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Alex Freeland
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Alexander Chance Freeland (born August 24, 2001) is an American professional baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.
Key Information
Career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Freeland attended Mariner High School in Cape Coral, Florida, and the University of Central Florida (UCF), where he played college baseball for the UCF Knights.[1] In 2021 and 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2][3]
Los Angeles Dodgers
[edit]The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Freeland in the third round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[4] He signed with the Dodgers and made his professional debut with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, where he hit .313 in only eight games in the 2022 season.[1] Freeland played 2023 with the Great Lakes Loons, hitting .240 in 106 games with nine homers and 57 RBI[1] and remained with Great Lakes to start the 2024 season before being promoted to the Tulsa Drillers on May 8[5] and to the Triple–A Oklahoma City Baseball Club on August 6.[6] In a combined 136 games, he batted .260 with 18 home runs, 74 RBI and 31 stolen bases.[1]
Freeland began 2025 with Oklahoma City, before he was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time on July 29.[7] He made his MLB debut the following day, against the Cincinnati Reds, and recorded his first hit off Nick Martinez.[8] Freeland hit his first major league home run off Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres on August 22.[9] He played in 29 games for the Dodgers, with a slash line of .190/.292/.310 while hitting two homers and driving in six runs[10] and was optioned back to the minors on September 4.[11] Freeland played in 106 games for Oklahoma City, slashing .263/.384/.451 while hitting 16 home runs and driving in 82 runs.[1]
Personal life
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Alex Freeland Amateur, College & Minor League Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ "#24 Alex Freeland - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ^ "Alex Freeland". pointstreak.com. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ "Three UCF baseball players picked on Day 2 of MLB Draft". July 19, 2022.
- ^ Stephen, Eric (May 8, 2024). "Dodgers minors: Ben Casparius, Austin Gauthier promoted to Triple-A". SB Nation. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ Stephen, Eric (August 6, 2024). "Dalton Rushing, Alex Freeland & a busy day of Dodgers minor league transactions". SB Nation. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ Harris, Jack (July 29, 2025). "With Dodgers battling more injuries, prospect Alex Freeland called up". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
- ^ "Reds 5 Dodgers 2 July 30 2025 box score". mlb.com. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ Adams, Lindsay (August 22, 2025). "Alex Freeland crushes his first big league home run!". SB Nation. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
- ^ "Alex Freeland Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
- ^ "Dodgers' Alex Freeland: Returning to Triple-A". CBS Sports. September 4, 2025. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
- ^ Buchanan, Zach (June 9, 2023). "Dodgers' Alex Freeland was born with a clubfoot. Now he's a shortstop prospect". The Athletic. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from MLB · Baseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors)