Dodgers’ Mookie Betts ‘rewired’ and expecting a bounceback season

'That's what I expect.' Dodgers' Mookie Betts seeks to regain his All-Star form

As he starts to see Cactus League action, Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts reflects on where he's at mentally as he looks to rebound from an atypical season for him.

Dodgers’ Mookie Betts ‘rewired’ and expecting a bounceback season

GLENDALE, Ariz. – On the back of Mookie Betts’ baseball card, his 2025 numbers stand out like an ugly weed in an otherwise well-tended garden. His batting average (.258), on-base percentage (.326), slugging percentage (.406) and OPS (.732) were all easily the lowest of a career filled with All-Star appearances and Top 10 MVP finishes (seven including a win in 2018). The lone individual bright spot for Betts last season was his status as a Gold G…

Mookie Betts 'In A Really Good Spot' After Upsetting 2025 Season

Mookie Betts made his 2026 Cactus League debut on Sunday, and it gave the Los Angeles Dodgers their first look at what they hope is a new and rejuvenated Mookie Betts in game action. Betts posted the worst statistical season of his career in 2025, hitting just .258/.326/.406 with a 104 wRC+. It marked a significant drop in production from the first five years of his Dodgers tenure, where he batted .284/.372/.530 with a 140 wRC+. Near the end of …

After disappointing '25 campaign, Betts set on regaining MVP form

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- With one of his worst offensive seasons behind him, Mookie Betts set out to do something he's never had to do in his dozen years in the big leagues: work on "rewiring" his swing.