Mookie Betts set to make return for Dodgers on Tuesday vs. Angels
Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts is set to start at shortstop against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday.
The Dodgers released their lineup on Friday and Betts was in the starting lineup.
Betts, who missed the Dodgers' first two games of the regular season at the Tokyo Dome last week and was sent back to Los Angeles to continue recovering, was a late scratch for Sunday's exhibition win against the Angels.
Betts told reporters he hasn't been able to keep down solid food without vomiting for two weeks and has lost about 15 pounds during that time.
"I mean, I feel great," Betts told reporters in Los Angeles. "Like, my body feels great. I've been able to work out. I've been able to do pretty much everything but eat, which is strange. So the symptoms have kind of gone away, I just have to figure out how to get my stomach to kind of calm down."
The perennial All-Star said so far all his blood work and other routine testing have been normal.
"It's just hard to fathom not eating and going to play a game," Betts said. "So it looks like I'm just going to be light for a little bit. Maybe I play uphill a little bit for the beginning of the season. But no, I just want to play, man. I'm tired of sitting, tired of throwing up, tired of doing all this. I really just want to play."
Betts is making the full-time transition to shortstop after playing most of his career in right field and second base. The 2018 AL MVP hit .289 with 19 homers and 75 RBIs last season, helping the Dodgers win the World Series.
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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