This is Serious!
Mookie Betts has been sick for nearly two weeks. He is still throwing up. Two weeks ago, he weighed 175 pounds. Now, he weighs 157 pounds. “ My body’s just kind of eating itself, ” he said. “I t’s hard to not fuel it. And so every time — literally, every time — I fuel my body, I…
Mookie Betts has been sick for nearly two weeks. He is still throwing up. Two weeks ago, he weighed 175 pounds. Now, he weighs 157 pounds. “My body’s just kind of eating itself,” he said. “It’s hard to not fuel it. And so every time — literally, every time — I fuel my body, I throw up. … I don’t know what to do.”
This is serious… really serious, and while I will not speculate as to what is wrong (mostly because I am not qualified), I think Mookie has to cease all baseball activity and go on the IL. He then needs to go to Mayo Clinic or some such institution and undergo a battery of tests. You don’t play with this stuff.
I am certain the Dodgers know this and won’t mess around. We need a healthy Mookie, but more importantly, the Doctors need to find out what is wrong. Hopefully, it is not anything serious, but they have to find out what it is. For a guy his size to lose almost 20 pounds is very serious. It will take a few weeks to recover. I know he wants to play, but the Dodgers need to place him on the IL and send his off to get a diagnosis and treatment.
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- I remain very high on Jack Dreyer.
- I’m also a fan of Ben Casaparus. He has the guts of a cat burglar!
- Okey may have gotten himself a deal with another team…
- CT3 had a nice hit.
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Discussion (50)
Disagree, not disagreeable
Watched Kendall George last night and Mark you were spot on about a Juan Pierre comparison. His physical appearance isn’t going to generate much power and why he was a first round draft pick by the Dodgers is beyond me.
Mookie’s illness seems very serious and is NOT something that should be overlooked. I’m sure the Dodgers are on top of the situation and will do whatever medically is best for Mookie. A IL stint seems very possdible at this point.