Mookie Betts Knows Dodgers Need to ‘Take Care of Business’ Despite Loaded Lineup
The Los Angeles Dodgers have quite a top-three batting lineup heading into the 2024 season. With Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers have one of the most accomplished batting lineups with just their first three batters.
Though Betts is aware of the talent in the lineup, he said the most important thing is for the Dodgers to “take care of business.”
“There’s a lot of potential there. I mean, it should be a lot of fun. Again we gotta go play, make sure we take care of our business and we’ll see kind of the fireworks that happen. But I’m super excited just to see the legend of Shohei up close and personal.”
— Mookie Betts, via SportsNet LA
Potential is an understatement. Freeman, Betts and Ohtani have a combined 17 All-Star appearances, three MVP awards and 11 Silver Slugger awards. Freeman and Ohtani each have won a Hank Aaron Award for the top hitter in their league. Betts is a former batting champion.
While both Freeman and Betts have been with the Dodgers for a few seasons, the addition of Ohtani provides extra firepower to the lineup. Ohtani has previously led the AL in home runs, triples, intentional walks, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. He’s won the Edgar Martínez award three times, given to the league’s most outstanding designated hitter.
With all this talent in the lineup, the Dodgers will have no excuses to not win a World Series if the team is healthy in October.
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