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The struggling shortstop has a long history batting leadoff, which he will do against left-handed pitchers, and Ohtani will be at the top against right-handers in the short term.
“In either scenario, a move would allow Betts to return to the outfield, which solves two problems at once. The Dodgers could elect to solve this problem in-house by benching Michael Conforto, moving Betts to right field, and having Miguel Rojas platoon with Hyeseong Kim at shortstop,” they wrote.
When searching for potential options for them to do that with, Just Baseball recently linked them to an exciting name in the form of Carlos Correa, who was on those Houston Astros teams that the Dodgers hated.