Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts is not going to begin in any of this weekend’s video games in opposition to the New York Yankees after sustaining a fractured toe this week, however the group is hopeful he’ll be capable to keep away from a stint on the injured checklist.
Betts informed the Instances on Friday night time that he fractured his toe at residence this week, after the Dodgers returned from a highway journey on Wednesday night time.
“I was just going to the bathroom in the dark and hit my toe on a wall,” he stated.
The Dodgers have been initially nonetheless planning to have Betts within the lineup Friday for his or her sequence opener in opposition to the New York Yankees, however he was finally scratched after his toe continued to provide him issues earlier than the sport.
“Putting on a shoe today was difficult for him,” supervisor Dave Roberts stated.
Regardless of the analysis, Roberts and Betts stated they have been assured the previous MVP wouldn’t be out various days.
“I know it’s at the tip of his toe, so it’s going to be one of those situations [that is] per his [pain] tolerance,” Roberts stated. “I don’t expect an IL. We’ll probably have him down for the series and hopefully he’ll be available to hit in a big spot. And then we’ll kind of see. But I think for me right now it’s just day to day.”
“It’s just pain,” Betts added. “Get the swelling out, it’ll be all right.”
Betts had began in every of the Dodgers’ previous 20 video games, and appeared in every of their final 51 total, having not missed any time since recovering from a two-week abdomen virus in the beginning of the season.
Whereas his protection had been much-improved throughout his second season because the membership’s on a regular basis shortstop, the 32-year-old was struggling on the plate, batting simply .254 on the season with eight residence runs, 31 RBIs and a .742 OPS.
In Betts’ absence on Friday, veteran Miguel Rojas took over at shortstop. Tommy Edman and Hyeseong Kim are additionally choices to fill in for Betts at shortstop over the remainder of the weekend.
“I’m gonna be all right,” Betts stated. “It is what it is.”
