{"id":51088,"date":"2025-05-25T08:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T08:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51088"},"modified":"2025-05-25T08:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T08:20:16","slug":"dodgers-freddie-freeman-upset-after-latest-decisions-by-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=51088","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers&#8217; Freddie Freeman Upset After Latest Decisions by Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0have made decisions that aren&#8217;t easy over the past few weeks by designating Austin Barnes and Chris Taylor for assignment.<\/p>\n<p>For the Dodgers, parting ways with the two veterans isn&#8217;t something that will likely go over well in the clubhouse.<\/p>\n<p>When speaking to reporters about their departures, superstar\u00a0Freddie Freeman\u00a0admitted that both of them are players he loves.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item 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Austin was one of them. Now Kirby Yates is on the IL. That\u2019s another one that\u2019s not going to travel,\u201d\u00a0Freeman said to Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register. \u201cA lot of people don\u2019t understand, there\u2019s a lot of things that go on. Losing people over the course of a year, it stinks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freeman later added that there&#8217;s no other way around it, besides the fact that it &#8220;sucks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-69e760a94a43422a90a94424845ef611\" data-google-query-id=\"CNzP08OXvo0DFQSfZgId0XMoMQ\" data-ad-size=\"300x250\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers_6__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers_6\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers_6\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"7\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt does suck. There\u2019s no way around it,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cIf you say you\u2019re not sad when you lose friends, you\u2019re not a human. You just get going. You\u2019re going to be a little sad but that can\u2019t be the reason you go 0 for 4 now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While a difficult decision for the Dodgers, it was ultimately something the team had to do to win at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers are focused on winning a World Series during the 2025 campaign, and Taylor and Barnes don&#8217;t bring them any closer to that.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, there&#8217;s an argument to be made that their presence is needed, but the Dodgers have many other veterans who can pick up the slack.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-embed-card--list\">\n<div class=\"m-card--media\"><a class=\"m-card--image-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\/former-nl-west-player-calls-out-for-soon-to-be-shohei-ohtani-decision\" rel=\"\"><picture class=\"is-loaded\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/ar_16:9%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_faces:center%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_220\/MjE0NTk3MDY0OTEzMzMyMDA0\/usatsi_26055145.webp 220w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/ar_16:9%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_faces:center%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_320\/MjE0NTk3MDY0OTEzMzMyMDA0\/usatsi_26055145.webp 320w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/ar_16:9%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_faces:center%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_640\/MjE0NTk3MDY0OTEzMzMyMDA0\/usatsi_26055145.webp 640w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"220px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/ar_16:9%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_faces:center%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_220\/MjE0NTk3MDY0OTEzMzMyMDA0\/usatsi_26055145.jpg 220w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/ar_16:9%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cg_faces:center%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_320\/MjE0NTk3MDY0OTEzMzMyMDA0\/usatsi_26055145.jpg 320w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/ar_16:9%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cg_faces:center%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_640\/MjE0NTk3MDY0OTEzMzMyMDA0\/usatsi_26055145.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"220px\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0have made decisions that aren&#8217;t easy over the past few weeks by designating Austin Barnes and Chris Taylor for assignment. 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