Mookie Betts confessed why he has not been the same with the Los Angeles Dodgers since the 2024 MLB season.
The Los Angeles Dodgers star broke his silence again regarding his prolonged slump in the 2025 MLB season.
What did Mookie Betts say about why he hasn’t been the same with the Dodgers since 2024?
“I really haven’t been right since I came back from (the injury to) my hand last year. I haven’t been right since then. I wasn’t blaming my hand or anything. I was just saying that since I came back, I haven’t done anything. There’s no correlation with anything. I wish I could blame myself for something, but no. It’s inexplicable. I don’t know. It sucks. You know how in ‘Space Jam,’ they take away your superpowers. It’s kind of what it feels like. I’ve never been there, never done that, so to have to go through that, I don’t know how to get out of it.”, Mookie Betts.
What are Mookie Betts’ numbers after and before his hand injury?
Mookie Betts played 44 regular season games after returning from the injured list in the 2024 MLB season. He had a .263 batting average with an .811 OPS, compared to a .304 batting average before the injury with an .892 OPS.
During the playoffs, Mookie Betts hit .290 in 16 games with four home runs and 16 RBIs. This season, Mookie Betts at the time of writing this news had a batting average of .239.
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