TAMPA, Fla. – Twelve games ago, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts switched Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts in the batting order, moving Betts into the leadoff spot in hopes that it would be the thing that would spark a turnaround in his season.

It was not.

Roberts moved Ohtani back into the leadoff spot and dropped Betts back to second for Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays. In 11 games as the leadoff hitter, Betts was 8 for 43 (.186) with a .498 OPS. He was hitless in his last 14 at-bats before Sunday.

“It’s kind of just trying to figure out what’s best (for the) short term,” Roberts said Sunday. “Longer term, we’ve got (Max Muncy) coming back soon. Will (Smith is) not playing every day, obviously, as a catcher. Just trying to figure out. But I felt today, with Teo (Hernandez) not bein

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