The perennial All-Star finished last season back in right field, but he is more prepared for the mid-career challenge this time and he and the team see plenty of short- and long-term upside to the

The emotions spilled out of Mookie Betts following Friday's walk-off homer, which capped an emotional start to the season in which an illness caused him to shed almost 20 pounds.

Mookie Betts of the Dodgers took a day off after hitting two home runs due to recent stomach issues but is eager to return.

Betts played five innings in the field in an exhibition against the Angels after a gnarly stomach virus kept him out for weeks.

He hit one such homer in 2023, then homered in four straight games last March between Seoul and Los Angeles, before his two home runs on Friday. Playing real games in March is a relatively new phenomenon in Major League Baseball,

Just days before the Dodgers opened the domestic portion of their schedule, Mookie Betts was in poor shape. He had fallen sick ahead of the team's Cactus League finale, an undiagnosed illness that kep

The Dodgers considered shutting down Mookie Betts to begin the year after dropping 20 pounds due to a stomach virus. That would've been foolish.

Mookie Betts missed the Los Angeles Dodgers first two games in Tokyo last week because he was fighting an ongoing stomach illness. The former MVP said he lost 15 pounds. Betts' availability for the home opener against the Detroit Tigers was unknown throughout the week,

Mookie Betts is no longer ailing, finally able to keep food down and eating up a storm to pack on the weight he dropped while battling a stomach virus during the first two weeks of the season.