Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman is racking up milestones so far in 2023, but they are not exactly well-timed.
Freeman collected his 2,000th career hit Sunday against the Houston Astros in a 6-5 extra innings loss. It is Freeman’s second milestone in a month, as he hit his 300th career home run in St. Louis on May 18. That also came in a defeat, that one a 16-8 loss to the Cardinals.
Freeman was celebrated by the Dodgers after Sunday’s game, but it was not lost on him that he has two milestones in two losses this season.
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On the bright side, Freeman is playing on a good team. Though they sit third in the NL West, they still enter play Monday at 43-34 and on track to make the playoffs.
Freeman is safe on the milestone front for a while. Next up would be 500 career doubles, a mark he is still 59 away from and not likely to hit in 2023. That means it will be a while before he can claim a milestone in a win, for better or worse.
