Los Angeles star Freddie Freeman revealed he doesn’t plan on taking part in spring coaching, however ought to be able to play within the Tokyo Sequence to open the season.
“I don’t suppose I will likely be within the video games at first. It appears like I’m going to begin a working development proper after I get to spring coaching,” Freeman mentioned at Fan Fest Saturday. “As of proper now, I’m on observe to have the ability to play in Tokyo.”
Freeman added he’ll participate in reside batting apply and exercises. The primary baseman is eight weeks out from surgical procedure to take away bone chips and spurs from his proper ankle.
Freeman suffered a sprained ankle in late September throughout a sequence in opposition to the San Diego Padres. Freeman’s harm would have sometimes require a four-to-six week stint on the injured listing, however he insisted on returning to the lineup lower than two weeks later for the Nationwide League Divisional Sequence.
Freeman missed a couple of video games all through October due to his extreme ankle harm, however he etched his title in lore throughout Sport 1 of the World Sequence. With two outs within the tenth inning, Freeman hit walk-off grand slam to provide the a triumphant win over the New York Yankees.
It was the decision heard world wide: “Gibby, meet Freddie!”
The parallel with Kirk Gibson’s 1988 World Sequence walk-off house run was merely uncanny.
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