CHICAGO — It started as a temporary measure, a short-term solution to the Dodgers' growing infield injury list.
For all of Mookie Betts' natural skill, after all, the Dodgers had never really considered a world in which he might regularly play shortstop.
His superb defense in right field seemed too valuable. And as even he had noted on multiple occasions, the team isn't paying him $365 million to be an infielder.
