Mookie Betts Dodgers miss a Tokyo series against cubs with prolonged illness

Flour betts Will be bored by Los -egeles Dodgers‘Tokio series vs. Chicago Cuba of -the disease. Dodgers Davers Roberts Dodgers announced the decision on Sunday night.

Roberts said Betts is starting to feel better but lost almost 15 pounds and still trying to get registration and gaining strength. Roberts added that the eight-time All-Star could return to the US in front of the team, trying to rest and prepare for the domestic opening on March 27.

The cubs and Dodgers open the major league season on Tuesday in Tokyo Kupala. The second game is on Wednesday.

“He is not going to play these two games,” Roberts said. “If you are dehydrated, it’s something that opens a person to soft tissue injuries. We really remember it.”

said Roberts Miguel Rohas It will start in a short -term place in Betts for two games in Tokyo Dome.

On Sunday, Betts passed a light training session, but quickly tired. He began to suffer from symptoms similar to the flu in Arizona, the day before the team left for Japan. He still made a long trip on the plane, but did not recover as fast as he hoped.

This season, Betts makes a complete transition to a short stop after losing most of his career in the right field and the second base. Last season, in 2018, Al MVP got in .289 with 19 Homers and 75 IRB, helping Dodgers win the world series.

The Associated Press report.

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