Mookie Betts has been a regular at the top of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup for most of the past five seasons.
That will change on Monday when he bats second.
Since Betts went down with a fractured hand in mid-June, Shohei Ohtani has been batting in the leadoff position and according to manager Dave Roberts, he will stay there when Betts returns to the team next week.
Betts understands the move.
“I mean, I can’t say I’m better than Shohei,” Betts quipped Wednesday. “There’s nothing really you can say. Whatever Shohei says goes, and after that we kind of fall in line.