""Opening Day was going to be a really aggressive goal, just in case it happened to heal/recover faster than we expected it to," he said. "I think everything is based on like past instances with this kind of surgery. I think I've hit every checkpoint along the way in terms of being 12 weeks out at this point, 14 weeks, whatever I'm at at this point. So yeah, I feel like I'm on schedule with that, just kind of see how it goes with each step along the way.""
""I think it all comes back to like the first step," he said. "Just feeling like I can be explosive off the ball and not feel hesitant at all about getting up to top speed. And then also being able to cut at top speed, too, which is kind of the base running aspect of that.""
""That's gonna be the main thing, just making sure that I keep on progressing and don't have any issues bouncing back the way I do it," he said."
Tommy Edman will miss Opening Day while recovering from offseason ankle surgery after missing much of 2025 with two injured-list stints and playing second base instead of center field. He reported steady progress in spring training, saying Opening Day had been an aggressive target and that he has hit expected checkpoints around the 12- to 14-week marks. Primary recovery benchmarks include explosive first-step acceleration and the ability to cut at top speed without hesitation. He reported no setbacks so far and plans a cautious approach. The Dodgers’ second-base options include Miguel Rojas, Hyeseong Kim, Alex Freeland and Santiago Espinal.
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