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Braves’ top offseason task: Hanging on to Freddie Freeman

AP photo by Eric Gay / Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman, right, hugs relief pitcher Will Smith after the team's 7-0 win in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night in Houston. Freeman had an RBI double and a solo homer to help the Braves blow out the Astros and wrap up the title in six games.
AP photo by Eric Gay / Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman, right, hugs relief pitcher Will Smith after the team's 7-0 win in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night in Houston. Freeman had an RBI double and a solo homer to help the Braves blow out the Astros and wrap up the title in six games. AP photo by Eric Gay / Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman, right, hugs relief pitcher Will Smith after the team's 7-0 win in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night in Houston. Freeman had an RBI double and a solo homer to help the Braves blow out the Astros and wrap up the title in six games.

By PAUL NEWBERRY / The Associated Press 5 min read

ATLANTA – A celebration 26 years in the making was still going strong when a jarring dose of reality hit the Atlanta Braves.

Has first baseman Freddie Freeman, the face of the franchise for the past decade, played his last game in an Atlanta uniform?

“Did I think I’d be sitting here with no contract? No, I didn’t,” Freeman said after stopping by the Fox set during the postgame celebration in Houston, not long after catching a throw to first for the final out of Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night.

“This is a crazy game, a crazy business,” Freeman continued. “But everyone knows where my heart is. And that’s the Atlanta Braves.”

Freeman’s future is the most pressing offseason issue facing the Braves, who capped an improbable run to their first MLB title since 1995 with a 7-0 rout of the Houston Astros.