The Latest Breaking News from Freddie Freeman

The Dodgers lurched through a doubleheader Tuesday of two oddly similar games with starkly different outcomes.

Batting average is considered old-fashioned in today’s analytics-driven game, a statistical relic that has been replaced by on-base percentage, slugging percentage and wins above replacement as more accurate measures of offense, and a batting title doesn’t carry the weight it once did.

LOS ANGELES – It was a rake n’ bake series.

Doug Gottlieb claimed that the first baseman wasn’t informed of the Braves’ final offer before leaving for the Dodgers.

MIAMI — After struggling to find consistency for over two months, Pablo Lopez may finally be turning the corner.

LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman, working stiff? The moniker would hardly seem to apply to a guy who makes $27 million a year, flies charter, stays in five-star hotels and receives $100 per diem on the road while playing baseball for a living.

LOS ANGELES — It feels weird issuing this plea to a baseball team bullying its way toward historic ground, but, sorry, somebody has to say it.

The Braves have a 25-year-old second baseman who’s a two-time All-Star and who’s under a not-lavish contract through 2027. They have an even younger second baseman who, through 14 big-league games, has an OPS of 1.123 and a batting average of .420. The former is Ozzie Albies, who’s rehabbing a…

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers' preferred method of offense is to bludgeon opponents with a loaded lineup of power hitters proficient at working counts, hunting mistakes and giving themselves self-congratulatory taps on their helmets as they circle the bases.