Dodgers' Mookie Betts Offers No Timeline On When He'll Return From Injury

TORONTO — Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts struck an optimistic reside successful beforehand of his locker astatine Rogers Centre connected Monday. But neither he nor head Dave Roberts put a day connected nan star’s return from a correct oblique strain.

“Just arsenic accelerated arsenic possible,” Betts said. “But obviously, I cognize I request to beryllium smart pinch obliques. They tin benignant of linger around, truthful beryllium smart astir it. But I’m not trying to return my clip aliases anything, I want to play.”

Other than immoderate very circumstantial movements — Betts is unopen down from hitting and throwing — he said he doesn’t announcement nan injury. He called it “much little severe” than nan near oblique strain he sustained during his 2018 MVP season.

That wounded came connected a plaything successful nan batting cage and sidelined him for astir 2 weeks.

This time, location is immoderate statement complete precisely really Betts injured his oblique, which prompted him to beryllium put connected nan 10-day injured list. Betts said it happened while moving nan bases to people connected Freddie Freeman’s two-run double successful nan first inning against nan Washington Nationals connected Saturday. He was adamant that it wasn’t connected a cheque swing.

“It was a perfectly normal day, truthful that’s why I don’t cognize wherever it came from, aliases really it happened,” he said. “I prepared. I’ve been doing it right, and I’ll springiness myself credit, I’ve been doing it right. So I don’t cognize wherever it came from different than conscionable God sending a message.”

Because rotational injuries specified arsenic oblique strains are little commonly sustained while running, Roberts still buys into nan mentation that nan wounded originated connected nan cheque swing.

“But that there’s nary 1 point, I deliberation that’s a bully thing,” Roberts said. “So yeah, we’re hopeful.”