Mookie Betts
#50 SS · Dodgers
MVP '18Gold Glove '22Silver Slugger '24Roberto Clemente '25Roberto Clemente Award '25All-MLB 1st Team '24
Height
5'9"
Weight
180 lbs
Age
33
College
N/A
Draft
2011, Rd 5, #172
Experience
12 yrs
Bats/Throws
R/R
C-
B
A
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Career StatsB
| Year | Team | GP | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS | SB | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career |  | 1539 | 0.2899689 | 293 | 920 | 0.880043 | 196 | 1772 |
Current Contract
Length
12 years
Total Value
$365.0M
Guaranteed
$219.0M
AAV
$30.4M/yr
Guaranteed %60%
Performance Analysis
B
FCA+
Mookie Betts grades as an elite performer among MLB shortstops, earning a A Performance grade. He is hitting with a 0.290 batting average and a 0.880 OPS (above the league average of .720, an above-average mark) this season. With 291 home runs and 913 RBI through 1531 games (a 31-HR, 97-RBI pace over a full season), he brings above-average power to the lineup. His 196 stolen bases add an elite speed dimension that creates additional offensive value. As a experienced veteran at 33, Mookie is a key contributor for the Dodgers. A 1531-game sample provides high confidence in this grade.
Fan & Media Sentiment
A
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Mookie Betts enters the 2026 season carrying one of the strongest public narratives in baseball, and the sentiment around him is firmly elite — a well-earned A grade anchored in years of franchise-defining production and a reputation that has only grown more layered with time. The media framing heading into this season centers on three things: his health, his power, and his emotional leadership, with an Opening Day three-run home run doing exactly what marquee veterans are supposed to do — immediately validate the story being told about them. His on-field performance grades out at a solid B, which in context means there's a slight gap between the reverence of the public narrative and his current production, but that gap is more a reflection of a 12-year career's worth of accumulated goodwill than any meaningful concern about decline. The 2025 Roberto Clemente Award adds a dimension to his public image that goes beyond the field — his six Gold Gloves, seven Silver Sluggers, and 2018 MVP have built the statistical résumé, but the Clemente recognition cements him as a figure the league itself wants to hold up as a standard-bearer. Los Angeles continues to aggressively build around him, with the recent additions of Blake Snell and other roster pieces signaling that the organization is treating this window as fully open, which only reinforces the perception that Betts remains the emotional and competitive centerpiece of a team with serious aspirations. The bottom line: at 33, Mookie Betts is in a narrative sweet spot where his legacy credentials, visible leadership, and continued offensive contributions make him virtually immune to negative sentiment cycles — the conversation around him right now is not about whether he can still perform, but about how many rings he can add to a career already worth celebrating.
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About this player
Mookie Betts is a veteran in his 12th MLB season listed at SS for the Dodgers. FanVerdicts maintains four independent grades for every MLB player on an active roster — Contract Value Index for the deal itself, Performance for on-field production, Sentiment for media and fan reaction, and Fan Verdict for community voting. Current grades for Mookie Betts: Contract Value Index C-, Performance B, Sentiment A, Fan Verdict pending.
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