LOS ANGELES — Future Hall of Famer Mookie Betts’ transformation from baseball’s best right fielder to its best shortstop isn’t getting the attention it deserves. No one else has ever done it and no one else ever will.
Maybe the transition isn’t noticed enough because everyone already knows Betts can do it all. As Clayton Kershaw pointed out, Betts is an expert at bowling, ping pong and just about anything else he tries.
The six-time Gold Glove winner in the outfield has already received the Fielding Bible honor as the game’s best shortstop, and he is expected to get the Gold Glove, which would mean joining Darin Erstad as the only other player to win Gold Gloves in both the outfield and infield. But Erstad did it to first base, which obviously isn’t the same thing.
Three superstar players have accomplished incredible things this year, including Betts:
