]

Los Angeles Dodgers player Mookie Betts says his body is ‘eating itself’ amid mystery illness..ANHTRUC.

Rattled Los Angeles Dodgers player Mookie Betts has revealed his struggles with a perplexing health issue that’s melting weight away when he desperately needs to build himself up as the season kicks off.

What’s happening to his body is a mystery, he told reporters in a video captured by SportsNetLA.

“I’m not exactly sure what it is. I don’t think anybody really knows,” said the 32-year-old shortstop. “My stomach is, I guess, really aggravated. I’m practicing all day and my body’s just kind of eating itself. Literally, every time I fuel my body, I throw up, and I don’t know what to do about it.”

Betts — who is entering his fifth season on the Dodgers — said he hasn’t been able to keep solid food down for weeks, causing him to lose 25 pounds.

“You go weigh yourself and you weigh 150 pounds. And before I left spring [training], I was 175,” he explained before admitting he has been “scared to eat.”

Los Angeles Dodgers player Mookie Betts says his body is 'eating itself' amid  mystery illness | The Independent
Mookie Betts says his body is ‘eating itself’ after losing 25 pounds amid an ongoing battle with an unknown stomach illness (Getty)

Betts was unable to play in the team’s first two regular season games in Tokyo last week due to his unknown illness.

The athlete, who also plays right field, flew home early from Japan after participating in a few workouts to regain his strength and rest ahead of the home opener on Thursday, according to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.

Roberts said that had the team known the severity of his illness at the time, they most likely would have told him to stay home entirely.

“The thing is when you lose a lot of weight, when you’re dehydrated, that’s what opens a person up to soft-tissue injuries,” Roberts told MLB.com. “We’re very mindful of that. So to take the next week …. to build him back up, his strength, do some baseball activities to get ready for the home opener.”

After being sent home from Tokyo, the professional athlete underwent testing.

In a March 23 interview with SportsNet LA, he confirmed that all the tests had come back “clean,” but the doctors were still unsure of what the root cause of his sickness was.

“I mean, I feel great. Like, my body feels great. I’ve been able to work out. I’ve been able to do pretty much everything but eat, which is strange,” he said.

“So the symptoms have kind of gone away. I just have to figure out how to get my stomach to kind of calm down,” Betts continued. “I guess it’s just something with my stomach being really aggravated, so I’ve just started some new medicine now to try and calm my stomach down.”

It’s “just hard to fathom not eating and going to play a game. So it looks like I’m just going to be light for a little bit … I just want to play, man. I’m tired of sitting, tired of throwing up, tired of doing all this. I really just want to play, said Bells.

He was scratched last minute from the lineup for Sunday and Monday’s games against the Los Angeles Angels.

As of now, Betts is slated to start as shortstop for the Dodgers’ upcoming game against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, according to a USA Today report.

Following six seasons playing for the Boston Red Sex, Betts was traded to the Dodgers in 2020. After successfully helping the Dodgers win the World Series title that same year, he signed a 12-year extension contract with a $65 million signing bonus.

Related Posts

Financial Mystery Rocks NFL! A Leaked Report Reveals That the Detroit Lions Paid a PR Firm in a “Shadow” Campaign to Manipulate Public Opinion and Disparage Wembanyama on Social Media — But the Identity of the Person Who Approved the Payment Is What Really Shocked the Public!

Financial Mystery Rocks NFL! A Leaked Report Reveals That the Detroit Lions Paid a PR Firm in a “Shadow” Campaign to Manipulate Public Opinion and Disparage Wembanyama…

Social media stir: Amon-Ra St. Brown caught “smirking” when Wembanyama fell at charity event – ​​NBA fans demand public apology

🎥 The Clip That Started It All The now-viral clip, first posted on X (formerly Twitter) by a fan in attendance, shows Wembanyama walking onto the stage…

Breaking news that shook the NFL! One of the biggest sponsors suddenly announced that it was canceling its contract with the Detroit Lions after a clip allegedly insulting Wembanyama went viral on TikTok — and the identity of the person behind the secret filming is truly shocking

🎬 The Clip That Sparked a Firestorm The controversy began late Monday night when a 15-second TikTok video surfaced under the handle @LockerLeaksOfficial, showing what appeared to…

Inter-league Drama: Wembanyama Calls Detroit Lions “Undisciplined Team,” NFL Fans Take to Instagram to Fire Back

🗞️ The Comment Heard Around the Sports World The drama began during a live broadcast on Canal+ Sport France, where Wembanyama was asked about the differences between…

Sports shock of the weekend: Detroit Lions player Amon-Ra St. Brown allegedly mocked Wembanyama’s height during an interview. But the NBA star’s cold response and “peak spite” actions soon after…

🗣️ The Comment That Sparked the Storm It all started Friday night, following the Lions’ dramatic 31–27 win. During a locker room interview with Fox Sports Midwest,…

Social media explodes: Hashtag #FireTheCEOSuperBowl climbs to the top globally – the war between fans and artists is getting fiercer

⚡ The Hashtag That Set the Internet on Fire The movement began quietly late Tuesday night, when a well-known sports influencer, @NFLLeaksNow, posted: “The Super Bowl is…