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Mookie Betts endured his worst season with career-low .258 average after stomach virus and continuing to learn the shortstop position.

Betts turned around his season after accepting failure in August, batting .317 over final 47 games and nearly doubling his home run total.

His hot streak continued in the playoffs with six hits in a wild-card sweep, helping the Dodgers advance to the NLDS against the Philadelphia Phillies.

In hindsight, Mookie Betts made the mystery of his worst career season sound rather simple.

Looking back on it now, the reasons were right there all along.

There was the stomach virus at the start of the year, which caused him to lose 20 pounds and develop

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