Mookie Bets says he hasn’t had any discomfort since the end of last season and reported to spring training over the weekend “ready to go.”
in 2020 while finishing second in most-valuable-player voting, last year was a series of stop and starts for the star outfielder.
The Dodgers will be hoping it translates to a bounce-back season for Betts, who still was one of their best hitters last year but fell short of his elite production.He was still an All-Star, for the fifth time, and batted .319 in the postseason. But the hip was clearly a limitation — making the recovery not only a physical relief, but a mental one too.
Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts runs to a practice field during a spring training workout Sunday in Phoenix.has seen only positive signs from Betts, who is entering the second season of the 12-year, $365-million contract extension he signed after being traded from Boston in 2020.