Dodgers’ Alex Freeland, Isaac Ayon win minor league weekly honors

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LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 10: Alex Freeland #76 of the Los Angeles Dodgers bats during the game between the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, May 10, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jessie Alcheh/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images

Last Monday, Alex Freeland was the odd man out in the Dodgers infield when Mookie Betts was activated off the injured list. Freeland was optioned to Triple-A, but made the most of things with Oklahoma City, winning Pacific Coast League player of the week in his first week back in the minors.

The switch-hitting Freeland hit .400/.464/.920 with three home runs — one hit right-handed, two left-handed — and two triples, with three walks, eight runs scored, and 11 runs batted in in five games on the road against the Albuquerque Isotopes, a Colorado Rockies affiliate.

TWO-HOMER GAME FOR ALEX FREELAND

The oppo makes it three longballs in two games! pic.twitter.com/J8c2apBIPH

— Oklahoma City Comets (@OKC_comets) May 17, 2026

A shortstop by trade, Freeland has played second base and third base in his major league time with the Dodgers last year and this year. Back with Oklahoma City last week, he started three times at third base and twice at second base.

Freeland is the second Comets player to win player of the week honors this season, joining first baseman and outfielder James Tibbs III for the week of March 31-April 5.

Freeland was not the only Dodgers minor leaguer to capture an award on Monday. Class-A Ontario Tower Buzzers right-hander Isaac Ayon took home California League pitcher of the week after his 10 strikeouts in five scoreless innings last Wednesday at home, allowing only one single and no walks to the San Jose Giants.

Ayon with 10 K's on the day HIM. pic.twitter.com/6ikJFXHJm4

— Ontario Tower Buzzers (@towerbuzzers) May 14, 2026

Ayon, drafted out of Oregon in the 18th round in 2024, has a 2.96 ERA in seven games, including five starts for Ontario this season, with 35 strikeouts against only five walks in his 27 1/3 innings. Among all Dodgers minor league pitchers with at least 20 innings in 2026, Ayon’s 28-percent strikeout-minus-walk rate ranks third, trailing only Christian Zazueta (33 percent) for High-A Great Lakes and Ayon’s Ontario teammate Brady Smith (29.9 percent).

Ayon is the second Tower Buzzers player to win weekly honors this season. Marlon Nieves was California League pitcher of the week for the week of April 6-12.

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