Overview
- Freeman grimaced after a check-swing foul that jammed his left hand and he was removed for defense in the fifth inning of Wednesday’s game with Kiké Hernández taking over at first base.
- Manager Dave Roberts said the team obtained X-rays the same night and those images showed no fracture.
- Freeman told reporters he expects to be in the Dodgers’ lineup for the series opener on Friday in Arizona.
- The club has a scheduled off day on Thursday that gives trainers extra time to monitor Freeman’s soreness and keep his status day-to-day before travel.
- Freeman has been one of Los Angeles’s top hitters this season and he has prior left-wrist history, so even a short absence would force lineup reshuffling and could deepen the Dodgers’ current skid.