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

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

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, …

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

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Motivated by move to shortstop, Dodgers veteran Mookie Betts is on a tear

Mookie Betts has a reputation for seeking challenges. When the Dodgers started evaluating their shortstop options near the end of spring camp — amid repeated defensive miscues from then-starting shortstop Gavin Lux — Betts didn’t outwardly ask to move to the position. “I’m very proud of myself for making those plays, and all the work.” Indeed, Betts’ approach to his …

Mookie Betts, throwing to first base in a game against the Kansas City Royals on July 1, has made 19 starts at second base and 12 at shortstop for the Dodgers this season. “All the way out there and back 18 times,” Betts said last week, pointing to the Dodgers’ dugout and out to right field. “Not just today, but …

Dodgers second baseman Mookie Betts celebrates his third inning home while Angels starting pitcher Griffin Canning and catcher Matt Thaiss look away at Dodger Stadium on Friday. Mookie Betts made his fourth consecutive start in the infield Friday night, a move that Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said had more to do with second baseman Miguel Vargas’ month-long slump than Betts’ …

How a harmless lie created one of the most iconic infields in Dodgers history

The Dodgers’ Ron Cey is congratulated by teammates Steve Garvey, left, and Reggie Smith after hitting a home run in Game 2 of the 1977 World Series against the New York Yankees. “But,” Garvey added with a grin, “I wasn’t gonna tell him.” Dodgers Recap: Emmet Sheehan shines again as Dodgers hold off Astros Emmet Sheehan gives up three hits …

Mookie Betts at shortstop? How the Dodgers’ experiment could make long-term sense

Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts during a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Monday, April 10, 2023. For all of Mookie Betts’ natural skill, after all, the Dodgers had never really considered a world in which he might regularly play shortstop. “The ability and willingness for Mookie to play second or short,” manager Dave Roberts said, …

Is rookie Miguel Vargas’ dynamic bat worth making risky infield move? Dodgers think so

Miguel Vargas of the Dodgers runs the bases after hitting the first home run of his career, against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sept. 24, 2022. But it won’t deter the Dodgers, who will open spring training in Phoenix this week with highly touted prospect Miguel Vargas, the best pure hitter in their farm system, penciled in at second base, …