Dodgers News: Freddie Freeman Adds New Award to His Collection

Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman's dominance gets continually recognized by the league

Ryan Menzie | Sep 12, 2022

Dodgers News: Freddie Freeman Adds New Award to His Collection /

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To standout in a star-studded lineup like the Dodgers takes a guy whose accolades speak for themselves. That guy happens to be former NL MVP Freddie Freeman.

Freeman has been scorching the league with a league best .331 batting average and 180 hits. Consistency pays off as Freeman was named NL Player of the Week for the third time this season following a 12-22 week with seven runs, three home runs and eight RBI's in six games.

#Dodgers Freddie Freeman has been named NL Player of the Week again. 3rd time this year. He was 12 for 22 (.545) with 7 runs, 2 doubles, 3 HRs, 8 RBI in 6 games. Set a new career-high in doubles. Has MLB-leading 180 hits (career-high is 191)
— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) September 12, 2022

Even after circulating in the media for false claims about contract talks with the Atlanta Braves, which ultimately led to him signing a deal with the Dodgers, Freeman has kept his head up when the team needed him most. The Dodgers went 4-2 behind Freeman's efforts.

As the Dodgers blast their way through the regular season, enough can't be said about Freeman's impact with the team. The friendship curated between Freeman and Mookie Betts has not only sparked great chemistry on the field, but impressive work ethic off the field.

It's about the little things that have led Freeman to this moment, but of course this comes as no surprise. During Freeman's MVP season, he scorched the league with a .341 batting average accumulating 23 doubles on 73 hits in just 60 games!

Bo Bichette hit .500 with 5 HR, 13 RBI and a 1.156 SLG this week, while Freddie Freeman hit .545 with 3 HR, 8 RBI and a 1.045 SLG 😳

They're your @chevrolet Players of the Week! pic.twitter.com/DnvGHDOUad
— MLB (@MLB) September 12, 2022

The accolades are great, but the main prize belongs to the team at the end of the season. Freeman doesn't look to be slowing down anytime soon, and is firing on all cylinders right in time as the Dodgers look to make a deep postseason run.

Published Sep 12, 2022

RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Mookie Betts Favorite Moment: 2020 World Series. The Lakers won the NBA title and the Dodgers secured the World Series only a couple of months later. During such a rough time with COVID-19 and such a bleak look at how sports has tried to overcome the circumstances, it was a relief to see the night sky lit up for many nights and a makeshift parade in LA when it seemed like we needed it the most.