Alex Freeland Stats & Scouting Report — College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects

AB	24
AVG	.417
OBP	.576
SLG	.625
HR	0

Full name Alexander Chance Freeland
Born 08/24/2001 in Louisville, KY
Profile Ht.: 6'2" / Wt.: 200 / Bats: S / Throws: R
School Central Florida
Drafted in the 3rd round (105th overall) by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2022 (signed for $580,200).

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After a solid freshman season at Central Florida, Freeland broke out as a sophomore, hitting .282/.419/.570. He showed more power (11 home runs) while cutting his strikeout rate to 19%. Freeland has an excellent sense of the strike zone and solid hand-eye coordination. He knows how to catch up to a quality fastball, but he can be caught out in front by a pitcher who pitches backwards. Freeland has only fringe-average productive power, but he does a good job of finding pitches he can drive. Freeland’s accurate, plus arm plays at shortstop and he has a quick transfer, but there are concerns he doesn’t move well enough to stick there as a pro. He’s a below-average runner. Freeland’s internal clock and instincts are impressive, and he should be able to stay in the infield at second or third base. As a hitter with solid on-base skills, he’s the kind of multi-positional pro who could end up exceeding expectations.

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BA Grade: 45/High

Track Record: Freeland was born with a clubfoot and had multiple surgeries as an infant to correct it. His right foot is smaller than his left and he has limited ankle mobility, but he never let it derail his baseball aspirations. Freeland hit 18 home runs in two seasons as Central Florida’s starting shortstop and was drafted by the Dodgers in the third round as a draft-eligible sophomore. He played his first full season at High-A Great Lakes in 2023 and showed standout defensive ability as well as promising underlying offensive metrics.

Scouting Report: Freeland is a physical, athletic switch-hitter who competes at a high effort level. He’s an aggressive swinger, but he controls the strike zone and shows the potential to hit for average and power from the left side. He has an explosive lefthanded swing and hit .262 with a .740 OPS from the left side last year compared to .149 with a .579 OPS batting righthanded. He has to improve his plate coverage and potentially drop his righthanded swing, but he has the potential to be a fringe-average hitter who reaches double-digit home runs. Freeland is a loose mover at shortstop despite his big, 6-foot-2 frame and below-average speed. He positions himself well with excellent instincts and covers enough ground to stay at the position. He projects to be a steady, average defender with a plus, accurate arm.

The Future: Freeland’s abilities to play shortstop and hit lefthanded give him a path to the majors. He’ll move to Double-A in 2024.

Scouting Grades Hit: 45 | Power: 40 | Run: 40 | Field: 50 | Arm: 60

Draft Prospects

School: Central Florida Committed/Drafted: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 20.9
After a solid freshman season at Central Florida, Freeland broke out as a sophomore, hitting .282/.419/.570. He showed more power (11 home runs) while cutting his strikeout rate to 19%. Freeland has an excellent sense of the strike zone and solid hand-eye coordination. He knows how to catch up to a quality fastball, but he can be caught out in front by a pitcher who pitches backwards. Freeland has only fringe-average productive power, but he does a good job of finding pitches he can drive. Freeland’s accurate, plus arm plays at shortstop and he has a quick transfer, but there are concerns he doesn’t move well enough to stick there as a pro. He’s a below-average runner. Freeland’s internal clock and instincts are impressive, and he should be able to stay in the infield at second or third base. As a hitter with solid on-base skills, he’s the kind of multi-positional pro who could end up exceeding expectations.
A 6-foot-2, 180-pound shortstop who showed good feel to hit over the summer and fall, scouts are intrigued with Freeland as an offensive-oriented infielder. A switch-hitter committed to Central Florida, Freeland has solid power with a chance to get to fringe-average or average juice in-game, and some scouts think he can develop into an average hitter as well, with more impact from the left side than the right. While Freeland has shown solid hands, good arm strength and runs well in a straight line, scouts universally believe he’ll have to move to either second or third in the future because of a club foot he was born with. Without knowing, you likely wouldn’t be able to tell by watching him on the field, but it does limit his lateral mobility. Even still, Freeland has done enough with the bat to get scouts excited, though because of the shorter 2020 draft and questions about his medical, teams might prefer he go to college and prove it.