The Los Angeles Dodgers have revealed their lineup for Wednesday night time’s sequence finale in opposition to the Atlanta Braves — and Freddie Freeman remains to be not in there.
Freeman missed the primary two video games of the sequence after slipping getting into the bathe and re-injuring his surgically repaired ankle.
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The primary baseman opened up concerning the freak accident on Tuesday.
“Midway by means of my (Sunday) morning espresso, I used to be like, ‘Oh, I’ll simply bathe to prepare for the day,’” Freeman mentioned. “And subsequent factor you understand, I’m down within the bathtub. It’s an incredible psychological image, in case you guys need to give it some thought, large man falling far and wide. … Freak accident, you may’t actually make it up, loopy.
“Nevertheless it was simply a type of issues. You slip in bathtub showers on a regular basis. And whenever you’re wholesome, you simply catch your self. And whenever you’re not, whenever you’ve bought a little bit surgically repaired ankle, largely I believe it simply flared all the things type of again up. I used to be a little bit sore. Sore on the within nonetheless. However I’m feeling significantly better.”
Freeman mentioned he was feeling higher Tuesday, however the Dodgers have wished to train warning with the reigning World Sequence MVP so early within the season.
The Dodgers have additionally confirmed to be simply advantageous with out Freeman, as they’re 7-0 on the season, and 4-0 in video games by which Freeman isn’t within the lineup.
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Freeman is somebody who hates lacking video games, however as he recovers from his painful postseason that included a severely sprained ankle and damaged rib cartilage, the Dodgers have been additional cautious as he offers with further flare-ups.
Dodgers Lineup Wednesday vs Braves
Blake Snell is getting his second begin for the Dodgers in Wednesday’s sequence finale as L.A. appears to get their third consecutive sweep and transfer to 8-0 on the yr.
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