Shortstop Mookie Betts first started feeling under the weather during the Dodgers’ final week of spring camp, sitting out their final two Cactus League games.
Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts arrived in Japan this week battling an illness, and is questionable to be ready for the club’s regular-season openers on Tuesday and Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs, manager Dave Roberts said.
Betts did not play in the Dodgers’ 5-1 exhibition win over the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, and will be again held out of Sunday’s exhibition against the Hanshin Tigers.
However, as Betts left the ballpark Saturday, he joked that he’s “still alive” and was feeling better.
“He’s been really sick, lost some weight, so we’re trying to get him hydrated,” Roberts said earlier in the day. “We’ll see how these days go before we even think about making a decision for opening day.”
Betts first started feeling under the weather during the Dodgers’ final week of spring camp, sitting out their final two games of Cactus League play.
