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Dodgers Scratch Mookie Betts From Lineup With Reported Wrist Injury

Dave Roberts said the team will be cautious to avoid derailing Betts’s recent offensive rebound.

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An image collage containing 2 images, Image 1 shows Mookie Betts belts a solo homer in the first inning of the Dodgers' loss to the Padres, Image 2 shows Mookie Betts running the bases in his Dodgers uniform, celebrating his 300th career home run

Overview

  • The Dodgers removed Mookie Betts from the starting lineup before Wednesday’s game and listed a wrist injury as the reason.
  • Manager Dave Roberts said the club plans to err on the side of caution rather than immediately escalate the issue.
  • Veteran infielder Miguel Rojas was inserted at shortstop and slotted to bat seventh in Betts’s place.
  • Betts had returned from an earlier oblique-related injured list and showed an offensive uptick, including a 3-for-5 game and improved metrics such as a .244 average, 103 wRC+ and 1.3 fWAR.
  • There is no public timetable for Betts’s return and the team’s cautious approach raises concern that the wrist problem could interrupt his regained momentum and affect lineup stability.