{"id":1489,"date":"2024-09-18T02:51:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T02:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2024-09-18T02:51:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T02:51:09","slug":"dodgers-freddie-freeman-reacts-to-being-dropped-to-cleanup-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=1489","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers\u2019 Freddie Freeman Reacts To Being Dropped to Cleanup Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Emotional Freddie Freeman Details His Son&#039;s Recovery From Scary Illness\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/obc-_Tvr6QE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0moved first baseman Freddie Freeman to fourth in the lineup on both Saturday and Monday, taking him out of the top three while switching Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez in at third. The lineup change was no slight to Freeman, but a strategy choice as the Dodgers went up against two left-handed pitchers.<\/p>\n<p>Both Shohei Ohtani and Freeman bat left, so teams have tried using their left-handed relievers against the duo. To counteract the strategy, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts moved Freeman into the fourth slot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s no secret that any team that\u2019s going to try to beat us is going to stockpile some lefties to minimize Shohei and Freddie,\u201d Roberts said, via Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic. \u201cThat\u2019s just a way that I can counter a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Braves got the best of the Dodgers when they first made the switch on Saturday. The Braves and left-handed pitcher Chris Sale dominated. Sale pitched six innings and gave up just one earned run while striking out six as the Braves took a 10-1 win.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers saw better success Monday, when they earned a 9-0 shutout win over the Braves to officially take the final two games of the series. Freeman capitalized on his position, hitting a three-run home run, his 22nd of the season. To make it even sweeter, Freeman hit the home run in the stadium of his former team.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=dodgersnation&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1835852957407203360&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdodgersnation.com%2Fdodgers-freddie-freeman-reacts-to-being-dropped-to-cleanup-spot%2F2024%2F09%2F17%2F&amp;sessionId=f8051f835e11ffe23733d4d806a7ff6237a7f471&amp;siteScreenName=dodgersnation&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1835852957407203360\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Freeman\u2019s reaction to moving down in the batting order? Surprisingly content.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kinda like it,\u201d Freeman said, via Ardaya. \u201cIt puts them in a tough matchup because if they bring in a lefty for Shohei, that means Mookie and Teo have to face left-handed pitching. It\u2019s tougher matchups we\u2019re trying to create throughout the course of a game to make it harder on managers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside of Freeman, Ohtani and Hern\u00e1ndez succeeded with the lineup changes as they combined for three more RBIs while the Dodgers earned a lopsided victory. Ultimately, the Dodgers can pick their poison when it comes to their lineup. It certainly helps that they have three greats in Freeman, Ohtani and Mookie Betts, as well as an All-Star in Hern\u00e1ndez, making it hard for their top four to lose no matter the order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0moved first baseman Freddie Freeman to fourth in the lineup on both Saturday and Monday, taking him out of the top three while&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dodgers\u2019 Freddie Freeman Reacts To Being Dropped to Cleanup Spot - Sport News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=1489\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dodgers\u2019 Freddie Freeman Reacts To Being Dropped to Cleanup Spot - Sport News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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