The Dodgers might be with out Freddie Freeman in the interim after granting the primary baseman go away on Friday to be together with his sick 3-year-old son.
Freeman’s son, Maximus, was taken to the emergency room on Wednesday after he got here down with what’s believed to be transient synovitis, which might trigger excessive ache and hip discomfort.
Freeman met his son and spouse, Chelsea, on the hospital that evening following the Dodgers’ loss to the Giants.
In line with an Instagram put up by Chelsea, Maximus developed the sickness from a viral an infection he had throughout the All-Star Sport.
Freeman traveled with the group to Houston for the beginning of a sequence towards the Astros, however left earlier than Friday’s recreation, which the Dodgers misplaced 5-0.
“I simply know that one thing spurred it the place he seems like he’s received to go dwelling,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts instructed reporters. “… He’s attempting to be right here for the group and likewise be there for his household. However when your baby goes by means of issues, it’s simply laborious to be current and rightfully so.
“He definitely had a heavy coronary heart the previous couple of days, and I simply pray that Max goes to get well effectively and have a full restoration.”
Maximus was discharged on Wednesday, however Chelsea Freeman wrote on Instagram that “if he doesn’t enhance in 48 hours, he wants to return to the hospital.”
Maximus couldn’t sit, stand or stroll for 3 days and he wouldn’t eat, Chelsea wrote on Instagram.
If Freeman is positioned on the household go away record, he would miss at the very least three video games.
“I clearly simply don’t see him being right here for this sequence,” Roberts mentioned. “As soon as we get to the West Coast [for the next series in San Diego], we’ll see if that’s in play after the off day.”
