Freddie Freeman ankle injury update makes Dodgers dominance even more impressive

The Los Angeles Dodgers are not just the best team in baseball with a 27-14 record. They are dominating their opponents and performing at an elite level in almost every statistical category. What's even more impressive is that the Dodgers are doing all of it while banged up with injuries and some of their best players playing at less than 100 percent.

The latest update on Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman is just another example.

Dodgers' Freddie Freeman is still battling an ankle injury

The Dodgers recently revealed that Freeman has been going through daily treatments on his ankle that can take up to 90 minutes each day.

Freeman has being dealing with this same ankle injury since the 2024 season. He already had ankle surgery in the offseason and spent time on the Injured List at the beginning of 2025. But still, Freeman suits up and takes the field for the Dodgers and dominates on a nightly basis.

“He’s been ailing,” manager Dave Roberts recently told Jack Harris of The Los Angeles Times. “But he’s moving really well. And he’s doing a really nice job of sort of playing with a governor, managing it, knowing when to pick his spots, manage his work, all that.”

Even with the injury, Freeman is one of the hottest hitters in baseball right now. He is hitting .376 with an OPS of 1.171 and nine (9) home runs.

Freeman is ninth in baseball in fWAR with 2.2. He has significantly fewer plate appearances than all of the other players in the Top 10, including teammate Shohei Ohtani, who is eighth.

A testament to the Dodgers culture

Freeman's resilience is just another example of the spectacular culture that Dave Roberts and the Dodgers have built over the years.

When Freeman interviewed with Foul Territory in Spring Training, he mentioned that players gutting out injuries is a reflection of their manager.

"That's the true look of a great manager is when your players are trying to do everything they can to get on the field for you and for the organization," said Freeman when reflecting on the team's World Series win in 2024. "[Roberts] has created a wonderful thing here. We were all kind of bandaiding ourselves together."

The Dodgers have truly become the Gold Standard of baseball organizations. Everything they do reeks of success.

Freddie Freeman could put these numbers for any team in any circumstances and it would be impressive. But for the Dodgers, at 35 years old, battling an ankle injury that required surgery? That's some next level grit.

At the end of the day, that's Dodgers baseball.