Jason Heyward is having his best season since 2019 but his impact on the Los Angeles Dodgers has transcended his play on the field.
“Everyone just loves Jason Heyward,” Freddie Freeman said.
(Via Bill Plunkett, The Orange County Register)Freeman, who has had a career year himself, was born just a month after Heyward and was drafted by the Atlanta Braves a round after. He knew how valuable bringing in Heyward, fresh off being cut by the Chicago Cubs, could be for a team that turned out to rely on some of their youngest players despite having the oldest roster in baseball.