We’re not even 20 video games into the season and we’re right down to the fourth (?), fifth (?) string possibility at shortstop? Heading into spring coaching, it was set to be Gavin Lux with a Miguel Rojas backup. Then Gavin tore his ACL and is out for the yr. Subsequent, it was Rojas with a Chris Taylor backup, however Miggy has handled nagging gentle tissue accidents and Taylor would possibly miss the subsequent handful of video games with a pressure in his left facet.
With their backs towards the wall, the Dodgers referred to as up infielder Luke Williams from Triple-A on Tuesday afternoon. He’s performed numerous shortstop at AAA Oklahoma Metropolis to date this season… however he’s additionally a profession .240 hitter on the massive league degree.
Williams is an possibility, however he may not be the subsequent man to play shortstop this season. That’s lining as much as be All-Star proper fielder Mookie Betts.
Forward of Tuesday night time’s recreation, supervisor Dave Roberts stated he anticipated Betts “to be within the infield tomorrow someplace,” holding again a little bit smile. He was ultimately requested to observe up on that assertion. Within the infield someplace? Not second base?
“Yeah, there’s a possibility… we’ll see… there’s an opportunity I’d slide him over to brief. It’s a risk, we’ll see. … he’s been clamoring for fairly a while, so we’ll see the way it performs out.”
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Roberts identified that Mookie works out at shortstop day by day and added that he would have performed shortstop on Monday night time if the Dodgers we in a position to tie it up within the ninth inning with Taylor out of the sport and after pinch hitting for Rojas.
“The man can play wherever on a baseball discipline. I suppose have been some reservations about him enjoying second base final yr and he shortly put these to mattress.”
To search out the final time Mookie performed shortstop as an expert, you’d should go all the best way again to A-Ball in 2012 when he was 19. However his play at second base has seemed seamless sufficient to imagine he might at the very least fill in admirably at shortstop if not be a plus defender on the place.
With the 12:10 PM begin, we received’t have to attend lengthy to see if Mookie Betts is beginning at brief on Wednesday
