"I think if you put it all together, you can make the argument he's one of the greatest defenders of all time,"
"The ability to move around, and not only the ability to move around. I know he started as a second baseman, but to go to the outfield, be a Gold Glove right fielder the way he was for years at a time, and then to come to shortstop, to come back in."
"...To come to shortstop and play the defense he has played - I wanted to give him love for it."
Mookie Betts spent his first nine MLB seasons primarily in right field, winning six Gold Gloves. Over the past three years with the Dodgers he shifted to shortstop and played all but one inning there during the 2025 regular season. He led MLB with 17 defensive runs saved in 2025 and posted a fielding run value of +3, placing in the 74th percentile. Betts recorded six outs above average, improving from -5 at shortstop in 2024. He totaled 1,278 innings at shortstop in 2025 with a .985 fielding percentage, up from 531.1 innings and .963 in 2024.
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