Mookie Betts will now not be the Dodgers 2nd baseman, which will probably be his subsequent place?

The Dodgers are shifting items throughout the crew, together with positions. Los Angeles has the strongest lineup in all of MLB heading into the 2024 MLB season, a minimum of on paper with massive names like Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith, Teoscar Hernandez, and Mookie Betts, amongst others.

Dave Roberts trusts in Betts’ versatility because it was initially talked about that he would transfer from proper discipline to second base for subsequent season; nonetheless, Mookie will now must adapt once more to a different place.

What did Dave Roberts say in regards to the place change?

Roberts introduced to MLB.com’s Juan Toribio that Betts would be the beginning SS ‘completely, for now,’ with a watch on him being the Dodgers’ Opening Day bullpen for the Opening Day recreation in opposition to the Padres in South Korea on March 20, after Gavin Lux, who was imagined to be the beginning shortstop, struggled this Spring Coaching.

Mookie has performed 16 whole video games as a shortstop in his profession, all final season, committing three errors and posting a 0 DRS.

Making this transfer now’s one thing that all the group feels is the precise factor to do, to present us the very best probability to forestall runs and win baseball video games. I feel, particularly for Gavin, it permits him to get to the opposite facet of the diamond and he is performed extra second base than he has as a bullpen participant lately.

Dave Roberts

Dodgers cannot discover their everlasting shortstop

Following the departure of Corey Seager on the finish of the 2021 season, the Dodgers haven’t had a everlasting participant for the place, having their third totally different SS to start out a season, with Trea Turner and Miguel Rojas being the beginning shortstops for the final two Opening Days, with Mookie being the final one on the roster.

Gavin Lux was initially anticipated to be the Dodgers’ everlasting SS entering the 2023 season, however after tearing the ACL in his proper knee in Spring Coaching final 12 months, he missed all the season, now he’s being chosen to start out 2024 at 2B.