Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman has undergone surgery on his right (non-throwing) elbow, per a club announcement. He was operated on by Mets team medical director and frequent baseball surgeon Dr. David Altchek.
The team provided a nicely detailed account of the procedure, which evidently did not involve any significant structural repairs. Altchek is said to have “cleaned out” the joint, including “removing three fragmented loose bodies and cleaning up multiple bone spur formations.”
Freeman is expected to be ready to roll by the time Spring Training comes around in mid-February. That’s obviously good news, as the 30-year-old remains a key cog after nine full seasons in the majors. He’s under contract for two more campaigns at $22MM apiece.
The Atlanta organization will hope that the medical work will resolve the elbow discomfort that seemingly plagued Freeman late in the 2019 season. The ever-productive first bagger suffered a bit of a late power outage, hitting .264/.365/.389 in the month of September. And he was just four-for-20 with a walk in his 22 plate appearances in the NLDS.
Freddie throws right handed…
His military right.
Freddie Freeman throws righty per BBREF link just FYI
His right (non throwing elbow)…umm he throws right handed
The Mets surgeons? Is he crazy??
Interesting. I believe Snit was up here in NYC during his birthday 1-2 days ago. I wonder if he was with Freeman? If so, how many managers would spend an offseason birthday away from home with a player going through surgery? I’ve heard him doing it before, but man.
Hopefully the Mets had Althchek’s hand slip. Just kidding. Freeman is an excellent player and hopefully he fully recovers. I feel like between him and Chipper they have pieced together 20 years of uninterrupted Met killer.
Everyone knew this was coming. Took a lot of heat for his NLDS performance combined with “calling out” Acuna. Don’t understand the fans on Twitter who bashed him after that though “fans on Twitter” should probably answer that. I was never under the opinion he threw him under the bus, he was asked a question and answered it in a way that some media ran with. More worried how Atlanta can deepen this lineup. Gotta be strong at least 1-6 if you want to compete for a championship.
I thought the Braves did compete for a championship. They won the division. The Braves just finished a rebuild, kind still in the process, meaning the young players are still learning. Deepen our lineup???? 1st., 2nd., ss, and 1 outfield spot is set for a few years. Ender is still here. Markakis will be back, If Donaldson doesn’t come back we have Riley. If Josh does come back Riley can play the OF. We do need a catcher, but I don’t see one other than Grandal if he becomes a free agent out there, that would be a bigger upgrade. I think we bring Duvall back. We have Pacha., and Waters very close 1 could be fighting for a spot in spring training. So I think the outfield is set for years. Really the only place to upgrade is at catcher and the bench maybe. We have 2 there Camargo & Culberson. The bullpen is where we need to upgrade BAD. We can’t go into next year with Melancon as our closer. I think Folty, Soroka, Fried are 3 starters. I think Newk will win his starting spot back. I hope we don’t sign Keuchel back unless he takes 10-12 million a year. Teheran I’d let go, maybe sign him back for less money, if not Keuchel. Don’t need both, wouldn’t care if we had neither. If we could get a veteran like Bumgarner for around 10 million for 2 years, that would work. We have too many good young starters coming to spend money on free-agent starters. Wright, Wilson, Touki, Anderson fighting for a spot. I can see Wilson in the relief roll, just because he has no spot as a starter right now. Maybe the closer. Really think the Braves missed the boat on Kimbrel. 3 YRS. 53 million, that hurt the Braves this year.
I hope that AA makes a move for Whit Merrifield. Christian Pache and Bryse Wilson and Murphy the catcher.
We don’t need merrifield. And AA has made clear the top 4 prospects are untouchable
AA has never said the top 4 are untouchable, not sure where you get your information. AA has said that since he arrived in Atlanta the only untouchable player was Acuna and went on to say that if you go into a potential trade with another club saying these “4” are untouchable you really limit your potential returns.
AA has made it abundantly clear that he views the top 4 as elite prospects and has stated on multiple instances that they have no intention of trading them.
Lol no he hasn’t. Link one article or interview that he said that. You can’t cause he’s never said that. You probably can’t even tell us which 4 he said are the top 4 lol.
I was wondering would would be 4th right now? Anderson, Pache, Waters, who’s 4th? Is there a consensus pick or bit of a toss up check back later?
AA has not said anyone is untouchable. Other GM’s have said Pache, Waters, Anderson, and Wright were basically untouchable due to their conversations with AA about potential trades.
I think Wright is likely available at this point though.
The Braves need someone to hit cleanup (ala Donaldson) or 5. Merrifield does not naturally fit in either of those spots in a lineup. He is a lead off or 2 hole type hitter.
Plus if the Braves are putting together a package that involves Pache it better be for someone better then Merrifield. No offense to Merrifield, but the person has to be an obvious fit…like an ace with team control!
Let us hope NOT. We have stayed the course with the prospects so far, let’s not blow it now. Meaning trading them away. These so-called Braves fans still don’t know how the Braves operate. The Braves are cheap. They don’t spend a lot of money, that is the reason for the prospects. When the prospects turn out to be good, they keep them until they can’t afford them.
Jeff Todd, could you be anymore terrible? Freeman is a righty.
So look it up.
Let me know the next time you go an hour without making a mistake.
i dont think its too much to ask for a writer to do some research and re-read their work before posting it. Cant hate too much because it is a free site that we are here to comment on, but accurate information for a couple paragraphs does not seem too much to ask for…
With that being said the above comment is ridiculously disrespectful. Jeff does a solid job on this site. could have been a little easy on the dude.
It’s a free website. I don’t pay him a penny.
I’m thrilled someone like this provides me information and I’m fully capable of looking up things that are confusing. Which in this case is something I did.
However, if this ever becomes a subscription website, then you’ll have a point.
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He doesn’t do a solid job if he’s misreporting.
Do you ever burn the fries at your job Judd?
You think Judd has a job???
It’s an easy mistake to make. It’s alright to point it out, but don’t ridicule the man for not knowing every single quirk of all 750+ MLB players
If there is one position where surgery on your ‘throwing” arm is less relevant, it’s first base.
I’m sure Freddie will be fine. I love watching this guy play.
Not like he’s ever cut off or has to field a ball away from the bag or anything….
His right elbow is his throwing elbow
Most people are happy to blame Folty and Teheran for the early exit, but the blame lies with Freeman, Donaldson, Markakis and Snitker. The Braves should have swept the Cards, they were as bad as the gNats exposed them to be.
I don’t think “blame” lies anywhere. In a short series of evenly matched teams, anything can happen. Things just went the Cards’ way.
This wasn’t evenly matched teams. The Nats proved that. The Braves were a better team than the Cards. The series was lost in game #1 when Snit didn’t use Fried for 3 innings of relief. Freeman, Josh, and Markakis the veterans not hitting didn’t help. Bad managing what cost the Braves. But, Snit can only manage with what he is given.
Snit is partially responsible for losing game 1. He should have either let Keuchel finish the 5th, or allowed Fried to pitch multiple innings. But the series was not lost in game 1. He did a serviceable job the rest of the series. The heart of the order not doing anything in all 5 games is what killed us.
Totally agree the middle not hitting was the main factor. A glaring factor for me was that the post-season requires experienced & still-productive.pitching. Keuchel was one part of that, not the other. We have to add a solid TOR SP-er for next year along with developing or adding dependable hitting.
You never know how things would have turned out if the Braves would have won game 1. That was the #1 reason the Braves lost the series. The veterans of this team not hitting didn’t help, but Atlanta scored enough runs in game 1 and was leading and won game 2. Up 2-0 with Soroka pitching game 3. That would have been a big momentum thing.
Pretty sure everyone in the organization,on the team, & knowledgeable fans know where the non-production was when needed. No need to point fingers, but a real need to upgrade some spots in the order and add a Solid SP-er. I expect AA to work hard on that in the off-season..
From a mets fan God speed Freddie. This dude is a real treat to watch play.
Wait he throws right. Smh
I’m glad Freddie finally got the elbow cleaned up. Let’s be real, The Braves and the Nats should have duked it out. When the Cards beat my Braves I was unimpressed. The team goes as Freddie goes, we dominated the Nats this year. Braves would not be intimidated by their starters and everyone in MLB. Knows it. We need a number 1 to go with Soroka, resign Josh to protect Freddie, and keep Kakes and Flowers. If we do that we WILL win the East Again! CHOP ON BRAVES NATION!