NEW YORK — Could Freddie Freeman be donning a Mets uniform at the end of this lockout?
The Mets and GM Billy Eppler checked in on Freeman before Dec. 2, joining a handful of other teams in pursuit of the free-agent first baseman, according to ESPN’s Buster Olney. Besides his 2021 champion Braves, the Dodgers, Yankees and Blue Jays are some of the other teams said to be interested in signing Freeman.
“There’s a perception in the industry that Freddie Freeman is not going back to the Braves,” Olney said Thursday on “The Michael Kay Show.