Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman Will Play Despite Fracture

The Los Angeles Dodgers breathed a sigh of relief before Monday night’s 3-0 win over the Seattle Mariners at Dodger Stadium.

Freddie Freeman said he was ready to play despite having a hairline fracture in his right middle finger.

The first baseman exited Saturday’s game in the eighth inning with a jammed right middle finger, then missed Sunday’s game because of continued swelling. He went through his pregame routine on Monday and determined the pain was tolerable.

A trip to the injured list was not really considered. The swelling went down, Freeman was able to grip a bat and it’s on his throwing hand so it doesn’t affect him in the field much.

“We talked about it briefly, but he was adamant…