Dodgers' Freddie Freeman returns to California to be with family, care for ailing son

Los Angeles Dodgers star Freddie Freeman will spend some time focusing on his family. 

The team granted him leave on Friday, and the first baseman returned to Southern California to be by his three-year-old son's side as he battles an ailment. The Dodgers were in Houston on Friday to open a three-game series with the Astros, but Freeman was scratched from Friday night's lineup. 

Freddie's wife, Chelsea, recently opened up about their son Maximus' health condition. In a social media post...