Los Angeles Dodgers star Freddie Freeman’s 2024 season ended on the best of notes, however 2025 has already gotten off to a slippery begin for the World Sequence MVP.
Freeman missed Monday night time’s recreation towards the Atlanta Braves after he slipped within the bathe and damage his surgically repaired proper ankle. He suffered the mishap at dwelling and got here to the ballpark on the off day Sunday for therapy.
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Freddie Freeman tosses to first for an out towards the Detroit Tigers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, March 29, 2025. (Jonathan Hui-Imagn Photographs)
“He had a little mishap entering the shower,” supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned. “Kind of swelled up a little bit.”
Roberts mentioned Freeman’s ankle wasn’t precisely 100% earlier than the accident, however he nonetheless got here out of the gate with two dwelling runs and 4 RBI to start out the 12 months when the staff was in Tokyo.
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Detroit Tigers’ Jack Flaherty hugs Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman after receiving his World Sequence championship ring previous to a baseball recreation, March 29, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Picture/Mark J. Terrill)
“He feels he could go out there and play, but just let him kind of recoup today and we’ll see how he is tomorrow,” Roberts mentioned. “For the most part, he’s always kicking and screaming (to play).”
Freeman performed all the MLB postseason with a tweaked ankle after he sprained it in late September. Nevertheless, he got here alive towards the New York Yankees and delivered probably the most epic World Sequence performances in latest reminiscence.
The primary baseman had debridement surgical procedure in December to take away unfastened our bodies in his ankle.
Dodgers, from left, Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts pose with their rings throughout a World Sequence champion ring ceremony earlier than the Detroit Tigers recreation, Friday, March 28, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Picture/Mark J. Terrill)
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Freeman was an All-Star for the sixth time in seven seasons. MLB didn’t have an All-Star Recreation throughout the 2020 season. He had 22 dwelling runs and 89 RBI in 147 video games for the Dodgers final season.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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