Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts was on pace to earn his first MLB Most Valuable Player award this season.
But, a 97.9 mph four-seam fastball had different plans in mind for the five-time MLB All-Star. Betts was struck by a pitch in June, sidelining him for two months with a fractured hand and taking him out of the National League MVP race.
In the beginning of the season, two Dodgers were in the running for the MVP award, Betts and Shohei Ohtani. With Betts out of the race, Ohtani has risen to the top, emerging as the frontrunner for the award.