Freddie Freeman Sent to 10-Day Injured List with Ankle Sprain

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00:00All right, Joe, it's time to get into the injury report.

00:02And what I like that we're gonna do here

00:03is we're gonna talk about guys that are injured,

00:04talk about how long they'll be out,

00:06but then we're also gonna talk about some options.

00:08Where can I go if say, I've rostered Freddie Freeman

00:11and all of a sudden he quote unquote slips,

00:13getting into the shower.

00:14Sure, we've all done that.

00:15And now he's on the 10 day IL with a right ankle sprain.

00:18What to do?

00:20Yes, but I don't think Freddie Freeman

00:21was having shower beers.

00:22I'm just saying, I'm pretty sure.

00:24I could be wrong.

00:25I don't know.

00:26Just saying.

00:27But yeah, look, Freddie Freeman is 35 years old too.

00:31And I think this is something you have to understand.

00:32Last year in the playoffs,

00:34you saw him just warrior battle

00:37through a bunch of injuries, right?

00:38And somehow get on the field

00:40and have just a huge moment too in that World Series,

00:41which was really cool for Freddie Freeman.

00:43But this is not surprising to think

00:45he's going to have some more of these issues

00:46as the season goes on.

00:47So having depth at first base is important.

00:49Now, the good news is this is just retroactive

00:51to last week.

00:52So you're gonna get him back late next week.

00:55Problem is in weekly leagues,

00:57do you wanna wait all the way to Friday

00:58or even Saturday to activate him?

01:00That's probably a hard no.

01:01So you gotta look for some temporary replacements.

01:03So these are some of the names

01:04that are on the waiver wire.

01:05Nathaniel Lowe is a guy that's out there

01:07for the Nationals who's available in a lot of leagues.

01:09He is a very easy pickup.

01:10He's gonna have a decent batting average for you.

01:12Got some decent matchups this week.

01:14I know Wilmer Flores has had a ton of power

01:16to start the year.

01:17He's got four homers, but he's only hitting 250

01:19and the OVP is under 300.

01:21I would avoid him.

01:21This is something he does all the time

01:23where he has like a hot week.

01:24This is what happens.

01:25This would be the first week in the season.

01:27And then you end up picking Wilmer Flores up

01:29and you end up dropping Wilmer Flores.

01:30It's a whole thing.

01:31Gavin Sheets of the Padres, first baseman outfielder,

01:34depending on the depth of your league.

01:36They're hitting 380 so far this year, a 619 slugging.

01:40He's put up some pretty good numbers here as well early on.

01:43Nolan Chenal, also of the Los Angeles Angels,

01:47pretty decent again.

01:47The power right now, a little slow to things,

01:50no homers yet, but the batting average here are 290.

01:52So those are some names that can help you

01:55right away off the waiver wire.

01:56Carla Santana, a veteran too, that's an easy pickup

01:59where you can just add him for the week.

02:00I.L. Freeman, and then just make that swap

02:03and for a buck, just drop him back down again next week.

02:06So that's an easy fix to me,

02:08or those are some of the names at least

02:10that you can patch things together.

02:11But I think keeping one of these guys on your bench

02:13might be smarter.

02:14If I had to pick one, Lowe would be the guy

02:16that I think has the most long-term, you know,

02:18upside and stability.

02:20If you do end up having Freddie Freeman miss time again,

02:22Matt, that's a real question.

02:23You might have him miss time again at this age

02:26and the way his body may be starting to break down

02:29a little bit after all these years of productivity.

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