Dodgers' Freddie Freeman Lands On Injured List Following Fall In His Shower At Home

Freddie Freeman's fall landed him on the injured list.

The Los Angeles Dodgers placed their star slugger on the 10-day IL on Thursday after the World Series MVP sprained his surgically repaired right ankle in a slip in the shower at home last weekend. The incident happened Sunday, an off day for the defending champions.

Freeman has played in just three games so far. He missed the season-opening Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs with left rib discomfort and sat out this week's three-game series against his old team, the Atlanta Braves.

The Dodgers are off to an 8-0 start and open a six-game trip Friday at Philadelphia.

Freeman described the shower slip as a "freak accident" and said his wife, Chelsea, joked: "I thought I was going to deal with this when you're 70, not when you're 35." Even his 4-year-old son, Brandon, piled on, saying, "Daddy, you got another boo-boo."