Freddie Freeman‘s fall landed him on the injured list.
The Los Angeles Dodgers placed their star slugger on the 10-day IL on Thursday after the World Series MVP sprained his surgically repaired right ankle in a slip in the shower at home last weekend.
“Freak accident, you can’t really make it up, crazy,” Freeman said Tuesday.
The incident happened at home Sunday morning, an off day for the World Series champions.
“Halfway through my morning coffee I was like, ‘Oh, I’ll just shower to get ready for the day’ and next thing I know I’m down in the bathtub,’ he said. “It’s a great mental picture if you guys want to think about it. Big guy falling all over the place.”
Freeman’s wife, Chelsea, relayed the news to the first baseman’s father.
“He was like, ‘Are you serious?’” Freeman said. “Chelsea actually made the joke, ‘I thought I was going to deal with this when you’re 70, not when you’re 35.’”
Even his 4-year-old son, Brandon, piled on, saying, “Daddy, you got another boo-boo.”
The 2024 World Series MVP came to the ballpark on the off day Sunday for treatment. An X-ray showed no serious damage.
Freeman felt fortunate, given that the combination shower-tub has a glass door.
“It could have been much worse,” he said. “I could have hit my head.”
Before the accident, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Freeman’s ankle “wasn’t 100% but still, obviously the way he swung the bat, in a good spot.”
The Dodgers are off to an 8-0 start and open a six-game trip Friday at Philadelphia.
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Freeman has played in just three games so far. He missed the season-opening Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs with left rib discomfort and sat out this week’s three-game series against his old team, the Atlanta Braves.
Freeman is 3-for-12 with two home runs and four RBIs to start the season — his fourth with the Dodgers. An eight-time All-Star, he was National League MVP with Atlanta in 2020.
Freeman sprained his right ankle on a play at first base in late September and struggled in the first two rounds of the postseason, but it was hardly evident during the World Series. He homered in the first four games and had 12 RBIs as the Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in five games.
Freeman had debridement surgery in December to remove loose bodies in the ankle.
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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