Freddie Freeman provides positive update regarding ankle injury ahead of 2025 season

Los Angeles Dodgers' 1B Freddie Freeman will make his Cactus League debut on Thursday after undergoing an ankle injury in December.

Freddie Freeman provides positive update regarding ankle injury ahead of 2025 season

Freddie Freeman (Image via True Blue LA)

Reigning World Series MVP Freddie Freeman provided a positive update regarding his ankle injury on Wednesday. The 8-time MLB All-Star revealed that he will be playing in the Spring Training and work as both as a designated hitter and first baseman ahead of the 2025 season.

Freeman suffered a nasty ankle injury while trying to reach first base during a game against the San Diego Padres in late September. He would though play the entire offseason with this nagging issue and was named as the World Series MVP after he hit 4 home runs in 4 successive games. His contributions’ helped the Los Angeles Dodgers claim their 8th World Series title.

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Following the 2024 season, he underwent a surgery on his ankle in December. At that time it was expected that he would return during the Spring Training.

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However, during a recent FanFest of the Dodgers, Freeman claimed that he will sit out of the Spring Training games. Now, he has claimed that he will take part in these games and will make his Cactus League debut on Thursday.

Yeah, so it’s kind of right back to the training table. Today’s Wednesday — 12 weeks post-op tomorrow. I’m going to play in the first game; I’ll be DHing tomorrow, just kind of managing the workload at the beginning. I think I’ll DH tomorrow, aiming to DH again on Saturday, and potentially play first base on Sunday. I’m feeling pretty good.

Freddie Freeman said via MLB Network

Apart from Freeman, two other Dodgers stars are also gearing up for their 2025 Spring Training debut. As per reports, catcher Will Smith and 2024 NL MVP Shohei Ohtani are both expected to take part in Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels.

While the Spring Training games do not really matter, the Dodgers have made a poor start so far. They are 2-5 in their opening 7 Spring Training games. Only the Cleveland Guardians (1-4) and the Chicago White Sox (0-5) have a worse record than the Dodgers in the Cactus league.

Freddie Freeman named alongside 2 Dodgers teammates in top 10 athletes playing in Los Angeles list

The city of Los Angeles has provided some great athletes and teams in the past. At the moment, several big names of the sporting industry are playing in Los Angeles. On Tuesday, Freddie Freeman was named alongside 2 of his Dodgers teammates in a list of top 10 athletes playing in LA.

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As per reports from Fox Sports, teams from LA have won 11 championship since 2011 across the big four sports – NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL. These teams have been represented by some A-listers as well.

In the list released by Fox Sports, Shohei Ohtani sits on top. The Japanese international is one of the most popular athletes of this generation. Along with him, Mookie Betts also makes into this list at No. 5. Apart from this 3 Dodgers star, Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout is the 4th representative from MLB.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar duo of LeBron James and Luka Doncic take the 2nd and 3rd spot. NFL’s Matthew Stafford, Justin Herbert, Puka Nacua along with NBA’s James Harden completes the list.

This list has once again sparked debate among fans. Several users claimed that Freeman should have been higher on the list compared to what he achieved last season.