Freddie Freeman delivered a World Series MVP efficiency for the ages, and never simply because the Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman handled a severely sprained ankle in the course of the crew’s playoff run.
Freeman additionally suffered a fractured rib cartilage shortly earlier than the Dodgers started their postseason within the National League Division Series towards the San Diego Padres, ESPN AND The Washington Post reported.
The 35-year-old Freeman was identified with the harm on the night time of Oct. 4, a day earlier than the beginning of the NLDS, in line with ESPN. Yet Freeman remained on the Dodgers’ roster whereas additionally coping with the aforementioned ankle harm, in addition to a damaged toe suffered in August that hadn’t totally healed. He was within the lineup for that sport and nonetheless contributed within the first two rounds of the playoffs. This was regardless of appreciable ache that required him to sit down down three completely different instances in the course of the Dodgers’ NLDS win over the Padres and NLCS win over the New York Mets.
The 4 days of relaxation between the Dodgers’ Game 6 of the NLCS victory and Game 1 of the 2024 World Series helped Freeman make notable enhancements, and never simply bodily. He additionally adjusted his swing to regain his energy shot. However, the kind of rib harm Freeman has been coping with usually leaves gamers on the bench for months, ESPN reported.
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Instead, about three weeks after being identified with a torn rib cartilage, Freeman received the primary and solely Grand Slam in World Series historical past:
And Freeman continued from there, hitting residence runs in every of the Dodgers’ subsequent three video games to solidify his case as World Series MVP. Freeman additionally broke the report for many consecutive World Series video games with a house run (six, relationship again to the tip of the 2021 World Series win with the Atlanta Braves) and tied the report for many RBI in a single World Series Series (12) .
Check out Freeman’s full World Series MVP trophy ceremony and interview with the “MLB on FOX” postgame crew:
Freddie Freeman named World Series MVP
Freddie Freeman on the Dodgers’ grit, taking part in via accidents and extra
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