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Column: Error, Dodgers! Moving Mookie Betts to shortstop is a misguided, maddening move

Don’t mess with Mookie!

Why are the Dodgers messing with Mookie?

Moving Mookie Betts to shortstop from second base less than two weeks before the start of the regular season is an error far worse than even the wildest throw uncorked by Gavin Lux.

Betts is being asked to change positions because, despite having all winter to figure this out, the Dodgers just now decided that Lux is a lousy shortstop.

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Dodgers move Mookie Betts to shortstop, Gavin Lux to second amid defensive struggles

March 8, 2024

Betts is being asked to change positions even though he had never spent a professional moment at shortstop until last season, when he made all of 16 appearances there, and only six when he played shortstop the entire game.