{"id":576011,"date":"2026-02-16T19:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/576011\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:04:18","slug":"tommy-edmans-opening-day-status-confirmed-by-dave-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/576011\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Edman&#8217;s Opening Day status confirmed by Dave Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> are entering the 2026 season trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\/dodgers-news-will-smith-clear-message-about-la-world-series-three-peat-goal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">win their third-straight World Series title<\/a>. However, they&#8217;ll now have to go into the season without a key hitter in their lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Dave Roberts confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/mlb\/players\/baf30a09\/tommy-edman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tommy Edman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabianArdaya\/status\/2023448266902564980\" rel=\"nofollow\">will open the season on the injured list<\/a>, via Fabian Ardaya of\u00a0 He is <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\/dodgers-news-tommy-edman-important-injury-update-spring-training\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">still working his way back<\/a> from November ankle surgery and has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/billplunkettocr\/status\/2023454566789116371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">recently progressed to light jogging and agility drills<\/a>, via Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers are staying cautious when it comes to Edman. While an Opening Day return was on the wish list of both player and team, Los Angeles doesn&#8217;t want to rush him back. With dept across their roster, the Dodgers prefer Edman return to the diamond when he is fully health.<\/p>\n<p>When that return does come, Los Angeles will be adding a versatile asset back into their lineup. Since joining the Dodgers in 2024, Edman has played center field, shortstop, second and third base. Roberts will be able to mix-and-match where he gets Edman into the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Over his 134 total games in Los Angeles, the utility man hit .229 with 19 home runs, 69 RBIs and nine stolen bases. The Dodgers will want him to get a bit more consistent at the plate, but Edman has been a key contributor since his arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Now though, Edman must rehab his injury. While a firm timetable wasn&#8217;t provided, Los Angeles will be hopeful he doesn&#8217;t miss a significant amount of time. At the very least though, Roberts and company know Edman won&#8217;t be available on Opening Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Dodgers are entering the 2026 season trying to win their third-straight World Series title. However,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,39,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4,3410,880],"class_list":{"0":"post-576011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-dodgers","12":"tag-ladodgers","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangelesdodgers","17":"tag-mlb","18":"tag-mlb-injury","19":"tag-tommy-edman"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116081869857084962","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}