Freddie Freeman Injury: Dodgers 1B has right ankle surgery

Watching part of the postseason made it clear that Freddie Freeman was dealing with a badly sprained right ankle throughout October. On Thursday, the Dodgers first baseman underwent surgery on said ankle, the team announced.

The procedure, which was performed by Dr. Kenneth Jung at the Kerlan Jobe Clinic in Los Angeles, included debridement and removal of loose bodies in Freeman’s ankle. The Dodgers say Freeman is expected to participate in baseball activities during spring training.

Freeman sprained his ankle on Sept. 26, in the final week of the regular season, and played through it in October. It was later revealed that Freeman was also playing through a cracked rib that he suffered just before the NLDS. The team managed his playing time as much as possible, getting him out early in five games and benching him a whopping three times through the first two rounds.

By World Series Freeman’s ankle felt much better, and after no extra-base hits through his first eight postseason games, he homered in each of the first four games of the World Series, including winning Game 1 with an iconic walk-off grand slam, the first of its kind in Fall Classic history.

Freeman vs Yankees hit .300/.364/1.000 and drove in 12 home runs in just five games to win World Series MVP.