LOS ANGELES — Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts will endure X-rays after stubbing one of many toes on his left foot at his house on Wednesday evening, supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned. Betts was out of the lineup for Friday’s sequence opener in opposition to the Yankees and is taken into account daily.
L.A. has already handled a spate of accidents — largely to the pitching employees — this season. The group additionally introduced on Friday that righty reliever Evan Phillips will endure season-ending Tommy John surgical procedure subsequent week. So Betts’ absence from the lineup set off some alarm bells.
However Betts’ harm seems to be extra short-term and fluky, much like when Freddie Freeman aggravated his surgically repaired proper ankle by slipping within the bathe in early April. (Freeman ended up occurring the 10-day IL for a minimum-length stint.)
“It simply retains coming. It is Murphy’s regulation,” Roberts mentioned. “However yeah, it is a bizarre one.”
Betts had initially been anticipated to play on Friday, however he felt some ache when placing on his footwear. There is not a lot concern that Betts’ harm will affect him in the long term, however these across the group are reserving their judgment till his X-rays come again.
“We’ll determine it out,” normal supervisor Brandon Gomes mentioned. “We’ll deal with it on the entrance finish and ensure he is fantastic at any time when he will get in there. It is a good half about having depth. Hold the practice shifting.”
Miguel Rojas drew the beginning at shortstop with Betts sidelined.
Betts is hitting .254 with a .742 OPS in 53 video games this season. He probably will not see any of the series-opening motion in opposition to the Yankees on Friday, though Roberts, tongue-in-cheek, mentioned Betts coming off the bench wasn’t off the desk.
“Yeah, he is out there in an enormous spot to hit,” Roberts mentioned. “Inform Aaron [Boone] that.”
