Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman gets mental break while resting fractured finger

PHOENIX — It takes a lot to get Freddie Freeman out of the starting lineup. And the last six weeks have been a lot.

Freeman has not missed more than four games in a season since he suffered a fractured wrist in 2017. In his first two years with the team, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has agreed not to approach the All-Star first baseman with even the suggestion of taking a day off until the team has clinched a division title.

But this year, Freeman left the team for eight games in late July and early August to be with his son...