You never really know how a big league career is going to play out, especially coming out of High School. Even if you’re really good at one thing in your teenage years, that doesn’t mean that’s where you’ll stick in Major League Baseball. The Dodgers have a few recent examples of that with their roster.
You can look at guys like Kenley Jansen and Tony Gonsolin, both of whom were pretty decent hitters at one point in their careers. But the Dodgers saw potential in both of them and transformed their careers.
As it turns out, Freddie Freeman had a similar experience.