Freddie Freeman has stern message amid Dodgers’ downward spiral

Freddie Freeman has openly addressed the Los Angeles Dodgers’ ongoing free fall.

The Dodgers dropped another contest Sunday to the Arizona Diamondbacks, losing 4-2 against their division rival at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz. The defeat was L.A.’s eighth over its last nine games.

Freeman, who went 1-for-4 and grounded into a backbreaking double play in his last at-bat, spoke to reporters after the result. When asked about the team’s ongoing slide, which extends to a 9-15 run over the last month, Freeman’s message was clear.

“There’s no concern here. We’re a good team,” the three-time World Series winner said without feeling the need to explain further.

Freeman attributed the Dodgers’ current struggles to the usual “baseball ups and downs” that every team goes through — even back-to-back defending champions.

If there’s any time for the Dodgers to work out the kinks of their current roster, it’s now. Despite officially losing the season series against Arizona in Sunday’s contest, the Dodgers still hold a 7.5-game lead over the D-Backs in the NL West with just over 40 games left in the season.

The Dodgers have two-time Cy Young Award winners Tarik Skubal and the returning Blake Snell on the mound for their next two games against the Kansas City Royals, who enter their three-game series with a 49-70 record.