Mookie Betts watched his drive sail over Dodger Stadium's left-field fence late Friday night, and the emotions spilled out of him as if he had delivered a walk-off in October, not March. An emphatic raised finger was followed by a forceful fist bump then an emphatic toss of his helmet and a deafening roar as he pranced toward his teammates at home plate.

Betts played five innings in the field in an exhibition against the Angels after a gnarly stomach virus kept him out for weeks.

After a massive showing in Game 2 against the Tigers, Mookie Betts has been given the day off by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.

He hit one such homer in 2023, then homered in four straight games last March between Seoul and Los Angeles, before his two home runs on Friday. Playing real games in March is a relatively new phenomenon in Major League Baseball,

Just days before the Dodgers opened the domestic portion of their schedule, Mookie Betts was in poor shape. He had fallen sick ahead of the team's Cactus League finale, an undiagnosed illness that kep

Mookie Betts hit two home runs, including a game-ending, three-run blast in the 10th inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for an 8-5 victory over the visiting Detroit Tigers

Mookie Betts hit two home runs, including a game-ending, three-run blast in the 10th inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for an 8-5 victory over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Friday.

The Dodgers considered shutting down Mookie Betts to begin the year after dropping 20 pounds due to a stomach virus. That would've been foolish.