{"id":140261,"date":"2026-05-26T21:15:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/the-athletic-reveals-first-baseman-braves-pursued-as-freddie-freeman-pivoted-to-dodgers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:15:59","slug":"the-athletic-reveals-first-baseman-braves-pursued-as-freddie-freeman-pivoted-to-dodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/the-athletic-reveals-first-baseman-braves-pursued-as-freddie-freeman-pivoted-to-dodgers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Athletic reveals first baseman Braves pursued as Freddie Freeman pivoted to Dodgers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div q:key=\"QW_9\" wp_automatic_readability=\"88.6972677596\"><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=5i q:key=vcaa:\n\n<p>In just a few short years, Freddie Freeman has established himself as <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersway.com\/freddie-freeman-had-humble-response-to-possibility-of-remaining-with-dodgers-to-age-40\">one of the best<\/a> Los Angeles Dodgers in recent memory. Four All-Star nods, two rings, and a World Series MVP trophy will earn you that kind of legacy.<\/p>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=5j q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5k\">In just a few short years, Freddie Freeman has established himself as <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersway.com\/freddie-freeman-had-humble-response-to-possibility-of-remaining-with-dodgers-to-age-40\">one of the best<\/a> Los Angeles Dodgers in recent memory. Four All-Star nods, two rings, and a World Series MVP trophy will earn you that kind of legacy.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=5l q:key=vcaa:\n\n<p>It&#39;s something of a miracle that he&#39;s become so synonymous with this era of the LA&#39;s success, seeing as he was a Braves legend prior to his free agency tour in 2022. Across 12 seasons in Atlanta, he won his first championship and his lone MVP, and it seemed impossible that he&#39;d leave his home after so much success... until he did.<\/p>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=5m q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">It&#8217;s something of a miracle that he&#8217;s become so synonymous with this era of the LA&#8217;s success, seeing as he was a Braves legend prior to his free agency tour in 2022. Across 12 seasons in Atlanta, he won his first championship and his lone MVP, and it seemed impossible that he&#8217;d leave his home after so much success&#8230; until he did.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=5o q:key=vcaa:\n\n<p>The Braves, of course, pivoted to Matt Olson once the Dodgers signed Freeman, and that&#39;s about as good of a consolation prize as you could ask for. His 23.1 WAR since 2022 actually outpaces Freeman&#39;s total (21.4) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danschlossberg\/2026\/04\/15\/matt-olson-chases-records-for-consecutive-games-played\/\" target=\"_blank\">he literally hasn&#39;t missed a game<\/a> in a half-decade.<\/p>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=5p q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5q\">The Braves, of course, pivoted to Matt Olson once the Dodgers signed Freeman, and that&#8217;s about as good of a consolation prize as you could ask for. His 23.1 WAR since 2022 actually outpaces Freeman&#8217;s total (21.4) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danschlossberg\/2026\/04\/15\/matt-olson-chases-records-for-consecutive-games-played\/\" target=\"_blank\">he literally hasn&#8217;t missed a game<\/a> in a half-decade.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=5r q:key=vcaa:\n\n<p>However, it turns out that Olson wasn&#39;t actually the Braves&#39; immediate plan to replace a franchise icon. Instead, that honor went to Anthony Rizzo.<\/p>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=5s q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5t\">However, it turns out that Olson wasn&#8217;t actually the Braves&#8217; immediate plan to replace a franchise icon. Instead, that honor went to Anthony Rizzo.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=5u q:key=vcaa:\n\n<h2>Braves made the right call in replacing Freddie Freeman, though the Dodgers are still clear winners<\/h2>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=5v q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5w\">Braves made the right call in replacing Freddie Freeman, though the Dodgers are still clear winners<\/h2>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=5x q:key=vcaa:\n\n<p>Leading up to that 2021-22 offseason, the Braves had just won the World Series, the Dodgers&#39; streak of eight consecutive NL West titles was snapped (despite 106 regular-season wings), and Rizzo had been traded as part of the Chicago Cubs&#39; fire sale at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=5y q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5z\">Leading up to that 2021-22 offseason, the Braves had just won the World Series, the Dodgers&#8217; streak of eight consecutive NL West titles was snapped (despite 106 regular-season wings), and Rizzo had been traded as part of the Chicago Cubs&#8217; fire sale at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=60 q:key=vcaa:\n\n<p>That was already a lot to balance, but then the league went into a four-month shutdown during a CBA-related lockout. Once the work stoppage finally ended, teams and players worked furiously to sign deals before a truncated spring training began.<\/p>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=61 q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"62\">That was already a lot to balance, but then the league went into a four-month shutdown during a CBA-related lockout. Once the work stoppage finally ended, teams and players worked furiously to sign deals before a truncated spring training began.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=63 q:key=vcaa:\n\n<p>The Dodgers <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersway.com\/2022\/03\/17\/dodgers-freddie-freeman-contract-details-free-agency\/\">benefitted from the chaos<\/a> by landing Freeman on an eminently reasonable six-year, $162 million deal, a result of the Braves and Yankees both bowing out of his market. Though both parties ended up with Olson and Rizzo, respectively, Ken Rosenthal of <em>The Athletic<\/em> shone some additional light on the process in a recent article.<\/p>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=64 q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">The Dodgers <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersway.com\/2022\/03\/17\/dodgers-freddie-freeman-contract-details-free-agency\/\">benefitted from the chaos<\/a> by landing Freeman on an eminently reasonable six-year, $162 million deal, a result of the Braves and Yankees both bowing out of his market. Though both parties ended up with Olson and Rizzo, respectively, Ken Rosenthal of <em>The Athletic<\/em> shone some additional light on the process in a recent article.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=66 q:key=vcaa:\n\n<p>Once the Dodgers raised their bid to an uncomfortable level, Atlanta apparently approached Rizzo about a short-term contract to take over at first base. Rosenthal reported that &#34;the parties did not get close to a deal,&#34; primarily because the Braves wouldn&#39;t give Rizzo the opt-out he desperately craved, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7280690\/2026\/05\/15\/freddie-freeman-matt-olson-braves-dodgers-mlb-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\">it&#39;s clear that he was their initial backup plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=67 q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">Once the Dodgers raised their bid to an uncomfortable level, Atlanta apparently approached Rizzo about a short-term contract to take over at first base. Rosenthal reported that &#8220;the parties did not get close to a deal,&#8221; primarily because the Braves wouldn&#8217;t give Rizzo the opt-out he desperately craved, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7280690\/2026\/05\/15\/freddie-freeman-matt-olson-braves-dodgers-mlb-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\">it&#8217;s clear that he was their initial backup plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:key=QW_6--><!--qv q:id=69 q:key=vcaa:\n\n<p>All&#39;s well that ends well, seeing as the Yankees made a World Series with Rizzo (in 2024) and the Braves have gotten MVP-caliber production out of Olson. That&#39;s not to suggest that the Dodgers aren&#39;t the clear winners from this whole fiasco -- two rings in four years is a pretty tough results to beat -- but at least no one can complain that they didn&#39;t get their money&#39;s worth from the great first baseman migration of 2022.<\/p>\n\n--><!--qv q:id=6a q:key=lY4S:mL_1--><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">All&#8217;s well that ends well, seeing as the Yankees made a World Series with Rizzo (in 2024) and the Braves have gotten MVP-caliber production out of Olson. That&#8217;s not to suggest that the Dodgers aren&#8217;t the clear winners from this whole fiasco &#8212; two rings in four years is a pretty tough results to beat &#8212; but at least no one can complain that they didn&#8217;t get their money&#8217;s worth from the great first baseman migration of 2022.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><!--qv q:id=6c q:key=1jXG:QW_7--><!--qv q:id=6d q:key=9yVI:Ef_0--><\/p>\n<div on:click=\"q-PR6RmUkK.js#s_Ytib2zHV0Tc[0 1]\" q:key=\"WY_1\" q:id=\"6e\"><!--qv q:s q:sref=6d q:key=--><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"google-news-widget\" class=\"my-5 p-4 flex items-center gap-4 rounded-lg bg-[#F0F0F0]\">\n<div class=\"flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-3\"><span class=\"font-group-big text-black text-[16px]\">Add us as a preferred source on <span class=\"font-bold\">Google<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a aria-label=\"Follow dodgersway.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=dodgersway.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\"><span class=\"hidden pt-[1px] leading-[1.4] md:inline\">Follow<\/span><svg viewbox=\"0 0 4 8\" fill=\"none\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"h-[12px] w-[6px] md:h-[8px] md:w-[4px]\"><path d=\"M0.5 0.5L3.5 4L0.5 7.5\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-width=\"1.5\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--\/qv--><\/div>\n<p><!--\/qv--><!--\/qv--><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersway.com\/the-athletic-reveals-first-baseman-braves-pursued-as-freddie-freeman-pivoted-to-dodgers\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\nSee more: https:\/\/theglobaltrack.com\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/corinthiames.com.br\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just a few short years, Freddie Freeman has established himself as one of the best Los Angeles Dodgers in recent memory. 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