{"id":63717,"date":"2025-05-23T08:28:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T08:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=63717"},"modified":"2025-05-23T08:28:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T08:28:19","slug":"shocking-freddie-freeman-admits-how-difficult-austin-barnes-chris-taylor-release-was-for-dodgers-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=63717","title":{"rendered":"Shocking: Freddie Freeman Admits How Difficult Austin Barnes, Chris Taylor Release Was for Dodgers Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dave Roberts Reacts to Dodgers Decision to Cut Chris Taylor, Tyler Glasnow, Ohtani Update!\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fj0nrESnwqY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers cut two of their longest-tenured players in the span of a week. Backup catcher Austin Barnes was designated for assignment, and utility man Chris Taylor was released.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers made it clear the player cuts were a business decision amid a tight NL West race. Both veterans were used sparingly this season.<\/p>\n<p>This season, Barnes was slashing .214\/.233\/.286 with two RBIs and an OPS of .518 across 44 plate appearances. The backstop played in just 13 games.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor received 35 plate appearances, going 7-for-35 with 13 strikeouts this season. He appeared in 28 of the Dodgers\u2019 46 games in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>While the Dodgers\u2019 decision to part ways with Barnes and Taylor made sense, Freddie Freeman explained how emotional their departures have been for the team.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s like \u2013 there\u2019s a card group of guys on the plane. Austin was one of them. Now Kirby Yates is on the IL. That\u2019s another one that\u2019s not going to travel,\u201d Freeman said to Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register. \u201cA lot of people don\u2019t understand, there\u2019s a lot of things that go on. Losing people over the course of a year, it stinks.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Freeman understands that the reality of baseball is the departure of longtime friends; however, the Dodgers\u2019 top priority remains winning.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt does suck. There\u2019s no way around it,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cIf you say you\u2019re not sad when you lose friends, you\u2019re not a human. You just get going. You\u2019re going to be a little sad but that can\u2019t be the reason you go 0 for 4 now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard. It really is. But you do understand that it\u2019s a business and you have to keep going,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen you do lose two respected veterans in the clubhouse, you\u2019ve got to be a grown boy and understand the reasoning. You can be sad that you lost a friend \u2013 you can still be in contact with that friend. But we\u2019ve got to keep going. I think we\u2019ve got a good group of guys that will keep this machine going.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers cut two of their longest-tenured players in the span of a week. 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