| Alex Freeland | |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 76 | |
| Infielder | |
| Born:August 24, 2001 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | |
Bats: Switch Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 30, 2025, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| MLB statistics (through August 23,2025) | |
| Batting average | .241 |
| Home runs | 2 |
| Runs batted in | 6 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
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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.
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]
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,slashing .253/.377/.421 with 12 home runs,71 RBI,and 17 stolen bases. [1] On July 29,he was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time. [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]
Freeland was born with a clubfoot and underwent numerous surgeries to correct the issue. [10]
