Dodgers place Freddie Freeman on IL after 'freak accident' in the shower

The Los Angeles Dodgers volition beryllium without prima archetypal baseman Freddie Freeman for astatine slightest different week owed to an antithetic injury.

Freeman played successful the postseason past autumn connected a atrocious close ankle that was surgically repaired soon aft the Dodgers won the World Series.

Freeman injured the ankle again aft helium slipped and fell successful the ablution astatine home.

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Los Angeles Dodgers archetypal baseman Freddie Freeman reacts aft making the last retired during the apical of the 3rd inning against the New York Yankees successful Game 4 of the 2024 MLB World Series astatine Yankee Stadium. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)

"Freak accident, you can't truly marque it up, crazy," Freeman said earlier this week.

Freeman reinjured the ankle Sunday, which was an disconnected time for LA.

"Halfway done my greeting coffee, I was like, 'Oh, I'll conscionable ablution to get acceptable for the day.' And adjacent happening I cognize I'm down successful the bathtub," helium said. "It's a large intelligence representation if you guys privation to deliberation astir it. Big feline falling each implicit the place."

Freeman's woman and lad couldn't assistance but marque amusive of him, the archetypal baseman quipped.

Los Angeles Dodgers archetypal baseman Freddie Freeman (5) celebrates aft hitting a expansive slam successful the tenth inning against the New York Yankees during Game 1 of the 2024 World Series astatine Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Imagn Images)

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"Chelsea really made the joke, 'I thought I was going to woody with this erstwhile you're 70, not erstwhile you're 35,'" Freeman said. 

The bum ankle did not deter Freeman successful October. He was named MVP of the World Series, driving successful a record-tying 12 runs (in conscionable 5 games), 4 of which came connected his walk-off expansive slam successful Game 1. He besides had 2 RBIs successful the clincher and deed location runs successful each of the archetypal 4 games of the series.

Freeman was thankful the ankle wounded is each he's dealing with.

"It could person been overmuch worse. I could person deed my head," helium said.

Los Angeles Dodgers archetypal baseman Freddie Freeman tosses to archetypal for an retired during the 3rd inning against the Detroit Tigers astatine Dodger Stadium successful Los Angeles March 29, 2025. (Jonathan Hui/Imagn Images)

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Freeman has missed 5 of the Dodgers' 8 games, but they are doing conscionable good without him. They're disconnected to an 8-0 start.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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