FREDDIE FREEMAN
No. 5
FIRST BASEMAN

Twitter: @FreddieFreeman5
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6-foot-5
Weight: 225 pounds
Drafted: Second round of the 2007 amateur draft by the Atlanta Braves.
Teams: Atlanta Braves
Contract: Signed an 8-year, $135 million deal in 2014 that runs through the 2021 season
Outlook: Two-time All-Star is biggest holdover bat from last season.
What you may not know: If not in baseball, Freeman would ... "be a CPA, like my dad. He owns a CPA firm and that's what I always wanted to do growing up, is be an accountant like my dad. I'm good with numbers. Everybody wants to be a baseball player or professional athlete but you never really think about that kind of stuff until it actually happens."

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