The Dodgers are placing a number of inventory — and cash — into their prime three hitters, but it surely's all for trigger, writes Invoice Plunkett of the OC Register.
Will Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman all be at their best possible on the similar time, on a regular basis? In fact not. However it’s equally unlikely that every one three will go down all of sudden, and that is vital.
The trio has but to go hitless in the identical recreation thus far this season, and whereas Freeman hasn't caught hearth like Betts and Ohtani, he's nonetheless batting .333.
Betts was 15 for his first 30 at bats with 5 homers within the first eight video games, slowing down since then. Ohtani was the alternative: After a light-weight begin, he’s now 13 for 30 with 9 extra-bae hits, together with three homers.
“Hitters hit,” supervisor Dave Roberts stated. “And also you're speaking about basically 15 at-bats in a specific recreation (for all three), 13 or 15 at-bats in a specific recreation. It's onerous to think about them going 0 for 15.”
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Max Muncy is optimistic about this season, writes Jack Harris on the Los Angeles Instances. After an elbow damage in 2021 that additionally prevented him from reaching his full potential, Muncy feels as wholesome as ever and sees an actual return to coaching forward.
Chad Jennings at The Athletic predicts that Mookie Betts could have “one of the crucial iconic seasons in baseball historical past” this 12 months. It's one in all a number of takeaways the outlet has billed as “early season overreactions,” but it surely's not too far-fetched to say that Betts will probably have an unimaginable 12 months, if not among the finest we've seen.
Ohtani's first residence run with the Dodgers could possibly be price $100,000 at public sale, however would it not must be authenticated first? And the way does this course of work, anyway? Steve Henson on the Los Angeles Instances explains the ins and outs, together with the restrictions of authenticating homers within the first place.
