‘Uncharted territory’: Is Mookie Betts at shortstop a sustainable solution for the Dodgers?
9 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Uncharted territory’: Is Mookie Betts at shortstop a sustainable solution for the Dodgers?

LA Times  

Three months in, the amazement has yet to dissipate. “I take a lot of pride in it, how I’ve come a long way,” Betts said this weekend, reflecting on the process while from a visiting locker at Yankee Stadium last weekend. “I was talking to Lux,” Betts said after a recent game, “and I was like, ‘This is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.’ … Not looking for any sympathy. And the way he has attacked it, the improvement we have seen day over day, week over week, it’s been astonishing.” Teammates have lauded the tireless effort that has gone into his transition — most notably the extensive routine of infield drills Betts will take under the guidance of longtime third base coach Dino Ebel and experienced shortstop teammate Miguel Rojas before almost every game. Betts said that, thanks to changes in his diet and daily routine, this year is actually “the best I’ve felt since I was probably 21 or 22 years old.” Ebel, who directly oversees the Dodgers’ infield defense, said the club’s training staff has offered similar evaluations, especially as Betts has started streamlining his daily regime of infield drills in recent weeks.

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Dodgers’ Mookie Betts has ‘turned a corner’ after shedding nearly 20 pounds due to mystery illness
5 days, 19 hours ago

Dodgers’ Mookie Betts has ‘turned a corner’ after shedding nearly 20 pounds due to mystery illness

New York Times  

Mookie Betts’ long ordeal with a mystery illness that has caused him to shed nearly 20 pounds might finally be nearing its end. Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters Monday that the star shortstop is expected to play in Tuesday’s exhibition finale against the Los Angeles Angels, which is the Dodgers’ final tune-up before hosting the Detroit Tigers …

Mookie Betts still feeling sick, struggling to keep food down as Dodgers home opener nears
1 week ago

Mookie Betts still feeling sick, struggling to keep food down as Dodgers home opener nears

LA Times  

Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts walks through the dugout before Sunday’s Freeway Series exhibition opener against the Angels at Dodger Stadium. “You think you feel good, and then you don’t really know.. Every time I eat something, it just comes right out.” Betts said he never had a previous history of stomach issues. And that’s the question we really need to …

Dodger Details: Shohei Ohtani meeting the moment and more we’re seeing from Tokyo
2 weeks ago

Dodger Details: Shohei Ohtani meeting the moment and more we’re seeing from Tokyo

New York Times  

TOKYO – Shohei Ohtani met the moment in his return to the Tokyo Dome, because of course he did. “I’m surprised it took two at-bats, honestly,” Dodgers catcher Will Smith said of Ohtani’s solo blast off his former World Baseball Classic teammate, Shosei Togo, in the Dodgers’ 5-1 win. Just being in the same space as him, I feel as …

Battling illness, Dodgers’ Mookie Betts questionable for Tokyo Series games
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Battling illness, Dodgers’ Mookie Betts questionable for Tokyo Series games

LA Times  

Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts arrived in Japan this week battling an illness and is questionable for the season-opening series Tuesday and Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs, manager Dave Roberts said. Betts did not play in Saturday’s 5-1 exhibition win over the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league and will be held out of Sunday’s exhibition against the Hanshin …

‘Two grades better already.’ Why Mookie Betts’ shortstop switch should be smoother now
1 month, 1 week ago

‘Two grades better already.’ Why Mookie Betts’ shortstop switch should be smoother now

LA Times  

Troy Tulowitzki never knew Mookie Betts particularly well during their time together in Major League Baseball. “He was like, ‘Oh man, I was so scared to talk to you,’” Tulowitzki said with a laugh recently, after hearing Betts recount the story years later. “To be one of the best defenders in the game, if not the best with the Platinum …

How will Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts look? 4 things to watch at Dodgers spring training
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

How will Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts look? 4 things to watch at Dodgers spring training

LA Times  

According to Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA projection system, that is the Dodgers’ likelihood of making the playoffs this year. And as they try to become MLB’s first repeat champion in a quarter century, any other than a title defense would feel like a failure. “The expectation for our group every year is the win the World Series,” general manager Brandon Gomes …

Mookie Betts ‘thought about throwing a ball at’ Yankees fans who grabbed his glove, wrist
3 months ago

Mookie Betts ‘thought about throwing a ball at’ Yankees fans who grabbed his glove, wrist

LA Times  

Freddie Freeman’s walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning of Game 1. Two fans tried to pull the ball from Betts’ glove, with one prying his glove open while the other grabbed his wrist to keep him from pulling away. Go back to right field.’ ” Austin Capobianco, top left, grabs Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts’ mitt as John Peter …

Mookie Betts is a shortstop again, and more from the Dodgers at the Winter Meetings
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mookie Betts is a shortstop again, and more from the Dodgers at the Winter Meetings

New York Times  

DALLAS — What’s old is new again for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Mookie Betts is officially the Dodgers’ shortstop again, general manager Brandon Gomes confirmed Monday at the Winter Meetings, this time with a much bigger head start than he had when thrust into the position in the days before Opening Day last season. Like we’ve said before, he’s one …

Dodgers expected to meet with Juan Soto on Tuesday: Source
4 months, 1 week ago

Dodgers expected to meet with Juan Soto on Tuesday: Source

New York Times  

The Los Angeles Dodgers are next up on the list of suitors to meet with All-Star outfielder Juan Soto, a league source confirmed to The Athletic on Monday. The meeting, scheduled for Tuesday and first reported by MLB.com, joins the Dodgers with the Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets and New York Yankees among clubs to meet …

Dodgers to move Mookie Betts to infield in 2025, seek pitching and outfielders this offseason
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dodgers to move Mookie Betts to infield in 2025, seek pitching and outfielders this offseason

LA Times  

The big news from Gomes’ media session on Wednesday: Mookie Betts is likely heading back to the infield in 2025. Now, however, the club’s “assumption,” as Gomes put it, is that Betts will return to the dirt next season, though exactly how that will look is not yet “set in stone.” “I know the toll on the body is less …

Dodgers star Mookie Betts involved in incredible tussle with Yankees fan who tries to rip ball from his glove during World Series
5 months ago

Dodgers star Mookie Betts involved in incredible tussle with Yankees fan who tries to rip ball from his glove during World Series

Daily Mail  

Dodgers star Mookie Betts had to fight off a New York Yankees fan who tried to wrestle the ball from his glove during a dramatic start to Game 4 of the World Series. After the Los Angeles star grabbed the ball, however, a Yankees fan made a desperate attempt to take it from him while another held the player's arm …

Mookie Betts' sacrifices helped fuel Dodgers' World Series run
5 months ago

Mookie Betts' sacrifices helped fuel Dodgers' World Series run

LA Times  

The defining moment of the Dodgers’ season went by almost completely unnoticed. “When guys like that do it,” manager Dave Roberts said, “everyone else has to fall in line, as far as whatever roles, wherever they hit in the order, if they play or start or don’t start.” During the past few weeks, Dodgers players forfeited time with their families …

Dodgers Dominate Mets, Extend Series Lead to 3-1 in NLCS
5 months, 1 week ago

Dodgers Dominate Mets, Extend Series Lead to 3-1 in NLCS

Associated Press  

The Los Angeles Dodgers are one win away from the World Series after defeating the New York Mets 10-2 in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series. Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff homer and scored four times, while Mookie Betts also went deep and drove in four runs. The Dodgers broke open the game in the fourth inning with …

Dodgers waste no time extending their dominance in NLCS Game 1 win
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Dodgers waste no time extending their dominance in NLCS Game 1 win

LA Times  

The Dodgers had been here before. “We didn’t try and reset.” Instead, the offense jumped on Mets starter Kodai Senga early, tagging him with three runs in less than two innings before adding three more in the fourth. Jack Flaherty pitched seven dominant innings, extending the team’s scoreless inning streak to a whopping 33 innings — tying a Major League …

Reinvigorated Mookie Betts provides the spark in Dodgers’ blowout win over Padres
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Reinvigorated Mookie Betts provides the spark in Dodgers’ blowout win over Padres

LA Times  

This time, Mookie Betts did not take a hard left-hand turn between first and second base and start jogging toward the third-base dugout in Petco Park. “When you come on the road, you can’t just book a homer or a crooked number in the first inning — hitting is still hard,” manager Dave Roberts said. And that’s what they did …

Dave Roberts wants struggling Mookie Betts to embrace a different mindset
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Dave Roberts wants struggling Mookie Betts to embrace a different mindset

LA Times  

Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts warms up before Game 2 of the NLDS against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium on Sunday. Playoff baseball is stressful enough without feeling like you’re letting your team and an entire fan base down with every empty at-bat, which is why Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled right fielder Mookie Betts aside for a …

Mookie Betts must snap out of his years-long postseason slump
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Mookie Betts must snap out of his years-long postseason slump

LA Times  

Mookie Betts walks back to the dugout after striking out in the third inning of a 10-2 loss to the San Diego Padres in Game 2 of the NLDS at Dodger Stadium on Sunday. He said of his at-bats in the first two games of this best-of-five series, “They’re all outs, so all terrible.” With the series moving to Petco …

Mookie Betts got ‘lost in the process’ this year. Can it lead to better playoff success?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Mookie Betts got ‘lost in the process’ this year. Can it lead to better playoff success?

LA Times  

Twice last month, teams intentionally walked Shohei Ohtani to face Mookie Betts instead. “If you pay attention to those results,” Betts said, “that will tear you down.” That’s exactly what manager Dave Roberts believes happened last September, recalling how Betts pressed in pursuit of a second most valuable player award and first 40-homer season. And if he does that, eventually …

‘That’s why you keep working.’ How Mookie Betts snapped a slump at the perfect time
6 months ago

‘That’s why you keep working.’ How Mookie Betts snapped a slump at the perfect time

LA Times  

Mookie Betts hits a two-run single in the seventh inning for the Dodgers in a 7-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Thursday. “That’s why you keep working, because you never know.” Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts celebrates with first base coach Clayton McCullough after hitting a seventh inning RBI single at Dodger Stadium on Thursday. Betts went hitless in …

Mookie Betts hits walk-off homer to give Dodgers win over Rockies
6 months, 1 week ago

Mookie Betts hits walk-off homer to give Dodgers win over Rockies

LA Times  

Mookie Betts swears he didn’t mean to look at the scoreboard Sunday afternoon. “That,” manager Dave Roberts said, “felt like two wins,” For most of the afternoon, Sunday was shaping up to feel like two losses for the Dodgers. “They’ve had their way with us up to this point,” Roberts said of the Padres, who have won seven of 10 …

Shohei Ohtani helps ignite Dodgers comeback, reaching 52-52 mark in win over Rockies
6 months, 1 week ago

Shohei Ohtani helps ignite Dodgers comeback, reaching 52-52 mark in win over Rockies

LA Times  

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani hits a two-run home run in the fifth inning of a 6-4 win over the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium on Friday night. Had the Dodgers clinched the National League West title by now, like they usually do, they could have given Shohei Ohtani Friday night off to bask in the afterglow of Thursday’s six-hit, three-homer, …

Betts has tiebreaking RBI single in seven-run 9th inning as Dodgers beat Braves 9-2
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Betts has tiebreaking RBI single in seven-run 9th inning as Dodgers beat Braves 9-2

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Mookie Betts had a tiebreaking RBI single with two outs in a seven-run ninth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 9-2 on Sunday night. “I don’t want to say it was the biggest win of the year, but it felt big considering what we’ve been going through,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, whose team …

Dodgers’ growing offensive struggles have a familiar feel in loss to Cubs
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Dodgers’ growing offensive struggles have a familiar feel in loss to Cubs

LA Times  

Shohei Ohtani puts his hands up in front of Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson after reaching second base on a fielding error during the Dodgers’ 10-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Monday night at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers, meanwhile, didn’t score their first run until the fifth and squandered multiple opportunities to get back in the game — despite …

Dodgers get good news on injury front before soundly defeating Guardians
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Dodgers get good news on injury front before soundly defeating Guardians

LA Times  

Mookie Betts hits a solo home run for the Dodgers during the fourth inning of a 7-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night. “But we want to secure one of the top two spots, so we can’t really let our foot off the gas pedal right now.” The Dodgers did ease up on the throttle …

Mookie Betts belts homer to lift Dodgers in Shohei Ohtani’s return to Anaheim
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mookie Betts belts homer to lift Dodgers in Shohei Ohtani’s return to Anaheim

LA Times  

For nine innings Tuesday night, the Dodgers played with their food at Angel Stadium. “It’s a tough situation to walk a guy that got $700 to get to the guy that got $350,” starting pitcher Walker Buehler joked of Ohtani and Betts. “You look back at the last couple weeks, we’ve played some intense baseball games,” manager Dave Roberts said …

Mookie Betts’ 2-run homer in the 8th inning propels Dodgers to 3-1 victory over Rays
7 months ago

Mookie Betts’ 2-run homer in the 8th inning propels Dodgers to 3-1 victory over Rays

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on Sunday to take the weekend series. Just get us a lead and get into the ninth and finish it out.” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after the game that scans on Ohtani’s forearm were negative …

Betts homers in return from injury, Ohtani also goes deep as Kershaw and Dodgers beat Brewers 5-2
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Betts homers in return from injury, Ohtani also goes deep as Kershaw and Dodgers beat Brewers 5-2

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — Mookie Betts homered and drove in three runs to mark his return from a broken left hand, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Monday night. I think you’ll see us kind of start to take off here pretty soon.” The Dodgers activated Betts from the injured list earlier …

Feeling good about move back to outfield, Betts homers for Dodgers in return from injured list
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Feeling good about move back to outfield, Betts homers for Dodgers in return from injured list

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — Mookie Betts is returning to right field and adjusting to a new spot in the lineup after missing nearly two months with a broken left hand. “Whatever he’s got, whatever he wants to do, he can do.” The move back to right field was something Betts welcomed, even though he believes he has shown he also can do …

Mookie Betts homers in return as Dodgers beat the Brewers
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Mookie Betts homers in return as Dodgers beat the Brewers

LA Times  

Mookie Betts — or, as he’s known around these parts, “Spooky” Betts — returned to the Dodgers’ lineup for the opener of a four-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night, refusing to stay with the team at the supposedly haunted Pfister Hotel for the second straight season. “It’s probably on one hand, it really is,” manager Dave Roberts …

Dodgers Dugout: Dodgers reverse course on Betts; Mickey Hatcher will answer your questions
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Dodgers Dugout: Dodgers reverse course on Betts; Mickey Hatcher will answer your questions

LA Times  

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. Roberts’ perspective on the reversal: “We’re in a pennant race right now — we have a lead — so we have to do what’s best for the club,” Roberts said. We’ve done “Ask Orel Hershiser”, “Ask Jerry Reuss”, “Ask Tom Niedenfuer”, “Ask Peter O’Malley”, “Ask Fred Claire” and “Ask Maury Wills” …

Plaschke: Hey Dodgers, stop messing with Mookie Betts
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Plaschke: Hey Dodgers, stop messing with Mookie Betts

LA Times  

C’mon, Dodgers, you must realize what you’re doing to your best player, continually drenching his season in uncertainty, battering his body, ruining his rituals, denting his spirit. “I’ve been saying the whole time, it doesn’t matter where I play, as long as I’m playing and helping the team win,” Betts said Friday afternoon while sitting in the dugout surrounded by …

Mookie Betts and Dodgers agree he should move from shortstop to right field
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Mookie Betts and Dodgers agree he should move from shortstop to right field

LA Times  

Mookie Betts, who was still working to adapt to new assignment starting at shortstop, will return to his natural right field position after he’s removed from the injury list. I just feel like Miggy and Nick Ahmed being there, that’s winning baseball.” Betts was moved from right field to second base last winter, but when shortstop Gavin Lux committed several …

Mookie Betts preps for ‘big difference’ as No. 2 hitter; Brusdar Graterol return ‘hopeful’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Mookie Betts preps for ‘big difference’ as No. 2 hitter; Brusdar Graterol return ‘hopeful’

LA Times  

Mookie Betts will be back at short when he returns, but in a new lineup spot. “I just feel that, as great as Mookie is, Shohei really has the chance to change the game from the first pitch.” Betts will be in a more familiar position defensively when he returns next week, slated to resume his role as the club’s …

Mookie Betts will play short, bat second for Dodgers when he returns
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Mookie Betts will play short, bat second for Dodgers when he returns

LA Times  

When Mookie Betts makes his long-awaited return from a left hand fracture in Milwaukee next week, it will be in one position that has become relatively familiar to the eight-time All-Star and another that will be relatively new. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday that Betts will remain at shortstop, the spot he moved to in early March because of …

Where do the Dodgers play Mookie Betts when he returns from injury?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Where do the Dodgers play Mookie Betts when he returns from injury?

LA Times  

Mookie Betts, above working out before a game at Dodger Stadium in July, is getting closer to coming back from a broken hand. One of the greatest defensive right fielders in baseball history, Mookie Betts moved to second base last year because the Dodgers needed him to. But look at the players the Dodgers picked up before the trade deadline, …

Miguel Rojas is shining at shortstop. Will Dodgers keep him there when Mookie Betts returns?
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Miguel Rojas is shining at shortstop. Will Dodgers keep him there when Mookie Betts returns?

LA Times  

It has been only two weeks since Miguel Rojas replaced the injured Mookie Betts as the Dodgers’ starting shortstop, more than enough time for the 35-year-old veteran to alter the makeup of the team’s infield come playoff time. “For me,” Dodgers third-base coach Dino Ebel said, “he’s one of the top five defensive shortstops in baseball.” Betts, for all his …

Dodgers GM: Betts and Yamamoto injuries shouldn’t affect trade deadline plans
9 months, 1 week ago

Dodgers GM: Betts and Yamamoto injuries shouldn’t affect trade deadline plans

LA Times  

In the wake of the weekend’s injuries to Mookie Betts and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, there was still plenty Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes was uncertain of Monday afternoon. For now, he said, the Dodgers aren’t yet scrambling to alter their trade deadline plans — at least, with Betts and Yamamoto still expected to return this season — in any major way. …

Four ways the Mookie Betts and Yoshinobu Yamamoto injuries impact the Dodgers
9 months, 1 week ago

Four ways the Mookie Betts and Yoshinobu Yamamoto injuries impact the Dodgers

LA Times  

Amid the doom of dire injury updates, and gloom of two star players being sidelined the foreseeable future, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts dropped in a dash of optimism Sunday afternoon. “We’ll be fine,” Roberts insisted, even as he announced Mookie Betts had a fractured hand and Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a strained rotator cuff. Even with Betts and Yamamoto sidelined for …

Mookie Betts and Yamamoto injuries create Dodgers trade dilemma
9 months, 1 week ago

Mookie Betts and Yamamoto injuries create Dodgers trade dilemma

LA Times  

They were both learning to do something they’d never done before, Mookie Betts playing shortstop full-time and Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitching in the major leagues. Betts broke his left hand when he was struck by a 98-mph fastball during the Dodgers’ 3-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals. He made his 15th start of the season when he pitched seven scoreless …

Ohtani has second 2-homer game of season as Dodgers blank Royals 3-0. Betts’ hand broken in the 7th
9 months, 1 week ago

Ohtani has second 2-homer game of season as Dodgers blank Royals 3-0. Betts’ hand broken in the 7th

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani had his second two-homer game this season, Tyler Glasnow pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Kansas City Royals 3-0 on Sunday as Mookie Betts left in the seventh inning after a pitch broke a bone in his left hand. “It’s a really good sign that I’m able to …

Dodgers star Mookie Betts suffers broken left hand when hit by a pitch
9 months, 1 week ago

Dodgers star Mookie Betts suffers broken left hand when hit by a pitch

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts broke his left hand when he was hit by a pitch during the seventh inning of Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Royals. “No one wants to see that, especially to a guy like Mookie, who we all revere for his professionalism and what he means to the game.” Miguel Rojas will take …

Mookie Betts to miss several weeks after sustaining hand fracture in Dodgers’ win
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Mookie Betts to miss several weeks after sustaining hand fracture in Dodgers’ win

LA Times  

The good vibes derived from Tyler Glasnow’s dominant seven-inning start and Shohei Ohtani’s two-homer game were shattered in the seventh inning on Sunday when a 98-mph fastball struck the back of the left hand of Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts, who writhed on the ground for a few minutes before coming out of the game. “I think that’s the first time …

Dodgers drop series to Rangers after stars fail to deliver in key moment
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Dodgers drop series to Rangers after stars fail to deliver in key moment

LA Times  

Dodgers third baseman Cavan Baggio tags out Texas’ Marcus Semien on a stolen base attempt during the third inning of L.A.’s 3-1 loss Thursday at Dodger Stadium. “We threatened in the eighth inning, had the guys we wanted up to bat, but Robertson found his way to punch out the side, again, the same three guys,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts …

Dodgers showcase their World Series-caliber talent — and imperfections — vs. Yankees
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Dodgers showcase their World Series-caliber talent — and imperfections — vs. Yankees

LA Times  

On paper, the Dodgers’ series win over the New York Yankees this weekend won’t change much in the grand scheme of their season. The Yankees opened the scoring in a two-run second inning that saw Oswaldo Cabrera clip the foul pole for a solo home run, and Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages drop what would have been a difficult, running …

For Mookie Betts, the move to shortstop is proving to be ‘the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do’
9 months, 3 weeks ago

For Mookie Betts, the move to shortstop is proving to be ‘the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do’

Associated Press  

PITTSBURGH — Mookie Betts has spent most of his career making everything about playing baseball look effortless. At one point, Betts turned to teammate Gavin Lux in the dugout and admitted, “This is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.” At times, it has looked that way. “And it’s going to take more than two months to get.” The …

Betts, Freeman, Hernandez all homer as Dodgers avoid sweep by handling the Pirates 11-7
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Betts, Freeman, Hernandez all homer as Dodgers avoid sweep by handling the Pirates 11-7

Associated Press  

PITTSBURGH — Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernandez homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7 on Thursday night to avoid a three-game sweep. Betts added a three-run shot of his own during a six-run fifth inning as Los Angeles beat Pittsburgh for just the sixth time in their last 16 meetings despite a relatively quiet …

Mookie Betts breaks out of slump — and quiets workload ‘narrative’ — in Dodgers’ win
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Mookie Betts breaks out of slump — and quiets workload ‘narrative’ — in Dodgers’ win

LA Times  

Mookie Betts is greeted by Shohei Ohtani after hitting a three-run home run in the fifth inning of a win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday. “I’m at a loss for words,” Roberts said recently of Betts’ switch to shortstop. “I don’t think it’s ever been done at this level, for this level of player.” Mookie Betts celebrates as he …

Gavin Stone delivers more quality innings for Dodgers in series win over Rockies
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Gavin Stone delivers more quality innings for Dodgers in series win over Rockies

LA Times  

Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow have the biggest names and paychecks in the current Dodgers’ rotation, and rightfully so. Pitching on regular four days’ rest for only the second time this season, Stone gave up four hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts and two walks to lead the Dodgers to a 4-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies in …

Even with reduced playing time, Dodgers’ Miguel Rojas has become more valuable than ever
10 months ago

Even with reduced playing time, Dodgers’ Miguel Rojas has become more valuable than ever

LA Times  

The defensive contributions of Miguel Rojas have been notable considering how little he has played this season, the Dodgers utility man accumulating two defensive runs saved in just 62 innings at second base and one defensive run saved in just 118 innings at shortstop, according to Fangraphs. Much of Rojas’ early work is with Betts, the six-time Gold Glove Award-winning …

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