Freddie Freeman is a career .300 hitter and could be on his way to the Hall of Fame thanks to techniques he and father first honed when he was young.
Mookie Betts hit two home runs and Julio Urías continued his recent dominant form as the Dodgers defeated the Marlins for a Saturday doubleheader sweep.With 23 home runs, 83 RBIs and an MLB-best 45 doubles , Freeman is also in the thick of the MVP race.Entering Sunday, he ranked third in the National League in on-base-plus-slugging percentage and Fangraphs’ version of wins above replacement , trailing only ex-Atlanta Braves teammate Ronald Acuña Jr.
While he was right-handed dominant, he’d also grown comfortable with his left-handed batting stance — so much so that, when his first T-ball coach insisted on flipping him around to the other side of the plate , Freeman’s mom, Rosemary, followed instructions from Fred to pull their son off the field.
Fred didn’t administer many coaching instructions. He certainly wasn’t yet envisioning Freeman’s potential as a future MLB star, either. Still, up until the Braves made him a second-round pick, Freeman and Fred continued their daily rounds of BP, staying late after Freeman’s high school practices to continue their three-bucket routine.
But, where most players might spend long hours watching video or seek a biometric breakdown with hitting coaches, Freeman opted for a simpler remedy.
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