Mookie Betts preps for ‘big difference’ as No. 2 hitter; Brusdar Graterol return ‘hopeful’
For most of the last five seasons, the Dodgers have built themselves around Mookie Betts.When Betts returns to the Dodgers’ lineup from a broken hand…
Shohei Ohtani helps fill in for Mookie Betts in Dodgers’ win
DENVER — No Mookie, no problem. For one night at least. In the Dodgers’ first game without star shortstop Mookie Betts, who is expected to sit…
Four ways the Mookie Betts, Yoshinobu Yamamoto injuries impact Dodgers
Ever since the week the Dodgers acquired Glasnow and Yamamoto this offseason, it was clear those two would be the biggest anchors in their rotation.…
Mookie Betts and Yamamoto injuries create Dodgers trade dilemma
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. Their…
The Sports Report: Dodgers win, but lose Mookie Betts to a broken hand
Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. Newsletter Go beyond the scoreboard Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the…
Dodgers’ Mookie Betts to miss several weeks with hand fracture
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…
Is Mookie Betts at shortstop a sustainable option for the Dodgers?
Three months in, the amazement has yet to dissipate. Every day, the Dodgers watch Mookie Betts take the field hours before first pitch, field dozens…
Dodgers Dugout: What’s wrong with Mookie Betts?
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell, and just when it looks like the team has turned a…
Mookie Betts breaks out of his slump as Dodgers defeat Pirates
PITTSBURGH — The question was inevitable, even if Dave Roberts found the narrative overly convenient. After a blistering start to the season offensively, Dodgers star Mookie…
Dodgers Dugout: Mookie Betts at short: How’s he doing?
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell, and how is it we are almost one-third of the way…
Mookie Betts continues torrid start to lead Dodgers past the Nationals
There was a lull in early April, when he went two games without a hit and seven games without a run batted in, but other…
Dodgers Dugout: Moving Mookie Betts to short wasn’t the best idea
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell and we’re just one week away from the Dodgers’ traditional opening…
Dodgers moving Mookie Betts to shortstop is misguided, maddening
Don’t mess with Mookie! Why are the Dodgers messing with Mookie? Moving Mookie Betts to shortstop from second base less than two weeks before the…
Dodgers move Mookie Betts to shortstop, Gavin Lux to second
PHOENIX — After Gavin Lux committed one of his several defensive miscues this spring in a game against the Cincinnati Reds last week, one rival scout…
Mookie Betts knows he can’t disappear for Dodgers in playoffs again
PHOENIX — Mookie Betts cares. He really cares, and he doesn’t understand why anyone would think otherwise. “I don’t know where that came from,” Betts said.…