Dodgers activate Mookie Betts from injured list before starting series with Brewers

MILWAUKEE– Mookie Betts is back with the Los Angeles Dodgers after missing nearly two months with a broken left hand.

The Dodgers announced before Monday night’s game with the Milwaukee Brewers that they had activated the eight-time All-Star and 2018 AL MVP from the injured list. The Dodgers’ starting lineup had Betts batting second and playing right field.

Los Angeles made room for him by assigning utility man Amed Rosario to an assignment.

Betts, who turns 32 on Oct. 7, was batting .304 with a .405 on-base percentage, 10 home runs, 40 RBIs and nine steals in 72 games when he entered the injured list June 17th. Betts suffered the injury when he was hit by a 97.9 mph fastball from Kansas City Royals reliever Dan Altavilla on June 16.

Although Betts had been playing primarily shortstop and pinch-hitting before his injury, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said last week that the team would move it to right field and have him bat second upon his return.

This move would allow two-time AL MVP Shohei Ohtani to remain at leadoff, where he has been hitting extremely well since Betts’ injury.

Rosario, 28, has batted .273 with a .333 on-base percentage, no homers, two RBIs and a steal in five games since the Dodgers acquired him from Tampa Bay last month for minor league pitcher Michael Flynn .

Rosario hit .307 with a .331 on-base percentage, two homers, 26 RBIs and nine steals in 76 games with Tampa Bay.

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