Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts has been dealing with an illness that prevented him from playing in either exhibition game in Japan. The unrelenting virus has been such a burden on

All-Star shortstop will miss the MLB's season-opening Tokyo Series because of a lingering illness, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced.

TOKYO — Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts won’t be available for Opening Day and will not take part in either of the two Tokyo Series games against the Chicago Cubs due to a lingering illness,