Before the start of the season, Dodgers first base and infield coach Chris Woodward pulled Mookie Betts aside one day, and had him envision the ultimate end result.
“You’re gonna be standing at shortstop when we win the World Series,” Woodward told Betts, the former Gold Glove right fielder in the midst of an almost unprecedented mid-career position switch. “That’s what the goal is.”
Two months into the campaign, the Dodgers believe he’s checking the requisite boxes on the path towards getting there.
“I would say, right now he’s playing above-average shortstop, Major League shortstop,” manager Dave Roberts said this week.