is officially a member of the . On Friday, , four days after the with . Freeman returning to Atlanta seemed fait accompli going into the offseason. Instead, he is now a Dodger."I didn't think I'd ever get to free agency if we're being honest about it," Freeman said during his introductory pre s conference Friday. ".. Stefan Matteau Men Jersey . The emotions were all over the place. When you spend someplace for 15 years and you see that chapter got closed right then and there, I didn't really speak for a couple of hours, just trying to figure it all out." Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos fought back tears while speaking Brayden McNabb Men Jersey to reporters following the Olson trade earlier this week because it marked the end of the Freeman era in Atlanta. "I saw 'em. That's all I'll say," Freeman said about the tears. He made it clear Friday he was hurt by what he called a lack of communication from the Braves prior to the Olson trade. "The communication wasn't all there in the offseason. I got two phone calls -- one before the lockout and one once it lifted," Freeman said about contract talks with the Braves. "... I got more from Andrew (Friedman) in a couple of hours." Friedman, the Dodgers president of baseball operations, admitted he thought the chances of signing Freeman were "slim" heading into the offseason. Freeman said longtime Dodgers infielder recruited him heavily -- "His name popped up on my phone quite a bit during this proce s," Colin Miller Women Jersey he said -- as did Dodgers manager Dave Roberts."Family is everything to me. I don't want to be anywhere else right now, this is home," said Freeman, a Southern California native. LAD 1B #5 BA0.300R120HR31RBI83SB8 Prior to the owners' lockout, the Braves reportedly offered Freeman a five Brayden McNabb Kids Jersey -year, $135 million contract (that is contract with the plus $1 million per year) while Freeman was seeking a six-year deal in the $180 million range. Once the lockout ended, Atlanta moved on to Olson because they had other moves to make and needed to get first base settled. "First base has been something we've been wanting to settle, and it felt like it needed to be the first domino for our offseason because we have other things to do," Anthopoulos told reporters, , after the Olson trade. "I know every team's going through the same thing, trying to build their team. Tough trade to make."Freeman, 32, . The 2020 NL MVP authored a .300/.393/.503 line with 31 home runs in 2021, and , as well as other high-end performers like Justin Turner, , , and . It is a stacked lineup, to be sure.The Dodgers lost to free agency prior to the lockout and there are some questions in rotation given injury concerns and . That said, Los Angeles is again on the short list of the game's best teams and a legitimate World Series contenders. They went to (at least) the NLCS for the fifth time in six Keegan Kolesar Men Jersey years in 2021.