Dodgers will move Mookie Betts back to right field when he returns next week

LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts will be going back where he probably belonged all along – right field.

Throughout his eight weeks on the injured list with a fractured left hand, the Dodgers asserted that Betts’ time as their everyday shortstop was not over. As recently as Wednesday, Dave Roberts said he expected Betts to play shortstop when he returns to the lineup on Monday.

Minds have been changed.

“We’ve had conversations, essentially daily, about what’s best for him, what’s best for the team,” Roberts said on Friday.