This past weekend, the Dodgers fans received one of their least favorite push alerts: Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts is headed to the IL. Losing a superstar like Betts is challenge for any team, even a talented team like the Dodgers. Luckily for LA, Freddie Freeman, another former league MVP, is more than familiar with losing an all-world outfielder.
After the Dodgers 8-4 win on Tuesday, first baseman Freddie Freeman compared losing Mookie Betts to his Braves team last year losing Ronald Acuña Jr.
“This is my second year in a row where we’ve lost one of the best players in all of baseball so this isn’t anything new that I’ve seen.