Because the Wild Card spherical kicked off Tuesday, the Dodgers are having fun with just a few days off earlier than their very own postseason journey begins.
The Dodgers will face off towards the winner of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Milwaukee Brewers, with the primary recreation of the NLDS on Saturday.
Within the meantime, the controversy across the Nationwide League Most Worthwhile Participant award continues. It’s unlikely that anybody will topple Atlanta’s Ronald Acuna Jr., who’s such a heavy favourite that the majority sportsbooks have stopped accepting wagers.
But when anybody shocks the world and takes the award from Acuna Jr., it could be Mookie Betts, who has confirmed to be considered one of MLB’s finest gamers this season.
Betts has hit 39 dwelling runs and 107 RBIs with a .307 batting common whereas additionally proving his elite prowess as a defender in a number of positions.
His versatility is precisely why Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts believes he ought to be the MVP.
“It’s the flexibility piece,” Roberts stated.” I feel that to have the ability to be a Gold-Glove proper fielder, to play Gold-Glove second base, to go from the outfield grass to the filth, actually doesn’t occur.”
(Through “The Show” podcast)
Betts spent the vast majority of the season (107 video games) as an outfielder, sporting a 1.000 fielding share and totaling 141 putouts. In 70 video games at second base, Betts accounted for 33 double performs and had 2 errors in comparison with 136 assists and 87 putouts. At shortstop, he had 3 errors and 4 double performs throughout 16 video games.
Due to his potential to play a spread of positions, he was in a position to adapt based mostly on the best lineup on a given evening.
“To have the ability to try this, to nonetheless be capable to hit 39 homers, rating 100 runs, drive in 100 runs,” Roberts stated. “If it’s the Most Worthwhile Participant on the group, Mookie Betts’ potential to play on the filth permits for Jason Heyward to play, who had a .900 OPS this yr. So we’re simply not the identical group.
(Through “The Show” podcast)
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