Mookie Betts Gives Every Other Team In Baseball Bulletin Board Material And It's Barely February

We just started the month of February, and while we still have a couple of weeks from pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts couldn't help giving out some bulletin board material to every other team in baseball.

Betts' Dodgers are without a doubt the most-talked-about team in baseball after they landed not one, but two of the most coveted free agents on the market in Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto whose combined deals are over $1 billion.

With that, obviously, comes some sky-high expectations. Betts knows this, but also offered a quote that may not sit well with the 29 other teams in Major League Baseball.

Betts was talking to Spectrum Sportsnet LA at Dodgerfest when he made a declaration that could come back to bite him and the Dodgers depending on how this season shakes out.

"Every game is gonna be the other team's World Series," Betts said. "I mean, it is what it is. It's what we signed up for."

I get what he means, but if he doesn't think that will be hanging on the corkboard in every clubhouse, he is mistaken.

Also, if he doesn't think other teams' fans didn't just bookmark that video, again, he is mistaken.

However, it just goes to show that Betts knows that the expectations are massive for the Dodgers and that they have a target on their backs. Teams will absolutely be playing just a little bit harder when they visit Dodger Stadium or when the Dodgers roll into town.

Of course, there are still plenty of ways that it could all go sideways, especially with some questions surrounding Ohtani's return from injury.

However, he is "very confident" that he will be healthy enough to serve as the Dodgers' DH on opening day.

Like I said, just mark this down for later in the year. Maybe Betts will be right… or maybe fans will be quick to let him know he was wrong.

We'll see soon enough.