{"id":41001,"date":"2025-04-14T08:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T08:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=41001"},"modified":"2025-04-14T08:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T08:23:07","slug":"breaking-freddie-freemans-sudden-absence-vs-cubs-raises-big-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=41001","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Freddie Freeman\u2019s sudden absence vs Cubs raises big questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wrapper_1vgzeyt\">\n<div class=\"style_1q03211\">\n<figure class=\"base_1ruub6q\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"base_1emrqjj\" title=\"Mar 28, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) is congratulated by shortstop Mookie Betts (50) after hitting a two-run home run in the sixth inning against the Detroit Tigers at Dodger Stadium. 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Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images \/ Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inStoryContainer_1r009zu\">\n<div class=\"wrapper_qe1qt7\">\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_dpkltqdqq\">After the Los Angeles Dodgers suffered the worst home loss in franchise history Saturday evening, 16-0, to the Chicago Cubs, fans got more bad news as Freddie Freeman was not in the lineup for Sunday&#8217;s series finale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_10cy7vaaj\">Just two days removed from Freeman&#8217;s return after a stint on the injury list, Sunday appears to be an off day as manager Dave Roberts confirmed to the media ahead of the series finale with the Cubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_sktkwd2it\">&#8220;He was either going to take today or tomorrow off, given that we have six in a row&#8221; said Roberts. &#8220;Wasn&#8217;t going to play six in a row, so we just felt that today would be the best day and then we&#8217;ll run him for three against the Rockies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"style_1y6if9u-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_lksnzy6st\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004 ot-vscat-C0004 \" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1911528488676573480&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fmlb%2Fdodgers%2Fnews%2Fwhy-isn-t-freddie-freeman-playing-for-dodgers-vs-cubs&amp;sessionId=85b91dc7d5ee5e32b1696fa3ad942ccd8e20ce2e&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1911528488676573480\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div id=\"tout_d_11_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_6oeo3wboi\">Freeman initially landed on the IL due to a freak accident in the shower that resulted in him slipping and tweaking his surgically repaired ankle. Per The Athletic&#8217;s\u00a0Fabian Ardaya, the World Series MVP was using the shower in his guest room due to a leak in his main shower and took a tumble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_d4zudi3qd\">\u201cYou slip in bathtub showers all the time,\u201d he added. \u201cWhen you\u2019re healthy, you just catch yourself. And when you\u2019re not, when you got a little surgically repaired ankle, mostly I think it just flared everything kind of back up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_qcq8c9y3y\">Of all the injuries that Freeman has been through last season, to say that the veteran has been through a lot would be a severe understatement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_rm6bsxmjp\">On the day that the Dodgers clinched the NL West last season, Freeman rolled his right ankle and would later require surgery a few months later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_hnnp03tcl\">As he battled through October with that injury, he revealed he was working through broken cartilage in his rib that he suffered during the NLDS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_vmc4t4tjr\">Somehow, through the injuries and off the field hardships of the 2024 season, Freeman did the improbable, and hit the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history to end Game 1. He followed this up with a home run in four consecutive games \u2014 six straight including his World Series win with the Atlanta Braves in 2021\u2014, and a World Series trophy after Game 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_jopzkrb34\">Freeman has shown his adversity through so much over the last few months, so ensuring that his ankle is fully healed for another long season seems to be the best course of action for Los Angeles at the moment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mar 28, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) is congratulated by shortstop Mookie Betts (50) after hitting a two-run home&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Freddie Freeman\u2019s sudden absence vs Cubs raises big questions - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=41001\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Freddie Freeman\u2019s sudden absence vs Cubs raises big questions - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mar 28, 2025; 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