The Los Angeles Dodgers will likely be making an attempt to shut out the NLCS on Sunday with out one in every of their MVPs within the beginning lineup.
The Dodgers introduced on Sunday morning that first baseman Freddie Freeman is sitting for Sunday’s NLCS Sport 6 towards the New York Mets. The transfer comes as Freeman continues to play by an unpredictable ankle damage, requiring a number of hours of therapy earlier than each sport.
Max Muncy will likely be transferring to first base for the Dodgers and Chris Taylor is coming into the beginning lineup with Freeman on the bench.
The eight-time All-Star Freeman has appeared in 4 out of 5 video games on this collection towards the Mets, however the ankle damage already stored him out of the lineup for Sport 4 in New York. Additionally complicating issues is the presence of Shohei Ohtani, which means that Freeman can’t DH and should play within the discipline if he’s going to be on the market.
Freeman’s absence in Sport 6 may be extra of a matchup-based transfer towards Mets lefty Sean Manaea, and it’s nonetheless very attainable that Freeman may very well be obtainable off the bench as a pinch-hitter. However for a Dodgers workforce that has already needed to pull all types of lineup reshufflings as a consequence of accidents, that is simply the newest problem because it appears to shut out the collection.
