How everyone in the Freeman-Olson saga came out winners four years later, plus more MLB notes

Except for one previously unreported twist, there’s no need to relitigate the drama of Freddie Freeman’s departure from the Atlanta Braves. Suffice to say, that the Los Angeles Dodgers ended up thrilled with Freeman, and the Braves ended up thrilled with his replacement, Matt Olson.The previously unreported twist is this: After Freeman’s agent, Casey Close, informed Atlanta they were out on his client during the post-lockout free-agent frenzy in March 2022, the Braves tried to sign another first baseman before acquiring Olson from the then-Oakland Athletics.Advertisement