This is the Mookie Betts everyone was expecting to see this season.
The Los Angeles Dodgers star shortstop has had a tumultuous season to say the least. Enduring a strange stomach issue which reportedly led to him losing 20 pounds at the beginning of the season truly put Betts behind the proverbial 8-ball. As major creatures of habit, baseball players are notoriously strict with how they get ready for a full 162-game slate.
In Betts’s case, the physical problem totally threw his season out of whack — and we’ve seen the results. A career .291 hitter, Betts had seen his numbers plummet as he worked to regain strength.