breaking news; Mookie Betts suspended for 18 months from MLB…….
Mookie Betts and the Dodgers took a long, hard look at their lineup this week and came to the same conclusion: They are a better team with Betts in right field, the position he has won six Gold Glove Awards at, as opposed to shortstop, the position he was thrust into this spring and played competitively — but not at a Gold Glove level — for 2 1/2 months.
Roberts made the move official before Friday night’s series opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates when he announced that Betts, who has missed two months because of a left-hand fracture, will return to right field when he is activated for Monday night’s series opener at Milwaukee, with the slick-fielding Miguel Rojas remaining at shortstop. Roberts had said on Tuesday that Betts would return at shortstop.
“I think it was kind of a mutual thing, but I would say I mostly went to them,” said Betts, 31. “I said, ‘Listen, I believe I can do it, but I want to win, man. I want to win. And I don’t know if me [at shortstop] is the best solution.’
