Mookie Betts actually confirmed his versatility when his profession began with the Boston Pink Sox.
Betts turned a Gold Glove outfielder after creating within the minor leagues as a second baseman. He stayed in proper area by his first few years after becoming a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Over time, the Dodgers added extra stars and tried other ways to maintain everybody on the sector. Final season, Betts returned to second base for 70 video games and supervisor Dave Roberts meant on having him keep there to start out 2024.
Spring coaching has created different eventualities as Gavin Lux has struggled defensively at shortstop. Now, Roberts is benefiting from Betts’ athleticism and flexibility as soon as once more, transferring the two-time World Sequence champion to shortstop transferring ahead, per The Athletic’s Fabian Ardaya.
Betts did play 12 video games at shortstop for the Dodgers final season, although he has extraordinarily little expertise on the place from the remainder of his skilled profession. If Betts has the identical success he has had at each different positional cease in his baseball journey, the Dodgers shall be simply tremendous.
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The transfer comes simply weeks after one other former Pink Sox star additionally switched positions throughout spring coaching. Xander Bogaerts shall be transferring from shortstop to second base in simply the second yr of his huge free-agent cope with the San Diego Padres.
Whereas the gamers are transferring spots for various causes, Betts and Bogaerts will play for clean transitions and see loads of one another because the Nationwide League West rivals sq. off 13 instances in the course of the common season.
