Mookie Betts missed both games of the Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs due to an illness, and the Los Angeles Dodgers have no idea how their starting shortstop got sick. According to manager Dave Roberts,

Mookie Betts missed the final two Cactus League games, two exhibition games at the Tokyo Dome, and will not play Opening Day against the Chicago Cubs.

Shortstop Mookie Betts has returned to Los Angeles to continue recovering from an illness that will cause him to miss the Dodgers' first two games of the regular season at the Tokyo Dome. Manager Dave Roberts said on Monday that the eight-time All-Star wouldn't play against the Chicago Cubs because of an unspecified illness that's caused him to lose nearly 15 pounds.