Dodgers Injury Updates: Betts, Freeman, and Yamamoto
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00And as for the Dodgers, Mookie Betts is going to come back soon, Yamamoto is expected at
00:08some point to get back.
00:09So Alex, you might be able to show us that.
00:11Just kind of just walk us through this.
00:13Yeah.
00:14Betts is aiming for a return next week, either August 12th or 13th.
00:18Yamamoto scheduled to throw a bullpen today.
00:20Tommy Edmond begins a rehab assignment on Thursday.
00:23And Freddie Freeman, it is even reported that he could play at some point this week against
00:26the Phillies.
00:27All right.
00:28Timeout on Freddie Freeman.
00:29Let's do a timeout on that for a second.
00:31I know I took a lot of heat a few weeks ago from Padre fans for suggesting that as a fan
00:36base, when you have your highest paid pitcher take a leave of absence from the team, that
00:43you have put your dreams and your hopes of one day, you know, your team winning a World
00:46Series.
00:47And he's a big part of it.
00:48And I feel like teams should should put something out to let fans know this is why this person
00:54is taking a leave of absence.
00:56It's unpaid, et cetera, et cetera.
00:57I suggested that the fan base should know what's going on with the player.
01:02And man, did I get hammered for about two straight weeks on Twitter.
01:06The video that Alex put out on on Twitter two weeks later, I'm still getting mentions
01:11from people like you big a-hole.
01:14How dare you?
01:15It's none of your freaking business, et cetera, et cetera.
01:17By the way, I can weather the storm, no problem.
01:21But look what the Dodgers did.
01:23Look at how you know what's happening.
01:25Nobody said, hey, Freddie Freeman is gone.
01:28They didn't.
01:29His wife and he did that.
01:31I understand.
01:32Yeah.
01:33So so that's my point is that is that Freddie Freeman was willing to share with the world.
01:39This is the deal.
01:40This is why I may miss some time.
01:42Hey, fans, you got me as a free agent.
01:44You pay me a lot of money.
01:45I'm a super important piece of this puzzle, but I'm going to need some time off because
01:49I got a major family situation happening here.
01:52Freddie Freeman shared that information with the world.
01:55By the way, somebody might be able to help.
01:57People might send positive vibrations.
01:59People may pray for him and his family, whatever it is that you might want to do.
02:03OK, what I was suggesting with the Padres and you, Darvish, was we should know for the
02:08exact same reasons.
02:11So look, you have your opinion.
02:12I have my opinion.
02:13We have a difference of opinion.
02:14That's OK.
02:15But but Freddie Freeman let the world in on, hey, my kids got some problems here and I'm
02:21going to be missing some time.
02:24That's all that you were saying with the Darvish situation.
02:28And the empathy that people have for folks going through things could could shock you.
02:35Him feeling that love from the fan base could mean something to him and his family as much
02:39as again.
02:40I don't know them, but I do know that people receiving love and love and appreciation and
02:46prayers makes you feel that people care about what's happening to you.
02:51And I think that's the context in which people wanted to know what was happening with him.
02:55Now, you better tell me what's happening with him or we're going to be mad like that wasn't
02:59the situation.
03:00And people always blow things way out in left field when it's not necessary.