The Braves seem serious about moving Freddie Freeman to third base. Or maybe that’s just what they want you to believe.Video surfaced Wednesday of the injured first basemantaking grounders at third, seeming to indicate the team is moving forward with this drastic switch that manager Brian Snitker legitimized toreportersTuesday in the context ofexploring all options to keep slugger Matt Adams in the lineup once Freeman returns from a broken left wrist.Or maybe they just want the appearance of legitimacy to gain greater leverage with teams who might covetAdams at the trade deadline.»See? We’re serious about this. If you want Matt Adams,pay up!»Video of Freddie Freeman https://www.rockiesedges.com/colorado-rockies/gerardo-parra-jersey acquainting himself with third base. #Braves pic.twitter.com/DAyVMJDzwu Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) June 21, 2017If this is indeed a ruse, you have to admire the team’s willingne s to keep Jon Gray Jersey pushing thefib further to try to maximize thebenefit. It’s one thing to mention the move as an everything’s on the tablepo sibility. It’s another thing to allow reporters to take video of Freeman fielding grounders and making the long throw from third to first. It’s still another thing to have Freeman talk to reporters about it afterward.MORE: Phillies on pace to be one of the worst teams in baseball historyWho knows what’s next? Will the Braves take it up a notch?Announce that Freeman will begin a minor league rehab to focus on third base? Have him hold a news conference in which he unboxes a fresh shipment of third basemangloves? «Leak» video of Freeman and Chipper Jones deep in conversation at the hot corner?A suming this is just aclever ploy, one also would a sume that the team is willing to push the ruse to its furthest level of insanity to get what it wants, George Costanza style. With each advancement of the rumor comes the hope that teams will bite. If those bites don’t come, well … It’s all a big puzzler. Or is it? Maybe things are just as they seem and Freeman will take to third base for the good of the team. Or maybe it’s all mind games. Either way, it’s fascinating to watch.We’ll see whether the Braves, like Costanza, keep taking it up a notch. And we’ https://www.rockiesedges.com/colorado-rockies/greg-holland-jersey ll watch Braves fans try not to freak out amid the mystery.
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