If and when MLB and the MLBPA reach an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement, plans to ramp up toward the 2022 season will be set in motion. But there's also an offseason component still hanging in the air: free agency.
The current lockout put all major league transactions on hold, leaving plenty of big-name free agents still available on the open market. Perhaps no player will be more sought-after than Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman, and though it has long been assumed the 2020 National League MVP would remain in Atlanta, there are reportedly growing rumblings that that will not be the case once free agent signings resume.
According to ESPN's Buster Olney, the expectation around the league is that Freeman will sign elsewhere after he and the Braves were unable to come to an agreement before the lockout began. The Braves reportedly offered Freeman a five-year, $135 million deal, and the first baseman is keen on getting a sixth year.
