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• Dodgers' Mookie Betts: Slated to play shortstop in 2025

  8D ago • By RotoWire

  Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes said Monday that the plan is for Betts to play shortstop next season, David Vassegh of AM 570 LA Sports reports. The team had previously said Betts would move back to the infield, and now it is offering more specificity regarding Betts' position. With Betts handling shortstop, that means Gavin Lux is currently the projected starter at second base and Miguel Rojas is slated for a reserve role.

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• Dodgers' Mookie Betts: Expected to move back to infield

  11/06/2024 • By RotoWire

  Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes said Wednesday that the assumption is Betts will move back to the infield next season, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports. Betts was the Dodgers' regular shortstop and occasional second baseman for the first three months of the 2024 season before fracturing his hand. Upon his return in mid-August, he moved back to right field on a full-time basis. However, it would appear he'll be on the move again in 2025 to one of the middle infield spots (or perhaps both). The decision could negatively affect the playing time outlook of Miguel Rojas and/or Gavin Lux.

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• Dodgers' Mookie Betts: Homers again Sunday

  09/23/2024 • By RotoWire

  Betts went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Rockies. Betts came up clutch for the Dodgers with a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth to secure a walk-off win in a game Los Angeles once trailed 5-0. His home run came immediately after Shohei Ohtani tied the game with a long ball of his own to lead off the frame. Betts now has home runs in consecutive games and has driven in a run in three straight contests.

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• Dodgers' Mookie Betts: Homer and steal in loss

  09/22/2024 • By RotoWire

  Betts went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and a stolen base in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Betts clubbed a two-out, two-run homer in his second at-bat to bring the Dodgers back within one run of Colorado and later added a leadoff single in the fifth, though he was left stranded after stealing second. It marked the All-Star's fourth long ball this month and his 18th on the campaign, while the steal was the second in his last three games. Betts is now slashing .274/.313/.534 in September with nine extra-base hits, 17 RBI, 12 runs and three stolen bases.

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• Dodgers' Mookie Betts: Stays hot with homer

  09/10/2024 • By RotoWire

  Betts went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run, an additional RBI and a walk Monday in a loss to the Cubs. Betts put the Dodgers on the board with a run-scoring single in the fifth inning and added a two-run shot to left field in the seventh. The All-Star right-fielder has hit safely in nine straight contests, collecting four multi-hit efforts over that span. During the hitting streak, Betts is slashing .394/.459/.909 with four homers, 12 RBI, nine runs and a stolen base.

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