his head, so he decided LA was his next best choice. Hilariously, he is making waaay less money in LA (taxes included). Should've taken Chip's advice

His agent blind sided him and should be fired. That's the person Freeman should be upset with.

Nobody offered freeman 175/6. Where did you get that info from?

@@jerrygomez3825 SBNation by Kris Willis...he wrote the article about it, but Buster Olney (ESPN insider) reported it

@Jerry Gomez The article is called like, "details emerge in Braves FA negotiations with Freddie" by Kris Willis. Just take your time and research it yourself, if I could post the link here I would, but yt takes it down

Nah

@@harrisoncheatwood4137 go away

Screw Freddie.

Lol...No, no he won't...

I love CP but that's the dumbest thing any human has ever said and I now worry the man has concussion issues. It's a job so by definition it's about money

@@Bigstevo101 nah. Life isn’t all about money, bro

@@brittholloway3935 Yeah but your job is people who have an emotional connection to their job are weird like it's just money to see it another way is weird

Hes only 32

@@frankflores8449 and entering his mid 30's 🤦‍♂️😂

@@matthewcollins8602 if other high caliber players are to go by he’d just spend his last two years as a DH most likely. Either way a good catch by the dodgers.

@@julianmorales-silva160 think guy! If he's declining to the point of not being able to play everyday in the field then he's not going to be great at the plate either obviously 🙄 He'll be worse than an Albert Pujols or an actual elite player would be. Freeman already doesn't produce stats or is good at anything that would be considered exceptional or Hall of Fame worthy. The Dodgers literally locked up a player on the downside of his career long-term. That's incredibly stupid and the opposite of what an organization should do. There's a reason the other teams refused him the sixth year. The Dodgers were the only option he had left except Tampa supposedly. The other teams moved on.

@Canes Heidi actually I do know that and so does everyone else in the game. No baseball player going into their mid 30's improves or maintains performance. Tom Brady is a quarterback playing football. Those are two totally different things. There's a reason major league teams don't kill themselves trying to lock up old players to long term contracts. Look at Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera who were far better players than Freeman ever was and how their performance fell off.

You said! Ironically signing with the Braves at 140/5 would have given him the most money. Dodgers contract b/c of deferrals is only worth 142/6 at present day value which is 23.6 million a year and then you factor in the higher taxes it's even worse.

Freddie's people gave AA an ultimatum sign him in the next hour or else... rumor is that is when they traded for olson.

@@Fater4511 Interesting, wonder if we'll ever know the truth

I don't think he cares. Lol!

Boo hoo. Freddie doesn’t even know who you are! He doesn’t need your respect 😂

Because he negotiated for the most possible money. You're so full of crap the reported offers are 20 million dollars apart if your telling me loyalty to a job that is actively pursuing your replacement is worth more than 20 mil you're one of two things a terrible liar or too stupid to be allowed to share your thoughts. They showed zero loyalty to him he owes them less than nothing he's given them discounts before and for what.

Well, if he didn't want to get rejected, then maybe he shouldn't have been dragging his feet trying to get extra dollars. Atlanta couldn't just sit and do nothing and hope he'd come back. When Freeman just sat and fucked around, they went and got Olsen. Let's not act Atlanta acted in bad faith here

@@southsider3542 lol the dodgers let Kersh do his thing and didn’t rush him and let him choose and do what was best for himself and his family and guess what? He came back to the team. If a players are as valued as the ownership claims they will have no issue and let the player decide what’s best for themselves because the ownership respects the players decision and will work with them. It sounds like atlanta didn’t have any qualms about letting Freddie go.

@@saulclemente2560 They shouldn't have any qualms about letting him go because they got a younger, better first baseman

@@saulclemente2560 Reports were he was willing to settle with the Braves' offer but his agent was pushing for more money. Apparently before all this happened Chipper had told Freddie "If you want to be a Brave, be a Brave. If you want to go into free agency, don't expect to be coming back to Atlanta." At the end of the day an offer was made, and it would've secured him a few more years, after that deals can be extended and modified for longer terms, and its to my understanding that's likely what the Braves would have done. It's what they did with Chipper. So why wouldn't it be the same for the "Face of the Team?" At the end of the day there was a disconnect between the player, the agency, and the front office. And with a shortened spring training due to a lockout, and an uncertainty on who will be 1B, it's no surprise Alex made a move with the Athletics. After all is said and done Atlanta ends up getting a first baseman that has potential to be just as good if not better than Freddie, they get him for longer than if they took Freddie's Agent's offer, and at the end of the 8 years they get a player who would still be 2 years younger than Freddie would've been at the end of his Agent's deal. Its a better long term move especially if Atlanta wants another WS win in the near future, good potential for a back to back win, great potential for a back to back NLCS win, and a guaranteed spot in the post-season.

@@saulclemente2560 that situation is not even comparable I’m the slightest, kershaw is 1 pitcher of 5 on a starting rotation Freddie was 1 of 1 first basemen for the braves, what if Atlanta played into Freddie’s hand and still signed with the dodgers then braves are left without a first basemen. Atlanta wasn’t the only team eying Olson and Olson wasn’t going to going to hang around before being traded

You should be because he had played himself out of options by the time he signed

Same here I’m not surprised I think he was squeezing the braves to get more from LA

That's like being a Mets/Yankees fan.

@@samborgensjr6456 OF Corse The L.A Angels Are #1 For Me

as a Mets fan you should be hoping DeGrom’s arm doesn’t fall off this season.

I agree.

Yeah that’s the only thing that annoys me. Like bro you wanna play for the Dodgers? Go for it but don’t act like the Braves stabbed you in the back when your camp was being indecisive. What did he want the Braves to do? Wait till someone else jumped on Olson, so the Braves would be just standing with their dick in their hands?

@@Longlivedolphnigga that’s exactly what he wanted… But it backfired & now he has the nerve to feel a way about it

He accepted less money per year to play for LA

Both.

@@Imperious123 absolutely

@@bretrogersweightlifting4008 I lost a lot of respect for him. I moved on from him after the Braves signed Olson long term. I hope we face the Dodgers in the postseason and Kenley strikes him out to end the series. That would be hilarious.

@@Imperious123 i feel that. It’s unreal how quick I went from “I’m fine with whatever he does he’s a good man” to “this guy salty as hell and lying to our faces and playing the victim, damn this man”

U r absolutely correct

Same amount of World Series for both teams. Atleast ours was in a full season. And you can’t say anything about the tired dodgers team. We didn’t have Acuna for the entire playoff and didn’t have Soler( the WS MVP) for the NLCS

Funny you mention Kenley because now they’re with their former teams

@@brevinbarnes1325 The Braves have three the Dodgers have seven

@@frankflores8449 i mean in this century under these regimes my dude.

If your a real Phillies fan then your favorite player wouldn’t be a former division rival. Is dak Prescott your favorite football player?

That’s not how you spell Freeman this is how you spell Freeman topo it is like this Freddie

Finally someone with some sense.

Yeah he's so fake. It's obvious

Y’all are just attacking this dude for no goddamn reason, the last decade of him working his ass off and winning you a chip apparently means nothing… figures

@@liams.4529 Bro... he had plenty of chances to resign and his agency oversold him and gave the braves an ultimatum and only 1 hour to respond so AA called his bluff and we have gotten better

@@liams.4529 calling a spade a spade is all.

Your welcome I guess...

For what? The Dodgers will choke in the postseason as usual anyway.

@@LittleBenjaminNeocon183 Maybe last year barely? Year before last when Belli hit that go ahead HR against us to win the NLCS. As soon as that ball left his bat I felt like I had been kicked in the stomach by a horse!! I'm a die hard Brave but getting past yall ain't no joke! My hairline recedes when we meet in the playoffs. Your lineup isn't even fair this year. Hopefully we'll see you in October!

Thank you for Jansen as well ig...

Same here in St. Louis with Pujols.

I dont think so. Go Dodgers !!!

But he still got 160 mil and 6 the years he wanted with deferrals that will keep paying him till 2040. He got more money and even more security than he asked for through those deferrals. He negotiated the way he should have yeah he wanted to be a brave but he owes it too himself to realize it's a job and money is all that matters at work. If the Braves had matched the offer he would be a brave too but no one has presented that take. He wanted 6 years 175 braves said 5 for 140. Dodgers said 6 for 160. So 20 mil more and an extra year on the job in any situation your obviously taking the second deal. Why villify the man for making the most obvious choice in human history. Braves fans are weird for buying into the weird Braves cult of you should wnat to make less to work for us and Chipper is really questionable for trying to use the media to question people who don't take pay cuts to work for his employer.

How can you say that? They offered the same amount as he eventually signed for. He wanted to hold them up. Overestimated his market value and got disappointed.

@@GeraldM_inNC he didn’t overestimate his value lol multiple teams wanted him and the dodgers didn’t offer the most. Braves literally traded guys to even get Olson and still paid him before he played a game for them. Freeman was their Chippers, Jeter, Larkin, etc. They closed the door on Freddie

Freddie always wanted to go home he didn't wanna stay in the ATL

whos fans beat fans of other teams almost to death in the stadium parking lot after games. braves fans sending threats thats rich considering la's sports history.

@@GeraldM_inNC so Braves traded for his replacement and he should have re-signed?

Braves actually offered 168 million for 6 years OR 135 million for 5...told him he had an hour to decide. Freeman's agent told him he to wait it out bc he was certain Braves would make another offer for more money...however, around 30 minutes after Freeman's offer ended, AA signed Olson, and Freeman was left scratching his head, so he decided LA was his next best choice. Hilariously, he is making waaay less money in LA (taxes included). Should've taken Chip's advice

Fr, I was hoping he was going to Rays (diehard Braves fan, but my AL team is Rays)

Freddy freeman knows the Dodgers are gonna win the braves this year. They r cheap.

Nope, no love no more. Turn your back like that you’re an enemy forever.

He had every chance in the world to sign with the Braves. HE chose not to. Chipper told his whiny ass how to handle it but he refused to listen. Bye Freddie!

So you wanted the Braves to sign a 32 year old for 25 million more than the Dodgers signed him for? Please explain how that makes any sense? His true colors are showing now. Spoiled little rich boy is all he is now.

@@Trey_Alexander Exactly

I actually can and do blame Freddie and have zero sympathy for him being upset. A punch in the gut would have been a 2 or 3 year deal, or something with a really low AAV. The deal he declined from Atlanta is not that, at all. The Braves didn't offer him a crap deal hoping he'd sign for a "hometown discount." Instead, it appears Freddie wanted the Braves' front office to give him a "hometown payday" that wouldn't make sense for their team. If he wanted to be a Brave for life, he would have signed there.

@@bootygrease2796 Yeah you right ..... They could've offered him a CRAP deal like the one they got all star second baseman Ozzie Albies to sign...SMH