After an injury-plagued 2015 season, Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman says he’s pain-free and ready to return the love the organization showed him in the offseason.
“Being able to swing with no pain for the first time in seven months, really got my juices flowing,” Freeman said Saturday at FanFest at Turner Field.
Freeman battled a right wrist injury for much of last season, limiting him to 118 games. He sustained the injury in mid-June and never got back to 100 percent.
Treatment on the wrist lasted into the winter, as did rumors about him possibly being traded during the team’s active offseason. But he says the wrist is healed, and he’s still a Brave.
Freeman said it was a confidence boost to have the organization quickly shoot down rumors anytime his name was mentioned in trade talks during an offseason of turnover.
“I’d like to finish my career as a Brave,” Freeman said.
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