As Freddie Freeman rounded the bases after homering in Game 6 of the 2021 World Series this week, Joe Buck wondered out loudly whether we were seeing Freeman’s last game in a Braves uniform. Despite many Padres fans clamoring for Freeman to come to San Diego after the Padres seemingly kick Hosmer out, I laughed when I heard Buck say this because there’s no way Freeman leaves the Braves as a free agent this offseason.
This feels like a Yadier Molina situation with Freeman and the Braves. Molina came back to St. Louis as a free agent last season after taking a while to put pen to paper, but we all knew he wasn’t going anywhere.