Mookie Betts to start rehab assignment, could return as soon as Monday: Source

Mookie Betts’ return to the Los Angeles Dodgers could come as soon as Monday, a league source told The Athletic, just more than four weeks after the shortstop and former MVP strained his oblique.Betts faced live pitching at Dodger Stadium on Thursday for the first time since injuring himself running the bases against the Washington Nationals on April 4. The Dodgers’ Triple-A Oklahoma City affiliate announced shortly thereafter that Betts would join them for a rehab assignment on Friday and Saturday.Advertisement