The Latest Breaking News from Freddie Freeman

LOS ANGELES – It was a rake n’ bake series.

Doug Gottlieb claimed that the first baseman wasn’t informed of the Braves’ final offer before leaving for the Dodgers.

MIAMI — After struggling to find consistency for over two months, Pablo Lopez may finally be turning the corner.

LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman, working stiff? The moniker would hardly seem to apply to a guy who makes $27 million a year, flies charter, stays in five-star hotels and receives $100 per diem on the road while playing baseball for a living.

LOS ANGELES — It feels weird issuing this plea to a baseball team bullying its way toward historic ground, but, sorry, somebody has to say it.

The Braves have a 25-year-old second baseman who’s a two-time All-Star and who’s under a not-lavish contract through 2027. They have an even younger second baseman who, through 14 big-league games, has an OPS of 1.123 and a batting average of .420. The former is Ozzie Albies, who’s rehabbing a…

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers' preferred method of offense is to bludgeon opponents with a loaded lineup of power hitters proficient at working counts, hunting mistakes and giving themselves self-congratulatory taps on their helmets as they circle the bases.

LOS ANGELES — Unless that Cash Considerations fella turns into an All-Star, this is going to go down as one very lopsided trade.

This game that didn't count for much, this midsummer game against another overmatched and underfunded opponent, was also a statement game.

Dodgers star Freddie Freeman gave back to his roots, donating $500,000 to El Moderna's baseball team to help build a new clubhouse.

LOS ANGELES — Tommy John surgery is so common, with hundreds of pitchers from high school to the big leagues undergoing the elbow ligament replacement procedure every year, and its success rate (80% to 90%) so high that it almost seems routine.