LOS ANGELES -- After dealing with a nagging right ankle for most of the past season, Dodgers utility man Tommy Edman is set to undergo surgery next week, general manager Brandon Gomes told reporters including MLB.com's AJ Cassavell at the General Managers Meetings on Tuesday in Las Vegas.

Edman landed on the injured list with a sprained right ankle twice during the regular season. In his second IL stint in August, the Dodgers brought him back slowly to give his ankle as much time as possible to heal up. But it still bothered Edman during the championship run, limiting him to playing the infield until it became necessary to slot him into center field during the World Series.

"This was clearly bothering him for a while," Gomes said. "He's so tough and went out there and kept just posting

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