Freddie Freeman was named the 2024 World Series MVP after the Los Angeles Dodgers eliminated the New York Yankees to capture their eighth championship in franchise history.
Freeman went 5-for-16 with a triple, four home runs and 10 RBI through the first four games against the Yankees. He finished the World Series with a 1-for-4 effort with two RBI on Wednesday night.
Freeman, who returned to the Dodgers lineup in Game 1 after missing the National League Championship Series finale, electrified the Dodger Stadium crowd by hitting a walk-off grand slam. He went on to hit home runs in each of the next two games as well.
Freeman broke George Springer’s MLB record by hitting a home run in six consecutive World Series games. Freeman’s streak began in Game 5 of the 2021 World Series as a member of the Atlanta Braves.
Freeman joins Johnny Podres (1955), Larry Sherry (1959), Sandy Koufax (1963 and 1965), Ron Cey and Pedro Guerrero (1981), Orel Hershiser (1988) and Corey Seager (2020) as Dodgers World Series MVP winners.
It’s a well-deserved honor for Freeman, who has been battling a right ankle sprain over the last month. He fought through the pain to not only play in the World Series, but make a big impact as well.
Freddie Freeman rediscovered swing
Prior to the World Series, Freeman was struggling to lift the ball in the air and hit for power. He worked with Dodgers hitting coach Robert Van Scoyoc to find a solution, which wound up entailing a mentality shift.
“I just feel like my ankle is in a good spot since about three days ago and been able to work really hard throughout the course of the week,” Freeman recently explained.
“I was working with Robert (Van Scoyoc) a lot. We found a little cue about three days ago, and I started hitting on the field three days ago, and it was a line-drive out to shortstop every single time. It has been a while since I’ve done that.
“I was feeling pretty well the last few days on the cue that I had. It’s not about lifting or doing any of that. If my swing’s in the right spot and you’re hitting line drives and your swing is in a good spot, that’s where you create backspin.
“I can’t create the spin. If I do, I’m going to topspin and hook everything. When your swing is good and direct to the ball, that’s how you create the backspin, and I was able to do it.”
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