The Freddie Freeman saga came full circle this past weekend with his return to Atlanta for the first time since signing with the Dodgers. Freeman fought back tears throughout an emotional pregame media session Friday and although he said he had no regrets, appeared genuinely remorseful that he didn’t end up back in Atlanta.
MLB.com’s Mark Bowman has the clearest account of what happened between the Braves and Freeman’s representatives during negotiations. There were two major points from Bowman’s article. First in regards to the request for a sixth-year that dominated most of the coverage around Freeman’s free agency.