The Dodgers considered shutting down Mookie Betts to begin the year after dropping 20 pounds due to a stomach virus. That would've been foolish.

After hitting a walk-off home run Friday night, Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts is out of Saturday's lineup.

Mookie Betts watched his drive sail over Dodger Stadium's left-field fence late Friday night, and the emotions spilled out of him as if he had delivered a walk-off in October, not March. An emphatic raised finger was followed by a forceful fist bump then an emphatic toss of his helmet and a deafening roar as he pranced toward his teammates at home plate.