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David Freese Again the Favorite at Third

March 29th, 2009 | Author: Chad Gramling

Not long ago, I assessed former Wizard, David Freese’s chances of starting the 2009 season with the St. Louis Cardinals as being pretty darn good. Then I found out with most eveyroen else that he had a lingering Achilles injury that stemmed from a January auto accident. Then he was sent to minor league camp.

Many speculated that it might mean he would have no chance of breaking camp with the parent club. Fortunately, Spring Training is a long time and a lot can change.

David Freese was recalled from minor league camp and the Carinals are hoping he’ll either win the job or light a spark under Joe Mather, who slumped heavily after they sent Freese down.

“The first thing is to give him a look before you take the next stride and say, ‘Hey, he makes the club or is on the club.’ You give him a look he wasn’t able to get before,” La Russa said.

He’s once again the leading candidate to win the job. Whiteyball thinks Freese will break camp with the parent club. Yesterday, he went 3-for-4 with a walk and two runs batted in duirng St. Louis’ 10-6 loss to Baltimore. In that contest, Freese got the start at first base, which was the first time in his professional career he did so. He’s 6-for-8 in his last two starts.

Freese was originally drafted in the ninth round of the 2006 amateur entry draft by San Diego with the 273rd overall pick. He went right to work, hitting .379 with five home runs and 26 runs batted in over 58 at-bats at Eugene before joining the Wizards 53 games in 2006. During that stint, Freese hit .299 with eight home runs and 43 runs batted in and drawing 21 walks in 204 at-bats. The following season, he produced similar numbers over the full season at High-A Lake Elsinore, and even inched his on base percentage up over .400.

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