The Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse was turned upside down by the unexpected departures of Austin Barnes and Chris Taylor.
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While the Dodgers used both longtime players sparingly in the lineup this season, each played a crucial role in the dynamic of the team.
Mookie Betts explained how the Dodgers essentially have to regroup as a collective with the absence of Barnes and Taylor.
“(Barnes) was always the jokester, cracking jokes, getting guys going, stirring the pot,” Betts said to The Orange County Register’s Bill Plunkett.