MOOKIE BETTS NEWS

Mookie Betts headlines Ben Verlander's Team of the Week; no Juan Soto?

Ben Verlander's Team of the Week is back for 2024! See who made his first list of the new MLB season and why Juan Soto didn't make the cut.

APRIL 3

Mookie striving to show the world that he's still Mookie at SS This story was excerpted from Juan Toribio’s Dodgers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regul...

APRIL 2 • MLB.COM

Dodgers' Mookie Betts on skepticism at short: 'I think the whole world doubts it' Betts on his position change: “The whole thing is hard. There's no shortcuts around it. There's nothing easy about it, by any means.”

APRIL 2 • THEATHLETIC.COM

Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernández power Dodgers to 8-3 victory over Giants

Freddie Freeman had three hits, Teoscar Hernández homered for the second straight game and the Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 8-3 Monday night

APRIL 2 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws five scoreless innings, but Cards spoil his home debut

Yamamoto went five scoreless innings for Los Angeles in his home debut, but the Dodgers still lost to the Cardinals in a rare rain-delayed c...

MARCH 31

Remains scorching hot Betts went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, a double, two walks and three total runs in Saturday's extra-inning loss to the Cardinals.

Impact Betts is on an absolute heater to begin the campaign, as he's homered in four straight contests and has reached base an absurd 18 times through 25 plate appearances. His long ball Saturday came in the clutch, pulling the Dodgers to within one run in the ninth inning against Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley. Betts is already paying huge dividends for fantasy managers who made a big investment in him in fantasy drafts -- he leads all players in homers (four), RBI (10) and walks (seven) while posting an astronomical 2.109 OPS through the Dodgers' first five games.

MARCH 31 • ROTOWIRE

Cardinals beat Dodgers 6-5 in 10 innings after Betts homers again in the ninth

Paul Goldschidt drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning with a groundout after Mookie Betts homered again to help Los Angeles tie it in the ninth, and the St. Louis Cardinals...

MARCH 31 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Betts hits leadoff homer, Hernández adds a pair to help Dodgers beat Cardinals 6-3

Mookie Betts set a Dodgers record for leadoff home runs and Teoscar Hernández added his first two long balls for Los Angeles in a 6-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals

MARCH 30 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Plaschke: Dodgers' Big Three makes big opening statement in home-opening win The trio of Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman are showing the rest of MLB what they're capable of delivering for the Dodgers t...

MARCH 29 • LATIMES.COM

Dodgers' Big 3 is 'daunting' — and undaunted by Opening Day spotlight

It's already been a wild spring for the Dodgers. But, as their first game stateside showed, that won't slow down their MVP trio.

MARCH 29

Shohei Ohtani reaches 3 times in home debut as the Dodgers rout the Cardinals 7-1

Shohei Ohtani reached three times in his home debut for the Dodgers, and Los Angeles beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 in the Dodger Stadium opener to a season of sky-high expectati...

MARCH 28 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dodgers deferred payroll total rises to $915.5M after adding $50M more in catcher Will Smith's deal

Catcher Will Smith’s $140 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers includes $50 million payable from 2034-43, raising the team’s deferred compensation liability to $9...

MARCH 28 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dodgers' Mookie Betts hits first home run of 2024 MLB season, wins car

Though the Dodgers lost to the Padres on Thursday, Mookie Betts won a new car for hitting the first home run of the 2024 MLB season.

MARCH 21

Betts shows plenty of Seoul power with first HR of MLB season In a slugfest, it took five innings on Thursday to get the first homer of the 2024 season on the board. Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts took...

MARCH 21 • MLB.COM

2024 MLB predictions: MVP, Cy Young, ROY, World Series

With the 2024 MLB season commencing, who's going to win MVP? Cy Young? Rookie of the Year? The World Series? Our staff experts make their pi...

MARCH 19

Dodgers Seem to Have a Backup Plan If Mookie Betts Doesn't Work at Shortstop Alright everyone, say his name on the count of three. 1...2...3...

MARCH 18 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

Rosenthal: Mookie Betts knows he's taking a chance at shortstop. He wants the challenge “There is a lot of doubt out there, which is cool," Betts said. "That’s what makes it fun. Somebody’s going to be right. We’ll find out."

MARCH 15 • THEATHLETIC.COM

'I believe in myself': Examining the challenges of Mookie Betts' move to shortstop PHOENIX - As most of his teammates trickled back into the clubhouse following a morning practice at Camelback Ranch last week, Mookie Betts...

MARCH 15 • STAR-TELEGRAM.COM

'I believe in myself.' Examining the challenges of Mookie Betts' move to shortstop Mookie Betts is no stranger to the shortstop position, having started 12 games there last year. Nevertheless, it's a daunting task taking on...

MARCH 14 • LATIMES.COM

Dodgers' Hated Rival Heaps Praise on Mookie Betts Praise for Betts from an unexpected source.

MARCH 13 • STAR-TELEGRAM.COM

Ranking the 10 best shortstops in MLB 2024

An infusion of young talent has made for one of the deepest shortstop classes ever. We evaluate and rank the top 10 players.

MARCH 12

Breaking down exactly what to expect from Mookie at shortstop For the second time this offseason, superstar outfielder Mookie Betts is making a possibly unprecedented position change. In December, the D...

MARCH 11 • MLB.COM

Dave Roberts Reveals Reasoning for Replacing Gavin Lux With Mookie Betts at Shortstop Roberts explains why he replaced Lux with Mookie at shortstop as we approach the Seoul series.

MARCH 10 • STAR-TELEGRAM.COM