The perennial All-Star finished last season back in right field, but he is more prepared for the mid-career challenge this time and he and the team see plenty of short- and long-term upside to the

Mookie Betts is one of the most amazing baseball players on the planet. Even a recent illness that kept him out of action for two weeks, limited him from eating whole food, kept him vomiting and forced him to drop 20 pounds was no match for the greatness of Mookie.

The Dodgers remain unbeaten and unfazed as they ride the high of their World Series title a year ago. On Ring Night, Betts’ home run cemented their first 4-0 start since the now-52-year-old Roberts was sitting in his third-grade class in North Carolina in 1981.