MLB Community revealed the Prime 10 of their Prime 100 Proper Now checklist, and with two extra Dodgers being unveiled, Los Angeles has 5 gamers on the checklist. A kind of made the Prime 10 after only one 12 months with LA, as Freddie Freeman ranked within the tenth spot.
Freeman completed fourth within the Nationwide League MVP voting final 12 months, and the three gamers forward of him ranked fifth (Manny Machado, second in MVP), sixth (Nolan Arenado, third in MVP), and seventh (Paul Goldschmidt, MVP winner). Freeman additionally completed behind teammate Mookie Betts within the prime 100, as Mookie positioned fourth on this checklist after ending fifth within the MVP voting.
Freeman’s first season in Dodger blue was excellent. He got here only one level shy of profitable the NL batting title with a .325 common, and he led the league in hits (199), doubles (47), on-base proportion (.407), and runs scored (117). He additionally drove in 100 runs and stole a career-high 13 bases.
Freddie came to visit to Los Angeles simply after final 12 months’s lockout ended. He had spent his first 12 seasons with the Braves, however Atlanta didn’t wish to give him a six-year contract in free company in order that they traded for Matt Olson as an alternative. After the Olson commerce, Freeman rapidly pivoted again house to Southern California and signed a six-year take care of the Dodgers.
LA misplaced some key gamers within the offseason, however with an offense anchored by Freeman and Betts together with newcomers JD Martinez and Miguel Vargas, the 2023 Dodgers look to not drop too removed from their 111-win efficiency in 2022.
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