Overview

• One day after two questionable plays in right field contributed to a 4-3 walk-off loss to the Rockies, the Dodgers kept Mookie Betts at shortstop and Teoscar Hernández in right.
• Manager Dave Roberts publicly criticized the defense, saying Hernández "has got to get better out there" and emphasizing the need to clean up fielding.
• A closed-door meeting after the loss included Roberts, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and Betts, who has previously expressed willingness to return to right field.
• Roberts cited Hernández’s offensive production — a .749 OPS with 74 RBIs and 20 home runs — in explaining why he remains in the order.
• Hernández’s defensive metrics are poor this season, and external calls to move Betts back to right field persist as the club weighs options and awaits added flexibility from rehabbing utility players, with Hyeseong Kim starting a rehab assignment and potentially back early next week.