Before the question can even be asked, Freddie Freeman has flipped it around.
You want to ask how he stayed loyal to the Atlanta Braves, through the trades of so many talented friends and the pain of three consecutive 90-plus-loss seasons. He wants to talk about how the Braves stayed loyal to him.
You want to know if he even thought about leaving. He wants to tell you how thrilled he was they wanted him to stay.
"How I view it is, the Braves drafted me when I was 17 years old, they gave me an opportunity in the big leagues when I was 20 and gave me a contract when I was 24," Freeman said.