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Dodgers Bench Mookie Betts for Mental and Mechanical Reset

Roberts will decide daily when Betts returns with the outfielder facing a .688 OPS, a .241 average, his lowest marks since joining the Dodgers

Jul 8, 2025; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Mookie Betts looks around during batting practice prior to the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images
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Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts makes a leaping throw but is unable to force out the Milwaukee Brewers’ Isaac Collins at first base during the second inning on Friday, July 18, 2025, at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Manager Dave Roberts sat Betts for Saturday’s game against the Brewers to provide an unscheduled day off and confirmed it was not injury related.
  • Roberts said he will evaluate Betts’s readiness on a day-to-day basis and could extend the break into Sunday’s lineup.
  • Betts entered the break with a career-low .241 batting average and .688 OPS and has hit .188 with a .527 OPS since June 8.
  • Hitting coach Robert Van Scoyoc identified loading inefficiencies in Betts’s swing that have disrupted his bat path and timing.
  • Betts has pointed to multiple variables—including a spring illness, a fractured toe and a move to shortstop—without attributing the slump to a single cause.