Mookie Betts within the playoffs has been nearly nonexistent on the plate over the previous few years and it’s onerous for the Los Angeles outfielder to disregard his present stoop which dates again to 2022.
His final postseason hit was a leadoff single in Sport 3 of the 2022 NLDS in opposition to the Padres, adopted by 22 hitless at-bats.
Within the ’ Sport 1 win, he drew three walks, together with one intentional, however stays hitless in six at-bats throughout this collection.
Forgetting about it’s “fairly inconceivable,” Betts stated.
“Particularly – you guys are doing all of your jobs however you’re asking me about it. So there’s no approach to get away from it,” Betts stated after Monday’s exercise. “The entire world is aware of. It’s not prefer it’s a secret. I do know. No person’s telling me something I don’t know already. No person could be any more durable on myself. Solely factor I can actually do is look ahead however I do know it’s there.
“I’m a human. I’m residing it. No person’s telling me something I haven’t already seen and know. I’m making an attempt, man. That’s all I can say.”
Despite the fact that he has gone hitless, one in every of his at-bats cleared the fence. Nevertheless, Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar went into the stands to rob him of a house run.
Betts didn’t see it as a optimistic as a result of an out was recorded.
“It’s an out. It doesn’t matter if it’s a flyout, a floor out, or a strikeout. It’s an out. It’s all the identical,” Betts stated Monday.
Supervisor Dave Roberts instructed Invoice Plunkett of the Orange County Register that he was going to have a dialog with Betts earlier than Sport 3.
“I can see the – I don’t know if it’s angst or the stress of previous performances beginning to sort of bleed in. That’s one thing that I don’t wish to occur. I perceive it,” Roberts stated.
“I’ll have a bit of dialog with him. The actual fact is you possibly can’t change the final ‘X’ quantity of postseason video games. I perceive the burden a participant might need. However all anybody is worried about is true now and tips on how to finest put together your self mentally for tomorrow evening and the primary at-bat. In order that’s going to be mainly my message.”
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