One of baseball’s most consistent performers over the last decade has suddenly become a below-average hitter this season.

Mookie Betts has been struggling, and according to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts he is going through a personal situation that may keep him out of LA's series opener Friday at Fenway Park.

Mookie Betts missed the Dodgers’ series opener against the Red Sox at Fenway Park as he was home in Nashville attending to a personal matter, manager Dave Roberts told reporters in Boston on Friday. Roberts first mentioned on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium that Betts would likely miss Friday’s game.

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts explained that superstar Mookie Betts wasn't with the team on Friday to kick off a three-game set against the Boston Red Sox due to a death in his family. Roberts also noted that Betts is on his way to Fenway Park and will then make the decision if he will pinch hit on Saturday or not.

As shortstop Mookie Betts has posted a career low .238/.311/.373 slash line so far this season, manager Dave Roberts made the surprising move to slot him into the leadoff position. That decision might jumpstart Betts' offense,

Lt. Frank Drebin is back on the case. The clumsy detective portrayed by Leslie Nielsen in the original Naked Gun series of movies is getting new life, portrayed