Dodgers' Mookie Betts says he's lost 25 pounds from illness that could cost him team's home opener

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Mookie Betts was unable to play in the Los Angeles Dodgers' first two games of the regular season in Tokyo last week due to an illness — and he still may not be able to suit up this week.

The Dodgers swept the two-game set overseas against the Chicago Cubs, despite Betts missing both games and even Freddie Freeman missing action.

It was revealed that Betts was dealing with some sort of stomach bug, and he hasn't been able to keep solid food down for nearly two weeks, forcing him to lose 25 pounds.

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Mookie Betts was unable to play in the Los Angeles Dodgers' first two games of the regular season in Tokyo last week due to an illness — and he still may not be able to suit up this week. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)

"You weigh yourself and you weigh 150 pounds. Before I left spring, I was 175 (pounds). It's hard to just not eat. ... My body is just kind of eating itself. Literally every time I fuel my body, I throw up, and I don't know what to do about it. I'm scared to eat. I don't really know what to do" Betts said this week.

Betts was actually sent back to Los Angeles from Japan to undergo testing and said, "Everything has come back clean."

"I mean, I feel great. Like, my body feels great. I’ve been able to work out. I’ve been able to do pretty much everything but eat, which is strange," Betts said. "So the symptoms have kind of gone away. I just have to figure out how to get my stomach to kind of calm down."

"My vitals, everything has come back clean. Blood tests, everything has come back really, really clean and healthy," he added. "I guess it's just something with my stomach being