Former Red Sox star Mookie Betts might miss Friday’s game against his former team when the Dodgers come to Boston.
His status for the remainder of the three-game series is uncertain.
Dodger manager Dave Roberts said Betts could miss the game to deal with some unspecified off-the-field issues.
“There might be some things going on that he might not be around, that he’s got to deal with personally,” Roberts told DodgerNation.com after Wednesday’s win over the Minnesota Twins. “Everything is okay with him, but yeah, we’ll see.”
After struggling with illness in spring training, Betts is battling through a season-long slump, hitting .238 with an OPS of .679. Both are career lows. He has 11 home runs and has driven in 45 runs.
Betts spent the first six seasons of his career in Boston and was the 2018 MVP while leading the Red Sox to a World Series victory.
Amid rumors that he wouldn’t re-sign in Boston as a free agent, Betts was traded to the Dodgers in 2020 for Alex Verdugo, Jeter Downs and Connor Wong in a deal that still angers Boston fans.
He’s been an All-Star and has earned MVP votes in four of his first five years as a Dodger.
He didn’t play in Wednesday’s game for Los Angeles.
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