Freddie Freeman remains one of the most consistent hitters throughout the past 10 seasons, and he continued that trend in 2025 with another All-Star season despite a power slump through the middle of the year.
Freeman was coming off a remarkable run in the 2024 World Series, grinding through a right ankle sprain, a fractured left middle finger and a cracked rib en route to securing the series MVP by homering in four straight games, including the only walk-off grand slam in World Series history. Freeman underwent
right ankle surgery in December, with the expectation that he would be ready by opening day.
Freeman was able to make his spring debut after the team’s first week of exhibition games on Feb. 27, going on to slash .280/.308/.720 with three home runs and six RBI through nine games. However, his rib began to flare up towards the end of the Dodgers’ stint at Camelback Ranch, and he was sidelined for both of the Tokyo Series games as a precautionary measure.
He managed to return for the Freeway exhibition series against the Angels and the first three games of the home opener series against the Detroit Tigers, where he homered in two straight games. Freeman somehow managed to aggravate his right ankle by slipping in the shower following his third game played, later being placed on the injured list on April 3. He missed a total of nine games before returning to the lineup on April 11.
Once he was back on the field, Freeman soared to a scorching hot 27 game stretch where he slashed .392/.456/.722 with seven home runs, 29 RBI and nine doubles. The final home run of that stretched was hit on Mother’s Day, and Freeman saw hit season average spike all the way up to .376, leading the National League at that point. It also marked the dawn of Freeman’s worst power slump of his career. He ended Mother’s Day weekend on May 11 by hitting .500 with three home runs, 12 RBI and a 1.500 OPS, leading to him being honored as the National League player of the week.
Zapped!
Nine home runs after May 11 was the most that Freeman had hit throughout his time as a Dodger, yet it was also the last home run he hit for the rest of the month.
Freeman managed to finish the month still sporting a batting average of .374, but he had just seven extra-base hits (all for doubles) over his next 17 games in May. Not only did his power dissolve, but so did his contact ability too, leading to a catastrophic month of June. He registered a lowly .200/.283/.274 slash line over 25 games in June, by far the worst month he had in a Dodgers uniform. Freeman had just four doubles and four RBI before his final game of the month, where he snapped a career worst 41 game home run drought on June 28 against the Kansas City Royals.
Freeman had a slightly improved month of July, but he still underwhelmed mightily to the tune of a .253/.327/.352 slash line over 24 games. Just like the previous month, he underwent another frustrating home run drought before homering in his final month of the game on July 30 against the Cincinnati Reds.
After finishing the month of May hitting .374, his batting average fell to .297— still keeping himself in the race for batting title— and his OPS fell from a blistering 1.078 to .840 over his next 49 games.
Freeman immediately improved his month of August in his first game, homering in two straight games for the first time in nearly three months. His season batting average hovered around .300 throughout the months of August and September, and he found his power stroke again with 13 home runs and a .920 OPS over his final 51 games of the regular season, including his only pair of multi-home run games. Despite his struggles in the middle of the season, he Freeman was named to his fifth consecutive All-Star game (fourth straight with the Dodgers) and the ninth appearance of his career. His home run and RBI totals slightly improved from his 2024 season as he eclipsed the 90 RBI mark for the first time since driving home 102 runs in 2023. His 39 doubles ranked seventh in all of baseball, while his 139 wRC+ ranked third among all qualified first baseman and 3.9 fWAR ranked second among the same group.
Freddie, meet… Freddie
After suffering a right ankle strain in the final home series of the 2024 regular season, Freddie Freeman slumped through the first two rounds of the postseason. The 2025 postseason started on an similar note as hit .250 in the two Wild Card games against Cincinnati before his bat disappeared in the NLDS against the Philadelphia Phillies to the tune of a .200/.294/.267 slash line with zero RBI. Freeman was instrumental in Game 1 of the NLCS against the Milwaukee Brewers, smashing his first home run of the postseason that proved to be the difference in a Dodgers win.
His bat was stifled in the ensuing three games against Milwaukee and the first two games of the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, slashing a putrid .176/.333/.294 and failing to drive in any runs.
In Game 3, Freeman finally broke through in clutch situations, as he laced a game-tying double in the bottom of the fifth inning. 13 innings later, he had the chance to make history, and on a full count pitch from Brendan Little, Freeman cranked his second career walk-off home run in the World Series, becoming the first player in baseball history with multiple walk-off home runs in the Fall Classic. He was dethroned of his title as World Series MVP from teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and outside of Game 3, Freeman tallied just four hits and zero RBI.
2025 particulars
Age: 35
Stats: .295/.367/.502, 147 G, 24 HR, 90 RBI, 39 2B, 81 R, 60 BB, 128 K, 139 wRC+, 3.5 rWAR, 3.9 fWAR
Salary: $27 million (Freeman received $15 million in 2025, plus $12 million deferred)
Game of the year
Freeman’s biggest highlight came on Mother’s Day against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field, where he went 4-5 with a home run, two doubles and three RBI, finishing just a triple shy of the cycle. His batting average and OPS for the season reached their apex at .376 and 1.170 respectively, but it was also the prelude to the longest home run slump of his entire career.
Roster status
Freeman will enter the fifth year of his six year, $162 million contract, which he signed with the Dodgers back in March 2022. He will receive $15 million in 2026, with the same breakdown as in 2025 outlined above.
