Fox Sports Host Issues Statement About Freddie Freeman, Braves Report

Months after issuing a true bombshell report about Freddie Freeman’s departure from the world champion Braves for the Dodgers, and his agent’s role in that decision, Fox Sports Radio’s Doug Gottlieb has walked his comments all the way back.

In June, Gottlieb—best known as a college basketball analyst—tweeted that agent Casey Close “never told Freddie Freeman about the Braves [sic] final offer, that is why Freeman fired him.”

Gottlieb added that Freeman fired Close after finding out about the offer during the Dodgers’ series in Atlanta earlier this year, and that Close “knew Freddie would have taken the ATL deal.”

The tweet has since been deleted.

Later that day, Close denied Gottlieb’s report…