SURPRISE, AZ - MARCH 08: Los Angeles Dodgers first base coach Danny Lehmann (0) looks on during the spring training MLB baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Texas Rangers on March 8, 2020 at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Freddie Freeman’s troubling injury description will have Dodgers fans doubting him
One could practically hear a collective groan go up throughout Dodgers’ fandom during LA’s series finale against the Padres last week, when Freddie Freeman stumbled across first base and down the right field line trying to evade a tag, before tumbling onto the outfield grass. He was holding his ankle as he was attended to by trainers, and replay showed that it looked like it was just a few degrees away from snapping.
He attended LA’s division clinch celebration on crutches and with a boot on his right foot. This is definitely not what the Dodgers wanted for one of their Big Three, just a few days away from the start of the postseason.
After the game, the team said Freeman’s X-rays came back negative, but he wouldn’t go on the road with them for their last series of the regular season in Colorado. However, they were hopeful he would be back for the NLDS.
Over the last few months of the season, any time a Dodger got hurt felt like the end of the world. After all, LA led baseball in time spent on the IL this year, and fans have had to wade through countless updates about progress and regression basically since Opening Day. It was nice that the Dodgers were optimistic, but it didn’t inspire much confidence.
Freeman didn’t really help with his description of his ankle after the play: “It’s like a grapefruit.”
