Best player on every MLB team

Atlanta Braves—Freddie Freeman

The tenure of Freddie Freeman in Atlanta has taken on some aspects of being the sole survivor of an increasingly dystopian Braves roster. He is the last familiar portion a team that regularly pushed for the postseason just two years ago, and is currently charged with being the mainstay in the push to return to National League East prominence.

2015 was a rough year for the usually durable Freeman, as he battled wrist injuries and played in a career-low 118 games, just one year removed from suiting up for all 162 in 2014. He still turned in some solid totals despite being limited to 481 plate appearances, and played at a pace that would have placed him close to his 2014 totals of 43 doubles and 175 hits.

If anything, Freeman showed a clear improvement in his raw power numbers in the jump from his age-24 and 25 seasons. Freeman matched his 2014 home run total in 44 less games (he homered once every 23 AB’s, up from every 33 in ’14) while still keeping his overall extra base hit ratio steady (9.4% of his total hits). Despite playing in an even more diminished Braves lineup, Freeman appears to be prone to be an independently successful batter, regardless of the lack of true protection around him.

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