December 6th, 2024 at 8:08 am 
by Ron Cervenka As Dodgers fans painfully know, superstar first baseman and future Hall of Famer Freddie Freeman painfully rolled his right ankle in a game against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium on September 26, 2024, for which he had to come out of the game.
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Amazingly, the 35-year-old Villa Park, CA native and second-round draft pick in 2007 by the Atlanta Braves out of El Modena High School in Orange, CA not only managed to return to action for the 2024 postseason, he hit a Kirk Gibson-esque bottom-of-the-10th-inning walk-off grand slam home run to give the Dodgers a 6-3 win over the New York Yankees in Game-1 of the 2024 World Series, prompting Dodgers broadcaster Joe Davis to say “Gibby, meet Freddie.”
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Freeman’s dramatic walk off grand slam was the first game-winning grand slam in World Series history.
On Thursday, the Dodgers reported on social media that Freeman had successfully undergone surgury on his right ankle, adding that the extremely popular Dodgers first baseman would be ready to return to action when the team begins Cactus League play on Thursday, February 20, 2025 against the Chicago Cubs at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, AZ:
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(Editor’s Note: Jesse Pierce attempted post a reply to this article but was experiencing some technical difficulties. Here is what he attempted to post:
“It seems that every year there are players who delay surgeries that results in them missing a good part of Spring Training and possibly the start of the regular season. While Freeman may not be ready for the early Cactus League games, he doesn’t seem to need that many competitive at bats in order to be ready for Opening Day; he is gritty and a gamer. One of the players that fits the description: “He could get out of bed on Christmas morning and hit line drives.”
The words most dodger fans want to hear right now.
1-Soto going to Red Sox
2-Teo signs with the Dodgers
3-Treinin signs with the Dodgers.
4-It’s Time For Dodger Baseball.
We got two out of three
treinin signs for 2 yrs 22 mil
Conforto signs a 1 yr deal with Dodgers
And thank God no Soto
I thought from beginning the Dodgers involvement with Soto was more about driving up the price for the Yankees, Mets, or Phillies.
I am blown away by the continued escalation of baseball salaries — all guaranteed money. I’m glad that Treinen is returning, but guaranteed $22M for 2 years when 2025 will be his age 37 season seems high.
Reported $17M for Conforto is a huge overpay by all projections and he has been less than 2 WAR player since 2019. Strange signing.
conforto and pages platoon?
Treinin just stay healthy.
Prices are out of control.
More moves to come for sure.
Buehler?
Teo?
Arenado? Lux CT3 Feduccia going to STL
I’m becoming pessimistic that Teoscar returns. Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays, and perhaps Phillies may give him a longer contract than Dodgers are willing to go.
jp
Only thing in our favor is he might
Take a lot of deferred money.
4 yrs 92 mil with 60 mil deferred
. He took a similar deal last time.
.253 / .323 / .530 / .852 / Michael Conforto Away Split, 2024
this is what I was looking for
conforto away from SF
Conforto will benefit by getting out of SF and that ballpark much like Teo getting out of Seattle.
Conforto/Pages RF platoon looks good. Conforto against righties and Pages against lefties. Now resign Teo for LF full time. Outman/Edman platoon in CF with Outman against righties and Edman against lefties.
on a different note
200 hit seasons 300avg 100 RBIs
garvey- 6 7 5
Parker- 1 6 4
Both won mvps
garvey had 10 gold gloves to I think 1
Garvey had way more all star games as well
Well, they but Harold Baines in.
Career WAR:
Baines-38.8
Parker-40.1
Garvey-38.0
Mattingly-42.4
Garvey was certainly one of the best players of his era.
According to Dodgers GM
Betts is going to play SS.
LUx at 2b