Alex Freeland

Alexander Chance Freeland (born August 24, 2001) is an American professional baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.

Career Amateur career Freeland attended Mariner High School in Cape Coral, Florida, and the University of Central Florida (UCF), where he played college baseball for the UCF Knights. In 2021 and 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Freeland in the third round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Dodgers and made his professional debut with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, where he hit .313 in only eight games in the 2022 season. and to the Triple–A Oklahoma City Baseball Club on August 6. In a combined 136 games, he batted .260 with 18 home runs, 74 RBI and 31 stolen bases. He made his MLB debut the following day, against the Cincinnati Reds, and recorded his first hit off Nick Martinez. Freeland hit his first major league home run off Yu Darvish of the San Diego Padres on August 22. He played in 29 games for the Dodgers, with a slash line of .190/.292/.310 while hitting two homers and driving in six runs and was optioned back to the minors on September 4. Freeland played in 106 games for Oklahoma City, slashing .263/.384/.451 while hitting 16 home runs and driving in 82 runs.

Personal life Freeland was born with a clubfoot and underwent numerous surgeries to correct the issue.