Mookie Betts at shortstop? How the Dodgers' experiment could make long-term sense.
CHICAGO — It started as a temporary measure, a short-term solution to the Dodgers' growing infield injury list. For all of Mookie Betts' natural skill, after all, the Dodgers had never really considered a world in which he might regularly play shortstop. His superb defense in right field seemed too valuable. And as even he had noted on multiple occasions, the team isn't paying him $365 million ...
by Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times
Apr 22, 2023
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CHICAGO — It started as a temporary measure, a short-term solution to the Dodgers' growing infield injury list.
For all of Mookie Betts' natural skill, after all, the Dodgers had never really considered a world in which he might regularly play shortstop.
His superb defense in right field seemed too valuable. And as even he had noted on multiple occasions, the team isn't paying him $365 million to be an infielder.
However, after making his major league debut at the position Thursday night and returning for another inning on Friday, continuing to
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