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Freddie Freeman is out of the Dodgers lineup Friday night for Game 2 of the series against the Milwaukee Brewers, per Dodger Blue staff. The team is making clear this is a scheduled day off and has nothing to do with Freeman’s fall into the dugout on Wednesday during the series finale against the Kansas City Royals.

Freeman, now 36, has been one of the most durable players in baseball throughout his career. The former MVP has been a fixture in the Dodgers’ lineup since arriving in Los Angeles before the 2022 season, and his ability to stay on the field has been a cornerstone of this roster. But manager Dave Roberts has been deliberate about building rest days into Freeman’s schedule this season — a smart approach for a player in his mid-thirties who has logged an enormous amount of innings over the years, including multiple deep postseason runs. The fact that this was already on the calendar before the dugout incident is a good sign.

The timing is obviously going to raise eyebrows given what happened Wednesday. Freeman tumbled into the dugout chasing a foul ball and dealt with what was described as total body soreness afterward. He was back in the lineup Thursday and got through the game, which should quiet most of the concern. Roberts and the training staff clearly feel comfortable enough that a routine rest day doesn’t need to be extended into anything more significant.

For the Dodgers, this is how you want the Freeman situation to play out. He took a scary fall, played through it the next day, and now gets a previously planned breather. No panic, no IL stint, no mystery. The lineup will miss his bat for a night — Freeman has been one of our most consistent hitters all season — but getting him a day off his feet against a Brewers team we’ll be seeing plenty of down the stretch is the right call. Roberts has handled the workload management well this year, and this is another example of sticking to the plan even when outside noise might push you to either sit him longer or skip the rest day entirely.

I’d expect Freeman back in the lineup Saturday without any restrictions. This one is as routine as it gets.

Source(s): Staff (Dodger Blue) | First reported: August 14, 2026 7:26 PM UTC

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