AB | 392 |
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AVG | .24 |
OBP | .345 |
SLG | .362 |
HR | 9 |
- Full name Alexander Chance Freeland
- Born 08/24/2001 in Louisville, KY
- Profile Ht.: 6'2" / Wt.: 200 / Bats: S / Throws: R
- School Central Florida
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Drafted in the 3rd round (105th overall) by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2022 (signed for $580,200).
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After a solid freshman season at Central Florida, Freeland broke out as a sophomore, hitting .282/.419/.570. He showed more power (11 home runs) while cutting his strikeout rate to 19%. Freeland has an excellent sense of the strike zone and solid hand-eye coordination. He knows how to catch up to a quality fastball, but he can be caught out in front by a pitcher who pitches backwards. Freeland has only fringe-average productive power, but he does a good job of finding pitches he can drive. Freeland’s accurate, plus arm plays at shortstop and he has a quick transfer, but there are concerns he doesn’t move well enough to stick there as a pro. He’s a below-average runner. Freeland’s internal clock and instincts are impressive, and he should be able to stay in the infield at second or third base. As a hitter with solid on-base skills, he’s the kind of multi-positional pro who could end up exceeding expectations.
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A 6-foot-2, 180-pound shortstop who showed good feel to hit over the summer and fall, scouts are intrigued with Freeland as an offensive-oriented infielder. A switch-hitter committed to Central Florida, Freeland has solid power with a chance to get to fringe-average or average juice in-game, and some scouts think he can develop into an average hitter as well, with more impact from the left side than the right. While Freeland has shown solid hands, good arm strength and runs well in a straight line, scouts universally believe he’ll have to move to either second or third in the future because of a club foot he was born with. Without knowing, you likely wouldn’t be able to tell by watching him on the field, but it does limit his lateral mobility. Even still, Freeland has done enough with the bat to get scouts excited, though because of the shorter 2020 draft and questions about his medical, teams might prefer he go to college and prove it.