Why Dodgers almost put Freddie Freeman at third base in walk-off win over Marlins

Source: New York Post

With the game on the line in the bottom of the ninth Monday night, Freddie Freeman had a simple request for Dodgers third base coach Dino Ebel during a mid-inning pitching change. “You need to send Shohei at all costs,” Freeman said, only half-jokingly, with Ohtani looming at second base as the potential winning run. Otherwise, the Gold Glove first baseman would have been in line for the most unexpected of tasks.