Will Smith is used to getting banged up. It comes with the territory of being a Major League Baseball catcher.
But the starting backstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers has been dealing with a bone bruise on his ankle for months and it isn’t from catching.
It has been nine months since Smith slid awkwardly into second base against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in June. In an attempt to break up a double-play, Smith slid late and rolled his left ankle.
“(It) just stuck around all year and didn’t get better in the offseason,” Smith said Saturday.