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Dodgers to move Mookie Betts to infield in 2025, seek pitching and outfielders this offseason
1 month, 2 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 …

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Infield prospect Luisangel Acuña gets 2 hits in big league debut with the Mets
3 months, 1 week ago

Infield prospect Luisangel Acuña gets 2 hits in big league debut with the Mets

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — Luisangel Acuña, a younger brother of Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr., had two hits in his major league debut with the New York Mets on Saturday. “Good to see him fight and get us going in the ninth,” manager Carlos Mendoza said after New York’s 6-4 loss. New York entered Saturday’s action in the third slot, one …

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Yankees edge Royals 4-3 in 11 innings on infield single by Jazz Chisholm Jr.
3 months, 1 week ago

Yankees edge Royals 4-3 in 11 innings on infield single by Jazz Chisholm Jr.

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a game-ending infield single with one out in the 11th inning and the New York Yankees outlasted the Kansas City Royals for a 4-3 victory Wednesday night. “I was willing to pass the baton if I didn’t get a pitch to hit.” Chisholm batted cleanup for the second time since being acquired from …

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‘Uncharted territory’: Is Mookie Betts at shortstop a sustainable solution for the Dodgers?
6 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 …

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Motivated by move to shortstop, Dodgers veteran Mookie Betts is on a tear
8 months, 3 weeks ago

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

LA Times  

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 …

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‘I’ve always considered myself a middle infielder.’ How Mookie Betts excels beyond right field
1 year, 5 months ago

‘I’ve always considered myself a middle infielder.’ How Mookie Betts excels beyond right field

LA Times  

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 …

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Mookie Betts at shortstop? How the Dodgers’ experiment could make long-term sense
1 year, 8 months ago

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

LA Times  

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, …

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Is rookie Miguel Vargas’ dynamic bat worth making risky infield move? Dodgers think so
1 year, 10 months ago

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

LA Times  

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, …

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Angels bolster infield depth by adding Andrew Velazquez, Brendon Davis to roster
3 years, 1 month ago

Angels bolster infield depth by adding Andrew Velazquez, Brendon Davis to roster

LA Times  

The New York Yankees’ Andrew Velazquez hits a triple against the Minnesota Twins on Aug. 19. Finding a new starting shortstop remains on the Angels’ offseason to-do list, but they padded their depth at the position Friday with two roster moves. The team claimed Andrew Velazquez from the New York Yankees and added Brendon Davis to the 40-man roster, giving …

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