Is Mookie Betts Playing for Dodgers in Spring Training Finale vs Angels?

Noah Camras | Mar 25, 2025

Mar 23, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts warms up before the game against the Los Angeles Angels at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

The Los Angeles Dodgers have revealed their lineup for Tuesday's spring training finale against the Los Angeles Angels.

Superstar shortstop Mookie Betts, who hasn't played in over two weeks as he deals with an illness, is in the lineup, batting second, and playing shortstop for L.A. — at least for now.

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Betts was in the lineup for Sunday's Freeway Series opener after missing all four games in Japan and the final two Cactus League games before the trip. However, he was scratched from the lineup as he continued to struggle to hold down his food.

As of four hours before first pitch, Betts is in the lineup for Tuesday's game, though. Assuming Betts is able to play Tuesday, he'll be in great shape to start in Thursday's home opener against the Detroit Tigers.

The Dodgers lineup for Tuesday's spring finale (which could very well be the Opening Day lineup too):

1. Shohei Ohtani DH
2. Mookie Betts SS
3. Freddie Freeman 1B
4. Teoscar Hernandez RF
5. Max Muncy 3B
6. Will Smith C
7. Michael Conforto LF
8. Tommy Edman 2B
9. Andy Pages CF

— Noah Camras (@noahcamras) March 25, 2025

Betts' last appearance was March 9 against the Athletics in the Cactus League. Across 11 Cactus League appearances, the team's new shortstop hit .240 with one home run and an OPS of .636.

Betts lost nearly 20 pounds due to the illness, and wasn't able to eat solid foods for two weeks.

“My body’s just kind of eating itself,” Betts said this week. “It’s hard to not fuel it. And so every time — literally, every time — I fuel my body, I throw up.”

He added: “I just want to play, man. ... I’m tired of sitting, tired of just throwing up, tired of doing all this stuff. I really just want to play.”

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