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With Freeman a free agent, Braves get star 1B Olson from A’s
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Freddie Freeman’s tenure with the Atlanta Braves seems to be over after the World Collection champions acquired All-Star first baseman Matt Olson from the Oakland Athletics on Monday.
Oakland is getting 4 gamers from Atlanta, together with younger outfielder Cristian Pache.
Freeman was the 2020 NL MVP and a five-time All-Star over 12 seasons with Atlanta, together with as a veteran chief on final 12 months’s championship group.
Oakland Athletics’ Matt Olson watches his RBI single towards the Los Angeles Angels in the course of the seventh inning of a baseball sport in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (AP Photograph/Jeff Chiu)
The 32-year-old has been revered by followers and teammates in Georgia. On Sunday, Braves pitcher Charlie Morton stated that if Freeman returned, he anticipated the left-handed slugger would someday have his quantity retired and his photograph plastered throughout the group’s spring coaching complicated, similar to franchise heroes Chipper Jones and Hank Aaron.
Oakland can be getting minor league catcher Shea Langeliers and right-handers Ryan Cusick and Joey Estes.