US EditionMookie Betts' Late-Night Mishap Leaves Dodgers Star Sidelined for 2nd Straight Game with Broken Toe
- Mookie Betts, shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers, missed his second consecutive game on Saturday due to a fractured fourth left toe suffered at home.
- Betts injured his toe after the Dodgers returned midweek from their road trip when he stubbed it in the dark walking to the bathroom.
- Betts has struggled this season after a spring training illness that caused weight loss and affected his ability to keep food down and put on a shoe.
- Manager Dave Roberts explained that Betts has recently struggled with putting on a shoe, which is why he has been left out of the lineup, but he does not anticipate the player needing to be placed on the injured list.
- The Dodgers started rookie Hyeseong Kim in Betts' place against the New York Yankees, and they plan to evaluate Betts' condition after the current series.
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Dodgers’ Mookie Betts progressing from toe fracture
LOS ANGELES — A world-class athlete, seemingly adept at every sport he tries his hand at – from baseball to bowling to pickleball – Mookie Betts has a simple explanation for the injury that sidelined him for the weekend. “Just clumsiness, I guess,” Betts said. Betts suffered a fracture of the fourth toe on his left foot in the most mundane of ways – he got out of bed in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. “I just stubbed my toe,” he s…
Mookie Betts' late-night mishap leaves Dodgers star sidelined for 2nd straight game with broken toe
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts fractured his fourth left toe and missed his second straight game Saturday. “The last couple days, it’s been hard for him to even put on a shoe, so that’s obviously why he’s not in the lineup,” manager Dave Roberts said. “But I still don’t believe it’s going to be an IL stint. I think day-to-day is fair right now.” Roberts said Betts injured himself after the Dodgers returned from the…
Dodgers’ Dave Roberts Reveals More Details on Injury to Mookie Betts
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts provided more insight into the injury that superstar Mookie Betts is dealing with. Betts has a small fracture at the tip of his fourth toe on his left foot. More news: Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani Throws Second Live Bullpen as Recovery Heats Up Betts sustained the injury at home earlier in the week, after the Dodgers returned from a road trip on Wednesday night. “I was just going to the bathroom in the dark and…
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The Los Angeles Dodgers’ 2025 season was supposed to be a bullish defence of last year’s World Series title. Instead, it has so far been a year defined by injury. As of the time of writing, the Dodgers currently have 14 players on their injured list, including 11 on the 60-day disabled list. Most recently, their excellent closer Evan Phillips – who had already missed the 2024 World Series run with shoulder discomfort – was announced this week as…
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