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It is rare when a player changes agents right after signing a monster deal. But Freddie Freeman is seriously contemplating doing just that, and is actually expected to do so, as Buster Olney first reported. <\/p>\n
Freeman obviously wasn’t happy to leave the Braves even if it meant going almost home to the Dodgers (he’s from The OC), and he originally blamed Braves management, which is very budget conscious despite being a huge moneymaker (they reportedly made $100 million profit in 2021), can be very corporate and doesn’t tend toward the warm or fuzzy. But as he’s gathered info about what went down, he now is at least partially blaming Excel, his longtime representatives. Another thing to wonder about: While it’s clear today Freeman badly wanted to stay, one has to wonder whether his agents received and understood that message? It’s up to Freeman to decide who he deserves to blame, but the Braves do not seem culpable here, based on what I’ve gathered either. <\/p>\n
Here’s how the negotiations went, according to sources. For the record, Excel’s chief baseball agent Casey Close denied the story told here by others, saying by text it was \u201cfalse,\u201d without further elaboration. <\/p>\n
In any case, Freeman himself believes the Braves tried harder than he previously thought (although from here, while their offers were comparable to the Dodgers’ deal, the Braves didn’t seem as anxious to keep the Braves legend as one might imagine). While he responded to the original report that he’s leaving Excel by saying the situation is \u201cfluid,\u201d the expectation is that he will indeed likely leave the agency. <\/p>\n