LOS ANGELES — Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts is predicted to be out of the beginning lineup for the ultimate two video games of the weekend sequence towards the Yankees, supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned. Betts stubbed one of many toes on his left foot at his house on Wednesday night time and is taken into account day after day.
Roberts mentioned he doesn’t count on Betts to wish an IL stint. The brief time period will probably be extra about ache tolerance for Betts, who underwent X-rays on his left foot, though Roberts wasn’t certain of the outcomes after Friday’s 8-5 win over the Yankees.
“We’ll most likely have him down for the sequence,” Roberts mentioned, “and hopefully he’ll be out there to hit in a giant spot, after which we’ll sort of see.”
L.A. has already handled a spate of accidents — largely to the pitching employees — this season. The staff additionally introduced on Friday that righty reliever Evan Phillips will bear season-ending Tommy John surgical procedure subsequent week. So Betts’ absence from Friday’s lineup set off some alarm bells.
However Betts’ harm seems to be extra short-term and fluky, much like when Freddie Freeman aggravated his surgically repaired proper ankle by slipping within the bathe in early April. (Freeman ended up occurring the 10-day IL for a minimum-length stint.)
“It simply retains coming. It is Murphy’s legislation,” Roberts mentioned. “However yeah, this can be a bizarre one.”
Betts, who’s hitting .254 with a .742 OPS in 53 video games this season, had initially been anticipated to play on Friday, however he felt some ache when placing on his sneakers. There is not a lot concern that Betts’ harm will influence him in the long term.
Miguel Rojas drew the beginning at shortstop with Betts sidelined, and Tommy Edman and Hyeseong Kim may be potential choices to fill in.
“We’ll determine it out,” common supervisor Brandon Gomes mentioned. “We’ll deal with it on the entrance finish and ensure he is tremendous at any time when he will get in there. It is a good half about having depth. Preserve the prepare shifting.”
