Los Angeles Dodgers veteran Mookie Betts is staying at shortstop for now as Dave Roberts confirmed he's not quite ready to make that move.

Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to start for the Dodgers on Wednesday. However, with a day game on Thursday, there is already a decision on his playing status.

Then Betts rescued the Dodgers with the 394-foot shot to left-center off Robert Suarez. It was the shortstop’s 13th homer of the season and just his fifth since June. Betts had 25 in 2022 and 39 in 2023.

They leaned on him as they toppled the Los Angeles Dodgers in their most significant postseason series in decades. They got him at his best. His three years there included his second Cy Young campaign before he left to tour with their California-based division mates.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are refusing to press the panic button on Teoscar Hernandez, at least for now. Hernandez’s name was trending for the wrong reasons on Monday after the Dodgers right fielder committed a crucial drop in the ninth inning of the team’s 4-3 contest against the MLB-worst Colorado Rockies.