{"id":8347,"date":"2026-05-21T04:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347"},"modified":"2026-05-21T04:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:04:28","slug":"dodgers-tommy-edman-reaching-final-stages-of-recovery-from-ankle-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers\u2019 Tommy Edman reaching final stages of recovery from ankle surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

SAN DIEGO \u2014\u00a0Tommy Edman is running out of boxes to check.<\/p>\n

\u201cTook BP on the field. Taking ground balls. I ran the curves (of the infield) today. I will take some fly balls in the outfield today,\u201d the veteran utilityman said on Tuesday. \u201cIf it goes well today, I\u2019ll run the bases tomorrow. I\u2019ve been getting a ton of at-bats on Trajekt. Hopefully I\u2019ll be getting some live BP this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Shohei Ohtani leads Dodgers past Padres with leadoff homer, 5 scoreless innings<\/a><\/p>\n

Edman ran the bases during the pre-game workout on Wednesday. According to Manager Dave Roberts, Edman will head to Arizona this weekend to face live pitching in the final step before starting a minor-league rehabilitation assignment next week.<\/p>\n

The early projection was that Edman would return from offseason ankle surgery in late May. Like Kik\u00e9 Hernandez (who had elbow surgery following the World Series), Edman was placed on the 60-day injured list to start the season. Hernandez played in his 10th game on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday night and has targeted next week to return (when he is eligible to come off the IL).<\/p>\n

Edman, meanwhile, has been a little slower to reach the final stages of his recovery and is now expected back some time in June.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe nature of recovering from surgery is there is going to be soreness throughout the process,\u201d Edman said. \u201cIt\u2019s more just recovery from things. There haven\u2019t been any things that were big red flags. It\u2019s more, I\u2019ll do something new and it\u2019ll be sore for a day or two more than expected so I\u2019ll have to take it easy for a day. That throws the schedule off for a day or two. You get five of those days, it adds up to an extra week added on. That\u2019s kind of what I\u2019ve been dealing with.\u201d<\/p>\n

What he hasn\u2019t been dealing with is any of the chronic issues with his ankle that plagued him the past two years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the good thing. Everything\u2019s been great with the ligament that was repaired. Everything\u2019s perfect there,\u201d he said. \u201cThe whole time it\u2019s just been dealing with swelling. And that\u2019s just surgery. Pure strength is 100 percent back. The reactiveness is the part that comes back last and that\u2019s been much better the last couple weeks \u2013 and that\u2019s basically defense, sprinting, quick-twitch stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

MOVING AROUND<\/h4>\n

Will Smith batted fifth or higher in each of his first 35 starts this season, but Roberts dropped the catcher to seventh for Wednesday\u2019s game, moving Andy Pages up to fifth.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe hasn\u2019t been swinging the bat well for awhile now,\u201d Roberts said of the move. \u201cHe\u2019s always putting forth his best effort, as far as the intent, which I really appreciate. I think for me, it\u2019s just kind of sliding him down a little, a couple spots. It\u2019s three in a row tonight (that he has played). Let him really lock in on the catching part of it with Shohei (Ohtani). And then, let the game come to him. So I think for me, it was just take a little bit of the focus off the offense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith was 10 for his past 50 (.200) before Wednesday\u2019s game, dropping his season numbers down to a .246 batting average and .674 OPS.<\/p>\n

Read more Angels manager Kurt Suzuki expresses confidence in Reid Detmers as a starter<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not hitting the fastball,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cI think for me, there\u2019s a lot of, he\u2019s missing the fastball. I think there\u2019s slider spin that\u2019s in zone that he\u2019s just missing. So I think when you\u2019re not squaring up the fastball and you\u2019re missing spin, that\u2019s a tough combo.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

\u201cAgain, the intent, the grind of at-bats, is certainly there. But he\u2019s just not ending at-bats when he typically does.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dodgers have given backup catcher Dalton Rushing playing time early in the season when he got off to a hot start. But Rushing went into Wednesday hitless in his past 15 at-bats with seven strikeouts.<\/p>\n

SAVE ONE<\/h4>\n

Starter Emmet Sheehan went just four innings in Tuesday\u2019s game and Roberts went with his high-leverage relievers (Blake Treinen, Alex Vesia and Tanner Scott) to keep the game tied into the ninth inning. When the Dodgers scored against Padres closer Mason Miller, it was Will Klein who got the ball for the ninth inning and recorded his first career save.<\/p>\n

After his heroics in last year\u2019s World Series, Klein has gradually become a more important piece of the bullpen this year. Through Tuesday, he had a 2.33 ERA in 14 appearances. But more importantly, he had walked just six in 19\u2153 innings while striking out 20. In brief major-league cameos in 2024 and 2025 with the A\u2019s, Kansas City Royals and Dodgers, Klein walked 16 in 22\u2154 innings. In the minors, he averaged 6.9 walks per nine innings and an inconsistent ability to throw strikes held him back.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s the confidence gained from his World Series heroics or refinements in his delivery, the difference in Klein so far this season has been obvious.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrowing more strikes. Attacking guys. Not getting behind, not giving up free passes. That\u2019s the biggest thing, just trusting my stuff in the zone,\u201d Klein acknowledged.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust staying in-zone and making them beat me.\u201d<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/h4>\n

The Dodgers are off Thursday.<\/p>\n

Dodgers (LHP Justin Wrobleski, 6-1, 2.49 ERA) at Brewers (RHP Logan Henderson, 1-1, 3.50 ERA), Friday, 4:40 p.m., SportsNet LA, 570 AM<\/p>\n

Read more San Clemente softball rallies to beat Huntington Beach in the quarterfinals<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edman has been taking batting practice with the team, fielding ground balls and Wednesday he ran the bases. The veteran utility man should be ready to start a minor-league rehabilitation assignment next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nDodgers\u2019 Tommy Edman reaching final stages of recovery from ankle surgery - Silicon Valley Moving Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dodgers\u2019 Tommy Edman reaching final stages of recovery from ankle surgery - Silicon Valley Moving Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Edman has been taking batting practice with the team, fielding ground balls and Wednesday he ran the bases. The veteran utility man should be ready to start a minor-league rehabilitation assignment next week.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Silicon Valley Moving Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-21T04:04:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8347#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8347\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7\"},\"headline\":\"Dodgers\u2019 Tommy Edman reaching final stages of recovery from ankle surgery\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-21T04:04:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8347\"},\"wordCount\":952,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8347#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/d760995e8de201f76dbce02415069532.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8347#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8347\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8347\",\"name\":\"Dodgers\u2019 Tommy Edman reaching final stages of recovery from ankle surgery - Silicon Valley Moving Post\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8347#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8347#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/d760995e8de201f76dbce02415069532.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-21T04:04:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8347#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8347\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8347#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/d760995e8de201f76dbce02415069532.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/d760995e8de201f76dbce02415069532.webp\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":656},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?p=8347#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dodgers\u2019 Tommy Edman reaching final stages of recovery from ankle surgery\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Silicon Valley Moving Post\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dodgers\u2019 Tommy Edman reaching final stages of recovery from ankle surgery - Silicon Valley Moving Post","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dodgers\u2019 Tommy Edman reaching final stages of recovery from ankle surgery - Silicon Valley Moving Post","og_description":"Edman has been taking batting practice with the team, fielding ground balls and Wednesday he ran the bases. The veteran utility man should be ready to start a minor-league rehabilitation assignment next week.","og_url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347","og_site_name":"Silicon Valley Moving Post","article_published_time":"2026-05-21T04:04:28+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7"},"headline":"Dodgers\u2019 Tommy Edman reaching final stages of recovery from ankle surgery","datePublished":"2026-05-21T04:04:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347"},"wordCount":952,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d760995e8de201f76dbce02415069532.webp","articleSection":["Based on facts, either observed and verified directly by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347","url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347","name":"Dodgers\u2019 Tommy Edman reaching final stages of recovery from ankle surgery - Silicon Valley Moving Post","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d760995e8de201f76dbce02415069532.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-21T04:04:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d760995e8de201f76dbce02415069532.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d760995e8de201f76dbce02415069532.webp","width":1024,"height":656},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8347#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dodgers\u2019 Tommy Edman reaching final stages of recovery from ankle surgery"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/","name":"Silicon Valley Moving Post","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/#\/schema\/person\/636e2e5a10a21cf87fe6eb5951e8a6b7","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com"],"url":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}