There’s good, there’s better, there’s the best … and then there’s Freddie Freeman, who is as close to better than best as there is in the game today. Go ahead, prove me wrong. I’ll wait.
Although the guaranteed future first-ballot Hall of Famer owns a career slash line of .300 / .387 / .512 / .899 over his 15 MLB seasons, and a slash line of .314 / .399 / .520 / .919 in his three seasons with the defending World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers, it’s the intangible things he does that puts him in that elite Babe Ruth-like better than best category, including and especially his interactions with his teammates and coaches in the Dodgers clubhouse and dugout.
(John Bazemore)
Consider this: Over his historic 22-year ‘best there ever was’ 22-year MLB career, The Babe slashed an impossible .342 / .474 / .690 / 1.164. And though it is extremely unlikely that Freeman will ever come close to achieving these unachievable career numbers, what he has done – and continues to do do – has him on a legitimate path to become the best player in the game since Babe Ruth.
Go ahead, prove me wrong. I’ll wait.
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