Although he intends to keep playing for a while, Mookie Betts has mapped out when he aims to step away.<\/p>\n
Betts revealed on \u201cWhat Drives You with John Cena\u201d that he \u201cfor sure\u201d plans to retire<\/a> when his current contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers expires after the 2032 season. The former Boston Red Sox superstar wants to devote more time to his family.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll be 40, my little girl will be 14, my son will be 10,\u201d Betts told Cena, via MLB.com\u2019s Brent Maguire<\/a>. \u201cMy parents were always there, and I want do that same thing for my kids.\u201d<\/p>\n That gives Betts seven more seasons before he walks away. By then, the eight-time All-Star could lock down his Hall of Fame candidacy.<\/p>\n Betts won four straight Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards with the Red Sox from 2016 to 2019 before getting traded to the Dodgers. The 2018 American League MVP and World Series champion has won three more rings<\/a> with his new club, including in each of the last two seasons.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n Although he had a down year<\/a> at the plate, posting a career-low .732 OPS, Betts still registered a 4.9 rWAR<\/a> as a Gold Glove finalist at shortstop. He began playing the position full-time in his 12th season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Betts could collect his 300th career home run and 200th stolen base during the 2026 season. His Dodgers are a threat to three-peat after adding Kyle Tucker and Edwin D\u00edaz to an already stacked roster.<\/p>\n A lot can change over the next seven years, but Betts acknowledged to Cena that concluding his playing career won\u2019t be easy.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cTowards the end, it\u2019s probably going to suck,\u201d Betts said. \u201cFor a while, it\u2019s kind of what has defined me. There\u2019s no way for me to substitute going into the locker room, being on a plane and developing relationships with so many people for 20 to 30 years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although he intends to keep playing for a while, Mookie Betts has mapped out when he aims to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,4286,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-417144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-mookie-betts","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}