The Dodgers introduced that they’ve positioned Freddie Freeman on the 10-day injured record with a proper ankle sprain. The position is retroactive to March 31, so Freeman will probably be eligible to return per week from in the present day.
Freeman has not performed since Saturday. Supervisor Dave Roberts informed reporters that the star first baseman tweaked his ankle when he slipped within the bathe (through Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic). Freeman performed by an ankle sprain down the stretch and all through final yr’s playoff run. He had a monster World Collection regardless of the harm however however required surgical procedure in early December. That process didn’t stop him from beginning the season, however the current bathe slip would require a minimum of one other week of relaxation.
IL placements may be backdated by as much as three days. That the Dodgers elected to not place Freeman on the IL immediately suggests they didn’t think about this a major harm. It was sufficient to ship him for an especially uncommon IL stint although. Freeman final went on the shelf in 2020 for a optimistic virus take a look at. His most up-to-date non-illness IL keep got here again in 2017, when a fracture in his left wrist knocked him out for greater than two months.
Enrique Hernández drew into the lineup at first base for the Dodgers’ sequence in opposition to the Braves. Whereas he went a mixed 1-11, the Dodgers swept Atlanta to maneuver to 8-0. The 4 high groups within the NL West have all gotten out to wonderful begins — the 7-0 Padres be part of the Dodgers as the one remaining undefeated golf equipment — however the Dodgers clearly have loads of expertise to climate what appears prone to be a short-term absence.
Los Angeles didn’t announce a corresponding roster transfer. They’re off in the present day, so there wasn’t any urgency to fill the spot, however ready till tomorrow to position Freeman on the IL would have pushed again his retroactive date by a day. They will recall one other hitter main as much as their weekend sequence in Philadelphia.
