Is Freddie Freeman Injured?

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesFreddie Freeman has appeared lost lately. In the last four games, Freeman is sporting a .136/.231/.136 line. He says the issue isn’t his elbow. Others are allowing him to continue to start, although begrudgingly. He had a .754 OPS and 95 wRC+ in September. He could be slowing down as the season winds down and his elbow starts to wear. But those numbers were .816 and 113 in July. Anyone can have an off month I guess, or in Freeman’s case, a roughly league-average month.

But what if I told you that he had a .342 xwOBA in the 2019 playoffs? With his swings he is taking, Freeman should be producing at about the same level as Rhys Hoskins or JT Realmuto (if were…