Dodgers' Freddie Freeman suffers freak injury in shower, manager says

Los Angeles Dodgers prima Freddie Freeman’s 2024 play ended connected the highest of notes, but 2025 has already gotten disconnected to a slippery commencement for the World Series MVP.

Freeman missed Monday night’s crippled against the Atlanta Braves aft helium slipped successful the ablution and wounded his surgically repaired close ankle. He suffered the mishap astatine location and came to the ballpark connected the disconnected time Sunday for treatment.

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Freddie Freeman tosses to archetypal for an retired against the Detroit Tigers astatine Dodger Stadium successful Los Angeles, March 29, 2025. (Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images)

"He had a small mishap entering the shower," manager Dave Roberts said. "Kind of swelled up a small bit."

Roberts said Freeman’s ankle wasn’t precisely 100% earlier the accident, but helium inactive came retired of the gross with 2 location runs and 4 RBI to commencement the twelvemonth erstwhile the squad was successful Tokyo.

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Detroit Tigers' Jack Flaherty hugs Dodgers' Freddie Freeman aft receiving his World Series title ringing anterior to a shot game, March 29, 2025, successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

"He feels helium could spell retired determination and play, but conscionable fto him benignant of recoup contiguous and we’ll spot however helium is tomorrow," Roberts said. "For the astir part, he's ever kicking and screaming (to play)."

Freeman played the full MLB postseason with a tweaked ankle aft helium sprained it successful precocious September. However, helium came live against the New York Yankees and delivered 1 of the astir epic World Series performances successful caller memory.

The archetypal baseman had debridement country successful December to region escaped bodies successful his ankle.

Dodgers, from left, Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts airs with their rings during a World Series champion ringing ceremonial earlier the Detroit Tigers game, Friday, March 28, 2025, successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Freeman was an All-Star for the sixth clip successful 7 seasons. MLB didn’t person an All-Star Game during the 2020 season. He had 22 location runs and 89 RBI successful 147 games for the Dodgers past season. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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