Freddie Freeman was held out of the Dodgers’ lineup Tuesday, a rare day off for their durable first baseman. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters at Dodger Stadium that he’s looking to give Freeman the chance to rest his fractured finger.
After Monday’s off-day, Freeman might be out of the lineup a couple days.
“We don’t want this thing to linger,” Roberts told reporters, including Eric Stephen of TrueBlue LA. “If we can get it to calm down, we’ll be in a better spot.”
With Freeman out of the lineup during the Dodgers’ series opener against the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday, outfielder Teoscar Hernández has moved up to the third spot in the lineup after Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts.
Kiké Hernández started at first base for just the second time all season, and taking the eighth spot in the lineup.
There are currently no plans for the Dodgers to put Freeman on the injured list. Freeman originally sustained the fracture Aug. 17 during a 5-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, jamming his middle finger going for a ground ball. He did not play the following day, but returned to the lineup that Monday, opting to play through the fracture and pain.
