One of baseball’s most consistent performers over the last decade has suddenly become a below-average hitter this season.

Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts entered Monday sporting a .240 batting average (ranking 120th out of 158 qualified MLB hitters) and a .684 OPS (132nd). Can he turn it around?

Mookie Betts recently opened up on his miserable slump. The Dodgers star showed that he’s desperate to start performing well.

Betts will bat leadoff, moving Shohei Ohtani to the No. 2 spot in the batting order. Ohtani has hit in the leadoff spot in all of the 97 games he's played for the Dodgers this season. Manager Dave Roberts says this is a temporary move for Betts, who last batted leadoff in June 2024.

Rather than move a struggling Mookie Betts down in the lineup, manager Dave Roberts is hopeful that hitting up top will help the starting shortstop return to form at the plate. Betts led off for the Dodgers in Sunday afternoon's 6-5 loss to the Brewers,

Dodgers star Mookie Betts recently starred in a commercial, and fans lashed out at him. Here are some fan reactions from X.

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